Who: Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton Why: For spearheading a powerful campaign called “Not There” to remind the world that despite significant inroads into gender equality, we’re still not there just yet. On March 8, International Women’s Day, you may have noticed that many images of women in ads and on magazine covers had disappeared....
Motivated to take the next step in your career, but not sure how? Does fear of failure keep you from climbing the corporate ladder, leaving you languishing in your current position? While it’s true that some people may be natural born leaders, there are plenty of other successful people who have learned on the job....
Wanda Gierhart, chief marketing officer at Neiman Marcus, as well as member of Retail Online Integration’s Top Women in Omnichannel Retail for 2011, shared why the luxury retailer chose music to help enhance its brand in this interview with Adweek. “The ‘Make Some Noise’ platform is about bold women and bold voices in music, tech,...
We’ve all heard that companies led by women perform better than those led by men. Well, according to a new study from Quantopian, a Boston-based trading platform that relies on crowdsourced algorithms, women CEOs in the Fortune 1000 drive three times the returns as S&P 500 enterprises run predominantly by men. The study examined how...
New customers are the lifeblood of any retail business. With that in mind, retailers are investing significant time and resources into their customer acquisition efforts. Whether it be search marketing (paid or organic), social media, email, display advertising, content marketing, text messaging, affiliate marketing, catalogs or a host of other acquisition channels, finding what works...
Betsey Johnson, designer extraordinaire and fashion legend, stopped by Reddit last week for a AMA (aka Ask Me Anything) session, which lets the general public ask questions to a given guest about any topic. The full list of questions and answers can be found here, but what follows are seven things I learned about Betsey...
There are certain women in the retail industry that capture the attention of a room. Jenna Lyons is one of them. Over the last decade, Lyons has made J.Crew into a household name and, in the process, she herself has become an icon. Lyons is recognized not only for her signature look, but for her...
Retail Online Integration’s fifth annual list of the leading women executives in omnichannel retail features some of the brightest minds in the industry. (Retail Online Integration is a sister publication of the Women in Retail Leadership Circle, and its e-newsletter, The Inner Circle.) This year’s nominees were chosen for being in a top-level position within an...
Who: Eileen Fisher, founder, president and chief creative officer of Eileen Fisher, Inc., as well as a fashion icon. Why: For developing her “business as a movement” mantra, in addition to being a great supporter of female entrepreneurship. Oh, and she’s so cool. For Eileen Fisher, it’s definitely never business as usual. And that’s part...
A recent study from Fortune (in collaboration with S&P Capital IQ) revealed that despite advancements for women in executive roles, 90 percent of U.S. chief financial officers are men. There are currently 58 female CFOs serving at Fortune 500 companies, according to Fortune’s analysis. (The information is based on a database that was updated as...
