In the business world, every company — no matter its size — has a culture. That culture is more often than not established by the company’s leadership, and filtered down to the rank-and-file employees. A healthy corporate culture values each employee and puts the goals of the company before individual gains, leading to happier, more...
Do you know what the “Power Panel” is? It’s a panel of executive women in the retail space who spoke during a session on leadership at the Women in Retail Leadership Summit in Miami last month. These ambitious, successful women who dreamed big and achieved their personal and professional goals while staying true to themselves...
Terrified of technology and social media. Behind the times. Immersed in traditional media. These are just a few of the labels marketers and society in general have heaped on the 45-plus generation, creating widespread stereotypes and misinformation about this demographic on everything from how they make purchasing decisions to how they get information to how...
Despite the fact that women make up more than 70 percent of the total retail workforce, they hold less than 25 percent of leadership positions at top fashion firms. So what are the hurdles in the way? In a recent interview with Business of Fashion, Tory Burch, CEO of Tory Burch; Angela Missoni, creative director...
Content, new categories, out-of-home advertising, events and authentic influencers are the leading tools in Net-a-Porter’s (NAP) customer acquisition toolbox, according to Heather Kaminetsky, vice president of marketing for the Americas at the global online luxury brand. Heather discussed these strategies while speaking on a panel titled Innovative Acquisition Strategies for the Modern Retailer at the...
In this one-on-one interview at last month's Women in Retail Leadership Summit in Miami, Eileen Meade, vice president of omnichannel and customer experience at DICKS's Sporting Goods, discusses the top retail trends of 2015.
Just in time for Mother’s Day, Working Mother magazine just released its list of the 50 Most Powerful Moms of 2015. Each year, Working Mother chooses 50 remarkable women whose influence is felt on a daily basis by their singular talent, hard work and intellectual capital — not to mention courage, strength, love of family...
Following an internal study in 2009, LVMH, the French multinational luxury goods conglomerate that includes brands such as Louis Vuitton, Hermes, Kering and others, announced that while a majority of its workforce were women, those women held few senior management positions. LVMH wasn’t alone, however. Across 50 major fashion brands studied by Business of Fashion,...
Do you serve on a corporate board? Do you want to serve on one? Then Gerri Elliott would like to hear from you! Who is Gerri? Besides being a women in leadership speaker extraordinaire (she just spoke at the Women in Retail Leadership Summit, where she received a standing ovation), she also serves on the...
This past week, The Women in Retail Leadership Circle talked with Stormy Simon, President of Overstock.com, about the top trends in retail and leadership best practices.
