This article originally appeared in the cover story of Total Retail’s Summer issue, Game Changers. (Total Retail is the sister publication of Women in Retail Leadership Circle.) In this excerpt from the cover story, Heidi Zak, co-founder and CEO of ThirdLove, a retailer that sells bras designed for the modern woman, was interviewed. Total Retail:...
We’re crossing off one item at a time on our summer bucket list as the season winds down (say it ain’t so!). For a few of us on the WIRLC team, this means road trips with family and friends! While I’m always down for a great road trip, there’s only so many times you can...
A new survey from The Rockefeller Foundation found that male attitudes in the workplace is a top reason why there are so few female CEOs. Sixty-five percent of those surveyed said the attitudes of men in top leadership positions are a barrier to female leadership. A striking 90 percent of women said attitudes of men...
This article originally appeared in the cover story of Total Retail’s Summer issue, Game Changers. (Total Retail is the sister publication of Women in Retail Leadership Circle.) In this excerpt from the cover story, Shan-Lyn Ma, co-founder and CEO of Zola, a company reinventing the wedding planning and registry experience with a free suite of...
A few weeks ago I offered some news around the Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s (WIRLC) New York City and San Francisco “Girl Talks” events, taking place on Oct. 3 and Oct. 23, respectively. I explained that WIRLC’s Girl Talks are networking and dinner events designed to get you thinking, get you talking and, most of...
This article originally appeared in the cover story of Total Retail's Summer issue, Game Changers. (Total Retail is the sister publication of Women in Retail Leadership Circle.) In this excerpt of the cover story, Jen Rubio and Stephanie Korey, co-founders of direct-to-consumer luggage brand Away, are interviewed on topics ranging from their plan to scale the business for future growth to what traditional retailers can learn from the startup to what their favorite hobbies are.
We will be featuring Women in Retail Leadership Circle members and advisory board members in Inner Circle Q&As over the next several months. We want you to get to know our members! The interviews will highlight what makes our members so special, from their leadership styles to their favorite vacation spots and everything in between. This week’s Q&A is with Erica...
Everyone knows the saying — work hard, play hard. Time and again, we save up our Netflix binging and girls night out for weekends when we’ve finished all of our work and sifted through (almost) all of our emails. The first thought that comes to mind is you don’t want your vacation to be spoiled...
We here at the Inner Circle love to feature our board members and members, and especially love it when we can highlight them because they’re involved in something special. Well, Katherine Bahamonde Monasebian, a Women in Retail Leadership Circle advisory board member and executive with Alex and Ani, recently told us about something special she experienced. Monasebian...
We will be featuring Women in Retail Leadership Circle members and advisory board members in Inner Circle Q&As over the next several months. We want you to get to know our members! The interviews will highlight what makes our members so special, from their leadership styles to their favorite vacation spots and everything in between. This week’s Q&A is with Ivka...
