Kristina Stidham is the digital content director at Women in Retail Leadership Circle and sister brands Total Retail and Women Leading Travel & Hospitality at NAPCO Media. She is passionate about digital media and handles video, podcast and virtual event production for all brands. You can often find her at WIRLC, TR, WLT&H or industry events with her camera and podcasting equipment—or at home on Zoom—recording interviews with thought leaders and business executives.
Kristina holds a B.A. in Media Studies and Production from the Temple University Klein College of Media and Communication in Philadelphia. Go Owls! When she's not in the office, she loves to go on long walks, sing around the house, hangout with her family and two pet guinea pigs, and travel to new places.
Innovative retail technology and live country music: an unlikely duo, or the perfect combination? We think the latter! The Women in Retail Leadership Circle team travelled to Nashville last week to host our sister brand Total Retail’s annual technology summit, Total Retail Tech. It was a roaring success, and an incredible experience for my first...
Asha Saxena, CEO and founder of Women Leaders in Data and AI, delivered a keynote presentation during last week’s Total Retail Tech event in Nashville. Total Retail Tech was hosted by Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s sister brand, Total Retail. Among other themes during her presentation, Saxena addressed the acceleration of digitalization which has resulted in...
Talent recruitment and retainment is harder than ever in the new post-pandemic world of work. Why? In part, it’s because people who understand the future of retail are in such high demand. Your competitors are trying to woo the same people you are, and if you don’t offer the right role, compensation, benefits, training, development opportunities...
Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s Lessons in Leadership video series offers exclusive, member-only videos featuring executive women from the Women in Retail Leadership Circle advisory board discussing a host of different topics, from industry best practices, life learnings, strategic tools to help other women excel as leaders, among others. Our eighth episode features lessons from alumni...
Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s Lessons in Leadership video series offers exclusive, member-only videos featuring executive women from the Women in Retail Leadership Circle advisory board discussing a host of different topics, from industry best practices, life learnings, strategic tools to help other women excel as leaders, among others. Our seventh episode features lessons from...
How would you measure the success of a resale program’s contribution to a brand’s sustainability efforts and the overall construction of a circular economy? This question was asked to panelists during Women in Retail Leadership Circle and sister brand Total Retail’s recent August Virtual Exchange livestream event. In this clip from the Future of Resale:...
This Friday, Aug. 26, is Women’s Equality Day, which celebrates the importance of the women’s suffrage movement; the work to secure and expand equal rights in America; and the certification of 19th Amendment back in 1920. This day honors all the rights and freedoms that women have fought for and gained over the years, but...
As more empathic leaders, women have to balance how they approach change management. In this video, Women in Retail Leadership Circle consultant member Amanda Astrologo, partner at The Parker Avery Group, provides four tactics for women leading transformational change within an organization. Astrologo shares that communication, training and sustainment fuel a successful change management journey....
In this Women in Retail Leadership Circle member spotlight, we feature a video interview with Dr. Manasa Mantravadi, founder and CEO of Ahimsa, the world’s first colorful stainless steel dishes for kids that help families avoid plastic at mealtimes. We’ve asked Manasa a series of questions about herself, including her career in the retail industry...
In this Women in Retail Leadership Circle member spotlight, we feature a video interview with Melissa Clayton, CEO and founder of Tiny Tags, a personalized fine jewelry company for moms. We asked Melissa a series of questions about herself, including her career in the retail industry, so you could get to know her better, including...
