Amazon Canada Feature: Supporting Outstanding Canadian Businesses

For Holiday 2020, Amazon Canada asked to interview me about one of the largest growing brands on their platform, Jellifish Kids. It was a feature to support Canadian businesses during the peak 2020 Holiday season. They also prepared a digital lookbook to share with media and customers during the key Holiday season. Below are some images and links to the feature.

Thanks to Amazon Canada for all their support.

Here is the excerpt of that article as it appeared:

Johnny Russo, VP of Marketing and E-commerce, Jellifish Kids, Montreal, QC

How did Jellifish Kids get their start:
Jellifish Kids is part of The Kersheh Group, a manufacturer and marketer of sleepwear established in 1978. The brand was started to fill a void in the kids sleepwear market. Jellifish Kids is all about comfort and focuses on fun, colourful and playful themes in its designs. We also have an established line of licensed sleepwear, including partnerships with Disney, Universal, Warner Bros., the National Hockey League, the National Basketball Association and more!

Tell us about your role and why it’s important to Jellifish Kids:
When I joined the business in 2019, the core focus of my role was developing our brands – most crucial of which was Jellifish Kids – and scaling the e-commerce business across Amazon, various other marketplaces and our own e-commerce sites. It’s been amazing to see the support the company has put behind this role and, most importantly, being supportive of the vision we have, which is to become the largest sleepwear destination in North America.

What does it mean for a small business like Jellifish Kids to have a VP of Marketing and E-commerce:
I was asking myself the same question during the hiring and recruiting process before I joined. For me, it meant Jellifish Kids was seriously getting behind developing their brand and launching their e-commerce division. I’ve had the pleasure of spending a lot of time with our executive committee and I can tell you they are all big believers of what we’re building. I’ve got a great team that embraces challenges, supports each other, is adaptive and is positive along the way. After all, we sell pajamas, so we have some fun throughout the journey.