Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) recently released its 15th annual Top Women in Retail report. The valuable resource highlights female executives who impressed our Editorial team as well as colleagues from the industry. Natalie Breece, chief people and diversity of ThredUp, is one such example. Here’s a sampling of Breece’s interview featured in the report....
Kate Sargent says that opportunities are passed in whispers, not posted on job boards. If you’ve ever had to look for a job, you know that’s true. In fact, according to Sargent — the fractional head of people and executive talent acquisition at KJS Consulting — 85 percent of executive roles are filled through connections,...
At BÉIS, the consumer is at the heart of everything the brand does. As a community-oriented travel essentials brand, BÉIS thrives on direct dialogue with its customers. During a keynote session at Shoptalk in Las Vegas last week, BÉIS CEO Adeela Hussain Johnson shared what the brand has learned from its conversations with customers and...
A new survey found three out of four Gen Z and millennial consumers feel a lack of recent updates on a business’s social media or blog impacts its trustworthiness. As a small business owner, you should be posting to your social accounts and updating your website at least monthly or risk losing customers’ trust. Ideally,...
I’ve had three pivotal experiences working directly with consumers: During college, I worked at Gap and Abercrombie & Fitch (yes, the days of pumping perfume into the store and rolling up shorts). This experience gave me firsthand exposure to retail operations and customer interactions. Later, I partnered with cultural anthropologists, conducting in-home visits to observe...
We recently came across an article from Forbes and this quote stood out to us: “As technology becomes more important, the more consumers will crave genuine human experiences.” Enter direct mail. A genuine, human experience. Traditionally, direct mail has resonated with older demographics such as baby boomers and Gen X because they prefer tangible, physical forms of communication that they can hold...
Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) recently released its 15th annual Top Women in Retail report. The valuable resource highlights female executives who impressed us as well as colleagues from the industry. Karen Beebe is one such example. Here’s a sampling of Beebe’s interview featured in the report. Women in Retail Leadership Circle: As a 100-plus...
In celebration of Women’s History Month, Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) is highlighting inspiring female entrepreneurs shaping the retail industry. In this installment, we chat with Thayer Sylvester and Jennifer Hinton, founders of Carve Designs, a beach lifestyle brand offering surf, swim, fitness and lifestyle clothing. We explore the founders’ career journeys, their motivations for...
A special part of the Women in Retail Leadership Summit I always look forward to are the leadership workshops. Attendees get a chance to spend some time in smaller group formats, choosing from one of four interactive sessions with our incredible career coaches. This year’s workshops were thoughtfully crafted with attendees’ biggest pain points in...
We’re less than a week away from Shoptalk 2025, and the excitement is building for an unforgettable experience in Las Vegas! Mark your calendars for March 25-27 and join us at the Women in Retail Pavilion (Booth 2232). The Pavilion is your go-to destination inside Shoptalk’s exhibit hall for a relaxing area to network, participate in...
