Condé Nast
Reimagined the future of editorial influence as a scalable engine of growth, where storytelling meets shoppability, cultural capital drives conversion, and every touchpoint is designed to inspire, engage, and transact.
COMMERCE STRATEGY / REVENUE DIVERSIFICATION /. INNOVATION / SOCIAL / MEDIA
THE STYLE ECONOMY
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THE CONTEXTAs traditional ad revenue declined, Condé Nast accelerated its transformation into a next-generation media company with commerce positioned as a core revenue pillar alongside subscriptions and video. Condé Nast had the cultural capital, editorial authority, and audience scale yet lacked a unified approach to translate its iconic storytelling into a scalable commerce revenue model.
THE APPROACH / INFLUENCE BUSINESSTo architect a repeatable, portfolio-wide commerce strategy, examined the full ecosystem of the evolving media landscape where discovery, desire, and decision collapse into a single scroll; content must carry its weight, and influencers have become full-stack media empires. Mapped how consumers moved from inspiration to purchase across platforms. Audited the competition, revealing ecosystems rewired into storefronts, powered by proprietary tech, AI, and frictionless checkout. Identified strategic gaps and surfaced opportunities to weave a monetizable platform into Condé Nast’s DNA.
THE OUTCOME / EDITORIAL STORYTELLINGA centralized strategy, unifying infrastructure, and new monetization levers natively across platforms. Every idea — from AI-powered curation and shoppable livestreams, to exclusive memberships — was designed to elevate existing storytelling into revenue-driving experiences. The result: a strategic shift from content that inspires to content that earns.
