Kaoru Nakashima Email and Phone Number

Kaoru “K” Nakashima is an Experienced Intrepreneur and Consultant, offering Management Consulting and support to various Japanese companies with service, retailing, digital/non-digital, media and traditional business, and foreign companies to enter Japan market, based on his various careers to set-up and grow new businesses (B2B, B2C services, Retailing, IT, Media, Marketing, and Internet.) and on his experiences of digital commerce, media, and Omni-channel. K served as Executive Officer(SVP), Digital Business at Isetan-Mitsukoshi, the biggest department store group in Japan. Previously, he worked for GSI commerce (eBay enterprise) as MD-APAC and President-Japan. Before GSI, K initialized Digital commerce business of Jupiter Shop Channel as SVP, the biggest TV shopping Company in Japan, ToysRUs.com Japan Ltd. as a joint-venture (of ToysRUs-US, ToysRUs-JP, Softbank, and McDonald's Japan), and Marketing division of ToysRUs-Japan Ltd. K had also acted various key positions in start-ups. These experiences gave him knowledge to start business in Japan and to grow with Japanese big companies. K holds MBA from Babson College.Specialties: General Management, Marketing, Corporate Planning and Strategy, Team Building, Organization building, Start-up and Corporate Entrepreneurship. Additionally, Japan Market Entry support, including acting-country manager roles.Industry:Both digital and non-digital areas. Services, Retailing, E-commerce, Digital Commerce, TV Shopping, Direct Marketing, Internet, Community Business, Media, Marketing, Subscriptions, IT, Luxury, Cosmetics, Foods, Toys, Fashion, and Consumer Goods. In addition, logistics-related and travel contents.Remarks:Mr. Nakashima is one of a few Executives who has experienced more than 3 large-sized digital-commerce businesses as General Management in Japan.Not only E-commerce business and media business, he led start-ups and growing businesses to success as a corporate entrepreneur.