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...
The spring season of retail industry events is in full swing! If you missed it, we hosted the Women in Retail Pavilion on the show floor at Shoptalk Spring in Las Vegas last month. The Pavilion enabled women leaders and allies to gather for networking and valuable content discussions. (Women in Retail Leadership Circle members...
Cora Buel is the chief revenue officer of ThredUp. She’s also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) member! In this member spotlight, we asked Buel 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 generation of female...
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 Mandy Fields, senior vice president and chief financial officer at e.l.f. Beauty, is one such example. Here’s a sampling of Fields’ interview featured...
Total Retail, the sister brand of Women in Retail Leadership Circle, is conducting its annual survey of retail executives to learn about their organizations’ technology usage and needs, both current and future. As such, we request the Women in Retail community’s participation in this brief survey (it should take less than 10 minutes to complete)....
TikTok enjoyed a meteoric rise during the pandemic and has evolved from a song-and-dance platform to a bona fide digital commerce powerhouse. TikTok is a crucial platform for digital commerce for many businesses due to its unparalleled ability to blend entertainment with commerce seamlessly. However, the app is once again in the hot seat in...
Roz Johnson doesn’t consider herself to be traditionally trained in human resources. In her 30-plus year career in retail, she’s held all kinds of positions at various large retailers and brands, including vice president of stores at American Eagle, regional manager at Gap, and senior managing director of operations at Build-A-Bear Workshop, where she’s worked...
