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.
While at the 2019 Women in Retail Leadership Summit, Women in Retail Leadership Circle Co-Founder Melissa Campanelli had the opportunity to interview five 2019 Top Women in Retail honorees. During the wide-ranging interview, the retail leaders shared their proudest accomplishment from the past 12 months, best practices for motivating their teams, and what they’re most excited...
Melissa Angus, director of sales and business development at LS Direct Marketing, a partner sponsor at the 2019 Women in Retail Leadership Summit, sat down with WIRLC at the Summit to discuss LS Direct Marketing’s offerings and capabilities, how the company sends targeted direct mail using customer data, and the biggest pain points she’s seeing retailers face...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, guest host Heather Logan, partnerships lead at The Female Quotient, speaks with Dana Gibber, co-founder and chief operating officer at Headliner Labs, a leading tech platform in conversational marketing. Listen in as they discuss the growth of Facebook Messenger as a direct marketing and communications channel, as...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, guest host Heather Logan, partnerships lead at The Female Quotient, speaks with Carol Chen, co-founder of Style.me, a virtual 3D styling solution for e-commerce sites. Listen in as they discuss the pain points facing retailers today, the technologies like Style.me that are leading the evolution of the...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Kristina Stidham, associate content editor at Women in Retail Leadership Circle, speaks with Debbi Schulman and Ariella Weitzman, the mother-daughter duo running PlanetMotherhood, a maternity apparel brand offering stylish, comfortable and fabulous maternity clothing at great prices. PlanetMotherhood products are sold at department stores, big-box retailers and...
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The 2019 Women in Retail Leadership Summit kicked off last week with an energetic and powerful keynote presentation from Amy Errett, founder and CEO of Madison Reed, a hair color brand for women. In the opening keynote, titled “One Woman’s Journey to Disrupting a Multibillion Dollar Industry,” Errett discussed how she was able — with determination, tenacity, passion and an...
We’ve been so inspired by the speakers at the Women in Retail Leadership Summit taking place in Miami this week that we’ve decided to share some of them with you. Hope you find some inspiration from the quotes below! “Good brands are about the what. Great brands are about the why.” –@AmyErrett #WIRLSummit — Women...
The 2019 Women in Retail Leadership Summit has been a whirlwind three days of engaging sessions, glam, free swag, and connections! Over 350 phenomenal retail executives joined us at the Ritz-Carlton Key Biscayne in Miami this week. There are so many powerful women in attendance and incredibly motivating speakers taking the stage. Take a look...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Melissa Campanelli, co-founder of Women in Retail Leadership Circle, speaks with Jules Pieri, co-founder and CEO of The Grommet, an online site that launches undiscovered consumer products. Listen in as they discuss Jules’ inspiration for starting The Grommet, her new book (just released this week!) “How We Make...
