{"id":166501,"date":"2020-06-02T10:10:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-02T10:10:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/podcast-in-conversation-mike-welch-founder-ceo-atterley\/"},"modified":"2021-08-06T12:05:56","modified_gmt":"2021-08-06T12:05:56","slug":"podcast-in-conversation-mike-welch-founder-ceo-atterley","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/podcast-in-conversation-mike-welch-founder-ceo-atterley\/","title":{"rendered":"PODCAST: Mike Welch, Founder &#038; CEO, Atterley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\"><strong>Welcome to the latest episode of our Podcast series<\/strong> '<strong>In Conversation<\/strong>' where we bring you\u00a0<strong>inspiring stories, retail insights and conversation from fashion's most influential business leaders.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"buzzsprout-player-4011545\"><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"https:\/\/www.buzzsprout.com\/991828\/4011545-in-conversation-with-mike-welch-founder-ceo-atterley.js?container_id=buzzsprout-player-4011545&player=small\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/theindustry-fashion-podcast-in-conversation\/id1508914290\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-141774\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2020-04-23-at-09.41.45-300x74.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"37\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/13J2FpG7X8AH9Ioi0bVxW8\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-141777\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/Spotify_Logo_RGB_Black-300x90.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"113\" height=\"34\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this week's episode, TheIndustry.fashion Editor in chief Lauretta Roberts speaks to <strong>Mike Welch <\/strong>the<strong> Founder &amp; CEO of Atterley, <\/strong>the online marketplace for independent fashion boutiques.<\/p>\n<p>Atterley has recently finished a very successful crowdfunding campaign and secured ex-<strong>British Vogue Editor Alexandra Shulman<\/strong> to join as an advisor.<\/p>\n<p>The brand has also seen <strong>a 250% increase in sales during the Covid19 pandemic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In today's episode Mike talks about his <strong>unlikely journey into fashion, his impressions of the industry and his advice for fellow entrepreneurs.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: inherit;\">To be the first to know when more episodes of our Podcast series go live, subscribe to our daily newsletter <\/span><a style=\"font-size: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/subscribe-now\/?utm_source=website&amp;utm_medium=banner&amp;utm_campaign=insight_button&amp;utm_content=insight_button_0719\">here.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Our Podcast series is staged in proud partnership with<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-141519\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/wp-content\/uploads\/Screenshot-2020-02-17-at-17.34.44-1-300x82.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"65\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"featured_media":138714,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10488,9763,5,9762,6,7,10494],"tags":[10001,9816,11240,16206],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>PODCAST: Mike Welch, Founder &amp; 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