Debra Torres is the senior director of retail at Perry Ellis International. She has more than 20 years of experience in the fashion industry and a proven record of success in brand management, merchandising, planning, and operations oversight. She’s also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) member! In this member spotlight, we asked Torres...
To say that the state of the modern workplace is drastically different than what it once was a few years ago is an understatement. Year after year since the rise of hybrid work, managers have been responsible for driving results in the face of many unique challenges — prolonged burnout, mass layoffs and ever-increasing business demands...
There are 88 million jobs in green sectors, with women filling 29 percent of them in 2021. According to The Boston Consulting Group, the number of jobs is expected to go up to 155 million in 2030, but women’s involvement will go down to 25 percent. This is expected to delay the advancement of gender...
Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) recently released its 14th annual Top Women in Retail report. The valuable resource highlights female executives who impressed us as well as colleagues from the industry. Honoree Esi Eggleston Bracey, chief growth and marketing officer of Unilever, is one such example. Here’s a sampling of Eggleston Bracey’s interview featured in...
The greatest advice Julie Evans ever got was given to her as she was quitting a job. In an interview at the Women in Retail Pavilion at Shoptalk in March, Evans — the chief marketing officer of Omaha Steaks — spoke with Sharonda Weatherspoon, a Women in Retail advisory board member and the head of...
Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has set the marketing world aflame. Tools like DALL·E and Adobe Firefly have demonstrated the potential of AI to produce engaging creative from limited resources. Looking beyond that, what can it offer in terms of media efficiency for brand and retail marketers? The ability of GenAI tools to remix and iterate...
We are thrilled to announce our next professional development virtual workshop for Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) members! The workshop, Having a Wealth Mindset, is designed for executive-level women seeking financial empowerment. The workshop will help you unlock the secrets to cultivating a wealth mindset and transforming the way you approach finances as a...
We are so excited to feature Natalie MacLennan, CEO of Dockers, in the Women in Retail Inner Circle Q&A this week. As Dockers’ CEO, Natalie oversees all aspects of Levi’s casual lifestyle brand across product, marketing, operations and commercial. Since joining the Dockers team in 2020, Natalie has been pivotal in transforming Dockers into a...
Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) recently released its 14th annual Top Women in Retail report. The valuable resource highlights female executives who impressed us as well as colleagues from the industry. We asked several of our “On the Rise” women what skills they developed that led them to be a successful leader in the world...
Holly Briedis, executive vice president and chief digital officer of Fossil Group, has a few non-negotiables when it comes to being a working parent. The mother of a five-year-old and a three-year-old, Briedis said in an interview with CommerceNext Co-Founder Veronika Sonsev at Shoptalk that she always leads authentically, bringing 100 percent of her personality to...
