Healthcare attire model Figs has appointed Mark Bixby as its new chief know-how officer. Bixby might be answerable for utilizing Figs’ knowledge and know-how capabilities to develop a extra seamless and personalised expertise for healthcare professionals. Bixby joins the corporate after serving as vice chairman of engineering at GameStop, and beforehand holding roles at Chewy and Wayfair.

Figs goals to boost its tech capabilities with the addition of Bixby. The CEO and co-founder of Figs, Trina Spear, expressed pleasure over having Bixby on the workforce, highlighting his experience in creating know-how options. Figs has at all times been a pacesetter in knowledge and know-how inside the healthcare attire trade, and they’re dedicated to sustaining that place as they work in direction of their purpose of reaching $1 billion in annual web revenues.

The appointment of Bixby follows Figs’ current launch of a digital stethoscope in partnership with well being know-how firm Eko Well being. The Figs Eko Core 500 stethoscope contains a full-color display with coronary heart charge and electrocardiogram tracing. The corporate’s second-quarter outcomes confirmed a 13% enhance in revenues in comparison with the earlier yr, with a web earnings of $4.6 million. Figs additionally noticed a 21% enhance in lively prospects, bringing the overall to 2.5 million.

Throughout an earnings name, the CFO of Figs, Daniella Turenshine, famous that the corporate skilled increased success bills because of elevated storage prices. Nonetheless, Spear talked about that they count on storage prices to lower over the subsequent two quarters as they work by way of extra stock and put money into a undertaking to enhance success effectivity.