Megan Murray is the senior director of field operations for Ulta Beauty. She’s also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) member! In this member spotlight, we asked Muray a series of questions about both her professional role and personal life, including the woman that inspires her, her leadership style, her advice for the next...
We’re thrilled to announce our next professional development Virtual Workshop for Women in Retail Leadership Circle members! The members-only workshop, which will take place July 31 from 12 p.m. to 1 p.m. ET, is titled Leading With Emotional Intelligence. This workshop promises to go beyond traditional conflict resolution techniques by drawing from psychology, anthropology and sociology. The workshop will be...
I’ve always been passionate about creating loyalty programs for brands. It’s a valuable way to connect with and learn from your customers while delivering concrete business results, especially as customer acquisition costs rise. Before implementing a loyalty program, my team and I spend significant time contemplating these essential questions: Customer value proposition: Why would our...
Looking for inspiration on how to lead with love? Or improve your brain-gut connection? Or turn excuses into results? We have all that and more on the Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) website, where our members can now access all full-length keynotes and panel sessions from the 2024 Women in Retail Leadership Summit, held...
Sharon Leite is one of two women on the eight-person Lovesac board of directors, and one of approximately 30.7 percent of women who serve on the boards of the top 3,000 U.S. publicly traded companies, according to an analysis done earlier this year by the organization 50 Women on 50 Boards. That same report found that...
Culture is 10.4 times more likely to contribute to attrition than compensation. Organizational psychologist Angela Howard, founder of Call for Culture, shared that statistic while on stage at the 2024 Women in Retail Leadership Summit. She took the stage during the recent event to teach executive-level women in retail how to do workplace culture differently....
Bethany Muths, a Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) member since 2022, was named president of Fair Harbor earlier this month. Fair Harbor is a sustainable coastal lifestyle brand launched in 2014 by siblings Jake and Caroline Danehy. The company achieved B-Corp certification in 2022, and its products are sold online, in several department stores,...
We’re thrilled to announce that Stephanie Urban, vice president of e-commerce and marketing for Vince Camuto, was the recipient of Women in Retail’s 2024 Top Woman of the Year, an award created in partnership with CommerceNext for its CommerceNexty Awards program. The award, which was announced at CommerceNext’s event in New York City last week, recognizes a...
Holidays like Juneteenth (June 19) mark a great reason for companies to pause and reflect on how they can make meaningful progress toward equity. Let’s be clear: Companies and individuals shouldn’t wait until a federal holiday — and perhaps day off — to do this kind of reflection. Black communities have been celebrating Emancipation Day,...
We’re so excited to feature Jane Rawnsley, senior vice president, creative, Avataar, in this week’s Inner Circle Q&A. In her role, Jane is a seasoned leader with a strong background in traditional direct-to-consumer creative and a proven track record in developing disruptive CGI-based innovative visualizations and teams. Throughout her career, Jane has primarily focused on...
