For those of you heading to Groceryshop next week in Las Vegas, make sure to visit the Girls’ Lounge on Mon., Oct. 29 from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in room Bluethorn 1 at the Aria. As we did at Shoptalk earlier this year, Women in Retail Leadership Circle is partnering with The Female Quotient to produce the Girls’...
This interview is featured in Total Retail’s fourth annual Game Changers report. Total Retail is a sister brand of Women in Retail Leadership Circle. The Game Changers report seeks to highlight the entrepreneurs and startup businesses that are disrupting the traditional retail industry, whether it be through digital innovation, unique product, enhancements to the supply...
Hello Inner Circle readers! As I noted last week, Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) is launching a research initiative next year. To help us deliver the types of reports and information that are relevant to you and your career, we need your help! Our goal is to produce research reports that are valuable to the...
Ladies, we’re at the one week countdown to our first annual Women in Retail Leadership Circle: On the Road event in New York City, and I couldn’t be more excited! Aside from our fabulous keynote speakers, panels, pop-up shops and, of course, swag bags, we can’t wait to meet and network with all of you!...
Are you heading to Groceryshop later this month in Las Vegas? If so, I wanted to let you know that the Women in Retail Leadership Circle is partnering with The Female Quotient to produce a Girls’ Lounge at Groceryshop on Mon., Oct. 29, from 8:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. in room Bluethorn 1 at the Aria. The Girls’...
What follows is a personal account of Jinny Uppal’s sabbatical journey. While Jinny, vice president of strategic portfolio management at Bed Bath & Beyond, had thought about taking a sabbatical for many years, she finally took the leap and did it in 2016. In the following article, Jinny takes us through her journey: from how...
We’ve been talking a lot about the Women in Retail Leadership Circle: On the Road events taking place in New York City on Oct. 24, and in San Francisco on Nov. 7, but we haven’t really told you all about our fabulous keynote speakers: Jane Elfers, president and CEO of The Children’s Place (New York City), and...
Hey Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) members, we’re super excited about a new partnership we just formed, and I want to tell you all about it! WIRLC is partnering with CabinetM, a Boston-based technology company that has developed a platform that helps companies manage the marketing technology they have as well as find the...
If you’re like me, you’ve been hearing a lot about blockchain for months now, however, you’re still a bit fuzzy about how the technology works. And perhaps even more important, what the retail applications are for the technology. Well, don’t fret; help is on the way. Julie Lyle, a dear friend of Women in Retail Leadership...
Some great news out of the Golden State this week: On Sunday, California became the first state to require publicly traded companies to include women on their boards of directors. Senate Bill 826 , which was signed into law by Gov. Jerry Brown, requires at least one female director on the board of each California-based public corporation by...
