In 2005, when my business partner Eric Grossberg and I started Brilliant Earth, we had a mission to create beautiful jewelry while cultivating a more transparent, sustainable and compassionate jewelry industry. Since that time, Brilliant Earth has grown to be the leader in ethically sourced jewelry and leading retailer of lab-grown diamonds. Over the last...
I attended a great session earlier this month at NRF 2021: Retail’s Big Show – Chapter One that was all about mentorship, and thought I would share some insights I gleaned from it. The session, “More than mentorship: New ways to foster retail’s future female leaders,” focused on the state of mentorship today, including what’s...
New year, new board! We’re thrilled to introduce you to our Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) advisory board for 2021-2022. These 22 fabulous women will influence WIRLC’s mission, content and brand. You’ll probably recognize some of their names and/or faces. Our board members are all executive leaders in the retail industry, and women we...
The world has been flipped upside-down and it’s critical that marketers question everything. What's new? What's now? What's next? Join the FWD forum as three industry partners provide answers, case studies, and a clear blueprint as brands begin creating their own way "FWD." Who should attend? Anyone involved with print, data and analytics, and digital marketing are guaranteed to take away actionable items.
You begin with youthful ambitions and a vision about the difference you want to make. I traded on my potential while I gathered experience, sometimes flying on empty. My determination kept me fully attuned to those miraculous chance meetings that happen right on cue, and opportunities at my door just when another challenge was required....
Many Americans are going on their 10th month of working remotely due to the coronavirus pandemic. While 78 percent of working professionals state their company plans to return to onsite work eventually, it’s still unclear when that will be able to safely happen. Many companies have announced they don’t plan to go back to the...
Indra Nooyi, former CEO and chairman of PepsiCo, is no stranger to leading a team during uncertainty and disruption. On Jan. 13, Nooyi chatted with Sara Eisen, “Closing Bell” anchor, CNBC, as part of her Navigating Disruption keynote during NRF 2021: Retail’s Big Show. The women started out the session by discussing the current climate...
We’re so excited to host the January installment of our Women in Retail and Total Retail Virtual Exchange, taking place Thurs., Jan. 28. Our Virtual Exchanges, which we launched last year, feature in-depth, one-to-one interviews with some of the retail industry’s leading executives. The conversations cover a variety of timely and relevant topics in a...
From Our Community is a content initiative from Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) that highlights events, business launches, retail partnerships, charitable initiatives, and more, all sent to us by members of the WIRLC community. If you have an announcement that you would like us to share with the Inner Circle audience, please contact Melissa Campanelli...
“There is a crack in everything, that’s how the light gets in.” — Leonard Cohen This life is full of paradoxes. While you’re buried in the deepest of muck, unable to see your way out of a difficult situation, it’s easy to forget that you’re also in the perfect position to mine for gold. In...
