Unreasonable Mentors
Kosta Kartsotis
CEO of Fossil Group
Kosta is an Unreasonable Mentor. Kosta has participated in 2 programs, including Unreasonable FUTURE 2021, and has advised over 31 Unreasonable companies.
Kosta began his career working for a department store (It is now part of Macy's) where he learned about merchandising, branding, marketing, design, and supply chain, and sourcing - especially in Hong Kong and China. He has spent the past 30 years working on the development of the Fossil Group and all it's entities. Fossil is a global watch and accessories company that designs, manufactures and distributes watches and accessories under the Fossil brand as well as an additional 10 fashion brands. The company has about 600 of it's own stores, ecommerce, and sells to thousands of stores and websites around the world. The company is purpose-driven with a strong culture and focuses on the art and science of fashion retailing. Great creative innovation and design - combined with data-driven operational excellence are the key objectives. Kosta has significant interest and curiosity in the topics of creativity, branding, sustainability, people development and culture.