In a conversation with National Retail Federation (NRF) President and CEO Matthew Shay at the trade association’s Big Show in New York City earlier this week, Corie Barry, CEO of Best Buy, detailed five areas the consumer electronics retailer is investing time and resources to help it take friction out of the customer experience. Safety...
We made it! We’re through the holidays and settling into 2022. The “new year new you” craze is making its way through the world with resolutions, words, mantras, vision boards, all the things. 2022 is going to be the BEST YEAR EVER! If you’re feeling anything like me, you’re not having it. I heard the...
Mark your calendars! Sharon Leite, CEO of The Vitamin Shoppe and Women in Retail Leadership Circle board member, will be featured in the Emmy Award-winning series “Undercover Boss” on Fri., Jan. 21 (8 p.m.-9 p.m. ET). During filming of the episode, Leite took on the guise of a former gift shop manager from Cleveland who...
Lucille DeHart is a principal at MKT Marketing Services and founder of Yogassists. She’s the former North America director of marketing strategy and business development at Bed Bath & Beyond and Christmas Tree Shops. She is also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle member! We asked Lucille a series of questions about her career and...
Hello hello! My name is Jenna Bless, and I am the membership director for Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC). Who am I? Do you want the long or short of it? How about the story of my very first job and falling in love with delivering genuine service and a thoughtful experience? My very...
Martha Welsh, director of strategy, operations and GMT for Google Commerce, has been driving a lot of changes for the search engine’s shopping vertical since she started with the company 11 years ago. Welsh’s focus is on building healthier ecosystems at the intersection of business and technology, and in 2022, that means creating a more...
Our careers are a series of choices, some of which may feel daunting or career-ending. What do you do when you become paralyzed by fear and unable to act? And what if you make a move that doesn’t work out the way you had hoped? How do you continue to take risks to find success,...
Gabrielle Grazi is the vice president of retail strategy and partnerships at Natural Diamond Council, the authority and resource on natural diamonds for consumers and the jewelry industry. She is also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle member! We asked Gabrielle a series of questions about her career and other subjects so you can get...
Happy New Year to all of you fabulous women in retail! I hope your holidays were joyful and relaxing. Mine were, and I was especially grateful for the downtime, which enabled me to spend quality time with my family and close friends. One thing I didn’t do this year, however, was make New Year’s resolutions....
This past year has been unlike any other in recent memory. While 2020 was difficult, at least we all had a brief period of normalcy before COVID-19 upended everything. In 2021, however, the pandemic dominated our lives since day one. On a personal and professional level, many of us are spent. However, in order to...
