It makes sense that the customers purchasing and using your products should have a say in how they’re designed, right? Social media has given brands a direct line of communication to their customers, and it has played a big part in why the conversation between brands and customers is changing. Instead of brands telling consumers...
August 6, 2019 — Fairfax, Va., and Philadelphia, Pa. — In a move that further enhances its current partnership with NAPCO Media and creates unprecedented value for the industry, the Specialty Graphic Imaging Association (SGIA) announced today that it has acquired NAPCO Media. Under the terms of the agreement, which has been unanimously approved by...
Hello Inner Circle readers! We’re recently back from the first Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) On the Road event in Los Angeles, and it was a tremendous success! More than 100 executive women in retail attended, and they experienced inspiring presentations, engaged in networking galore, participated in coaching sessions, and were treated to an...
We’re still daydreaming about Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s (WIRLC) inspiring On the Road event in Los Angeles. Attendees of this one-day event heard from expert speakers on topics including leadership, career coaching, running a startup business, and much more. There were so many powerful women in attendance at the W Hollywood. Take a look...
Corporate America is looking for women. In retail and fashion, two industries powered by female spending, businesses are actively seeking female leaders to narrow gender gaps on corporate boards, in C-suites and on senior management teams. In executive search, we’ve continued to see this trend grow as clients increasingly cite that they would “love to...
Hello Inner Circle readers! I’m excited today to tell you about a cool event our sister brand, Total Retail, is hosting this fall. It’s called Total Retail Tech, and it gives select enterprise retailers and brands the opportunity to investigate emerging technology. This exclusive, hosted event, which is taking place Sept. 23-25 in Philadelphia, is...
It’s hard to grab hold of your own goals and dreams when you’re judging your progress against everyone else’s definition of success. We spend too much time gathering all of those rocks labeled “the right job” and “the right school” and “the right spouse” and drop them in our backpacks, running faster and faster on...
So far this summer, women are ruling! Just check out some of the recent badass women in the news: Earlier this month, the United States women’s national soccer team won its FOURTH World Cup title. It was the second straight World Cup win after dominating in Canada four years ago. Coco Gauff, a 15-year-old tennis prodigy,...
From time to time, the Inner Circle spotlights some of the new, fabulous Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) members. In today’s issue, we’re excited to feature one of our new associate members, Cynthia Hollen, president, U.S., at eShopWorld, a global e-commerce platform. Here’s an interview I conducted with Cynthia to help us all get...
This article is part two of a two-part series on leadership by Andrea Syverson. Read part one, which includes tips one through three, here. As leaders, we’re continually pulled in many directions — both in and out of the office. How to stay centered? How to lead with clarity in a world of constantly changing variables?...
