When I was asked to provide five tips to help businesses thrive, I instantly thought of one key theme: how to build and nurture a successful team. I’m going to share five tips to help your greatest asset, your people, thrive, and the business results will follow! Having co-founded and run MyEyeDr. for the last...
Interested in learning from women e-commerce leaders about how global mindsets can help strengthen retail organizations? Then be sure to attend a session Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) will be participating in at the Global Ecommerce Leaders Forum (GELF) event in New York City on Sept. 29. GELF NYC 2022 will bring together retail...
Nora Gomez is the chief merchandising officer of Nebraska Furniture Mart, a home furnishings retailer. She’s also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle member! In this member spotlight, we asked Gomez a series of questions about both her professional and personal lives, including the woman that inspires her, her leadership style, her advice for the next...
Autumn is just around the corner, which means so are pumpkin spice lattes, college football games, and Women in Retail Leadership Circle: On the Road events! That’s right, we’re gearing up for our last two On the Road events of the year, taking place in New York City on Oct. 6 and San Francisco on...
Amy Voloshin is a fashion entrepreneur, textile designer, and the founder of Printfresh, a collection of sleepwear and lifestyle items inspired by plants, animals and home décor. The daughter of industrial designers, Voloshin grew up with big goals of her own creative career. After following her artistic endeavors and graduating from the Rhode Island School...
Who doesn’t love scoring an excellent deal on a lovely item or service? Great news, we’ve added a page to our website featuring discount codes and other offers just for Women in Retail Leadership Circle members! Because this is for members, from members (the discounts and offers are from brands represented by our members), you...
They say you don’t learn anything if you never make a mistake. Mistakes are a part of life, and they’re certainly a part of any career — and they often lead you to some of life’s greatest lessons. As Oscar Wilde said, “Experience is simply the name we give our mistakes.” These five Women in...
Retailers keep hearing about the impending recession, which would mean a pull back in consumer demand right in time for the holiday season. However, recent industry reports are showing a “business as usual” behavior, both with shoppers and manufacturers. Amazon’s Prime Day topped $12 billion in revenue, and combined retail and food service sales grew...
When I started my university career, I was already an outlier. I had decided to study mechanical engineering when, at the time, women made up only about 5 percent of the program. I went into this hypercompetitive, masculine-dominated environment knowing I would face challenges, including overcoming the old boy’s network. Some professors blatantly told us...
Organizations are rarely at a loss for ideas or business initiatives, however, many lack the discipline to execute long-term goals and sustain alignment across functional teams and layers within the organization to stay on track. Instead, they often find themselves juggling a long list of initiatives both at the corporate and divisional levels while simultaneously...
