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ERIKO BAILEY, VICE PRESIDENT, SUPPLY CHAIN AT PURA VIDA BRACELETS, DISCUSSES HOW AN ETHICAL APPROACH TO THE SUPPLY CHAIN DEFINES THE BRAND
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ura Vida Bracelets was founded by Griffin Thall and Paul Goodman after a trip to Costa Rica and an encounter with two
artisan bracelet makers by the name of Jorge and Joaquin. After originally requesting 400 bracelets to take back to San Diego, 10 years later the com04
pany is now worth over $100mn dollars. As Eriko Bailey, Vice President, Supply Chain, explains, the artisanal connection has not been lost along the way. “Our artisans have been able to scale with the brand and, today, Jorge and Joaquin are the sole owners of the manufacturer that produces 75% of the products which we offer to the marketplace.” That connection is an important part of the company’s identity and attracts the demographic with which it is most successful. “Where we really hit it off is with that millennial, Gen Z core customer,” she explains. “Being socially and charitably conscious is the life vein of the brand. We’ve also been able to highlight that through things like Instagram and Facebook where we use the social media aspect to really showcase Pura Vida as a lifestyle brand outside of just being a product.” In pursuit of this
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“ BEING SOCIALLY AND CHARITABLY CONSCIOUS IS THE LIFE VEIN OF THE BRAND” — Eriko Bailey, Vice President, Supply Chain, Pura Vida 06
and alongside supporting artisans, Pura Vida partners with select charities. “We’re creating products that an end consumer can purchase and know that a portion of that dollar amount is given to charity. As a brand, our biggest focuses right now are mental health issues, animals and anything that has to do with the environment. Those are the three key things that our customers are demanding.” Of course, a focus on sustainability runs far deeper than just burnishing the company’s reputation. As Pura
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that such intentions are translated into
artisan means, but in essence anything
reality. “I’ve been spearheading our
that’s being made with two hands is
overall sustainability initiative. It started
artisanal. The biggest thing is focus-
with social compliance auditing of the
ing on transparency within all of our
factories of our vendors and manufac-
artisans and vendors. We work with
turing partners, then getting them up
them with regards to capacity planning
to a baseline; ensuring that fair wages
and what our demands are going to
are being extended to individuals at the
be. That helps them to scale up as the
ground level, that these facilities are at
business continues to grow.” In many
code, and that there’s a safe working
other ways, however, dealing with
environment overall.”
artisans is not so different from con-
The reliance on artisanal products
ventional mass production. “Just like
does present its own problems.
regular manufacturing, communication
“Everybody has this idea of what
and transparency are the two biggest
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E XE CU T I VE PRO FI LE
Eriko Bailey Eriko Bailey is Pura Vida Bracelets’ Vice President, Supply Chain. An innovative supply chain leader, she has proven success in transforming both forward and reverse supply chain operations to Best-in-Class, while reducing expense and improving customer satisfaction. With over 10 years of supply chain experience, Eriko also possesses a BS in Retail Management / Marketing and a Minor in Entrepreneurial and Emerging Enterprises from Syracuse University and a Professional Designation AA focused in Merchandise Product Development from Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising. w w w.puravi da bra c e l e ts . com
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things that help production overall,” Bailey says. “You have to provide foresight on those annual plans you are looking to produce and also work with the teams that you have in terms of where they are today and where you need them to get to in six months, or a year from now. That visibility and transparency ignites the possibilities and the production capabilities of any manufacturer, whether they’re artisans or mass producers.” Culture is another important consideration. “Culture’s a big thing for our
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2010
Year founded
$108mn Revenue in US dollars
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Number of employees communities, but also in the supply chain as well. This is made up of the people that are working for our brand: the individuals in the team. But then it’s also the wider supply chain. They’re an extension of our team - they may not have Pura Vida in the name, but they are still a part of us.” To a certain extent, that culture has been guided by the relative youth of its workforce. “Within the department specifically, and in the wider team as well as our vendor partners, creativity and collaboration are the two biggest components to our overall culture. I think the beauty of w w w.puravi da bra c e l e ts . com
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“ VISIBILITY AND TRANSPARENCY IGNITES THE POSSIBILITIES AND THE PRODUCTION CAPABILITIES OF ANY MANUFACTURER, WHETHER THEY’RE ARTISANS OR MASS PRODUCERS” 14
— Eriko Bailey, Vice President, Supply Chain, Pura Vida working with a company that is very
says. “Now that we’re growing into
young from an employee standpoint -
these additional categories we need
probably 85% millennial to Gen Z - is
to bring all of our vendors into one
the thought process of: ‘I’m going to
centralised database of information.
take this process, but I’m also going
Being able to have a partner plug
to try to improve it.’”
into a software program that can
Processes are also being improved
then provide information in real time
by technological means. “We’re
means we don’t have to wait a full
bringing in a product lifecycle man-
day for the information to come back.”
agement (PLM) system this year from
Pura Vida also relies on partners for
Visual Next, which is going to help
distribution, with different third-party
centralise our design and develop-
logistics (3PL) firms in domestic and
ment processes overall,” Bailey
international markets.
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Those international markets are just
first branded Pura Vida retail store,
one of many focuses for this rapidly
opening in May 2020, with more on
growing business. “We’ve just opened
our radar,” Bailey explains. “We’re fir-
a fulfillment center in Canada to help
ing on all cylinders to ensure that we
facilitate that growth as well as in
have a footprint on multiple levels so
Hong Kong for the APAC region over-
that the customer can really experi-
all,” says Bailey. “We’re very excited
ence the Pura Vida brand.”
about our international growth.” Traditionally both a direct to consumer and B2B brand, Pura Vida is bolstering those relationships while also exploring new methods of reaching customers. “We’re embarking on our w w w.puravi da bra c e l e ts . com
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