Koko Black, Godiva Australia on driving sales in a cost of living crisis
Koko Black and Godiva Australia share how they are navigating cost of living pressures, and if they are benefiting from the lipstick effect.
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Koko Black and Godiva Australia share how they are navigating cost of living pressures, and if they are benefiting from the lipstick effect.
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March 17, 2021 Australian artisanal chocolate brand Koko Black is riding the pandemic-induced online shopping boom, after recording a 250% increase in digital sales last year. Despite the impact of COVID-19 across the chain’s 14 retail stores, the spike in Koko Black’s yearly online sales is a text-book example of how to turn a crisis into an opportunity. “I remember March 23 in 2020, when lockdowns were announced,” Koko Black chief executive Nicolas Georges tells SmartCompany. “It was two weeks from Easter, my warehouse was full of products, and literally we were thinking ‘how ...