How is the holiday rush going for you so far? What holiday rush, you ask. It’s July 1, nearly six months before Santa makes his triumphant appearance. Kids are out of school, summer vacations are ongoing and barbecues are a weekend staple. While all that may be the case for you, there’s a large segment...
I like to think of myself as someone who is in the know about fashion, retail, e-commerce and, I’ll admit it, celebrities, so I was surprised to see Ellen DeGeneres’ new lifestyle e-commerce site, ED by Ellen, opened for business yesterday without me knowing about it. And it wasn’t a soft launch — the site...
An increasing number of e-tailers are putting down brick-and-mortar roots with "webrooms." Most recently, online jewelry brand and WIRLC favorite BaubleBar announced it's joined the likes of fellow formerly online-only brands Blue Nile, Bonobos, Warby Parker and Birchbox in opening a brick-and-mortar store. BaubleBar's first storefront is in Long Island's Roosevelt Field Mall.
It was announced last week that founding father and U.S. Secretary of Treasury Alexander Hamilton will be replaced on the $10 bill by a woman in 2020 — just in time for the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment. It will be the first time in over a century a woman has been featured on...
Brooklyn is the national front-runner for for women-led startups, with 28 percent, 33 businesses in total, reporting to have at least one woman founder. Brooklyn is quickly outpacing other tech-centric cities such as San Francisco (16 percent of startups have at least one woman founder) and Palo Alto, Calif. (12 percent). With companies such as Etsy, MakerBot and Kickstarter all calling Brooklyn home, it's really not surprising. So, why Brooklyn?
In what’s hopefully just a precursor to future career advancement opportunities, last week featured the promotions of several women to C-level positions at leading retail brands. Here’s summary of what occurred: Kelly Cook was named the new chief marketing officer at Kmart, where she will replace Andrew Stein, who exited the role to join Big...
Missed the Fashion Tech Forum (FTF), which was held last week in New York City? Don’t worry, I was there! I’ve condensed the day into seven points you need to know. Here goes:
Thinking about making Pinterest a part of your social media marketing strategy? Or already have a Pinterest page for your brand and need a few pointers? Tram Ngyuen, head of product marketing for Pinterest, shares a few "pinteresting" tips every retailer should know in this exclusive interview with Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC).
Aubrie Pagano is the founder and CEO of Bow & Drape, an online retail brand that enables women to design their own clothing. The startup company, which manufactures all of its products in the United States, boasts that its customers’ personalities are built into every item Bow & Drape finishes to order. It’s a true...
With countless influencers on Twitter, it’s hard to choose just a few to highlight. But that didn’t stop us from trying. Below are a few of the technology innovators, retail pioneers, nonprofit champions and boss ladies we’ve been following in the Twitterverse. Reshema Savjani, Founder, Girls Who Code The question that could define the future...
