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.
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Melissa Campanelli, co-founder of the Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC), speaks with Elain Szu, vice president of marketing at Narvar, an e-commerce logistics and delivery experience platform. Listen in as Elain discusses how Narvar brings brand messaging front and center in every consumer touchpoint, where she...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Melissa Campanelli, co-founder of the Women in Retail Leadership Circle, speaks with John Nicola, senior vice president of corporate institutional sales at First Data, a global merchant solutions and payment services provider. Listen in as John discusses the biggest pain points he sees retailers facing in 2019, the...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Women in Retail Leadership Circle Co-Founder Melissa Campanelli speaks with Carolyn Brown, head of e-commerce, North America, at Anheuser-Busch InBev, a global beverage and brewing company with over 500 brands. Listen in as they discuss AB InBev’s focus on user experience technology, the opportunities for women in...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Melissa Campanelli, co-founder of the Women in Retail Leadership Circle, interviews Michelle Fitzpatrick, a retail and consumer industry strategist at Acxiom, a provider of people-based marketing solutions with a specific focus on retail organizations. Listen in as they discuss Michelle’s background and her role at Acxiom, the women...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Melissa Campanelli, co-founder of the Women in Retail Leadership Circle, interviews Mary van Praag, brand president of Soma, a Chico’s FAS intimate apparel brand. Listen in as they discuss Mary’s journey to the retail industry, the biggest challenges she’s faced in her career, the professional accomplishments she’s most proud...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Melissa Campanelli, co-founder of the Women in Retail Leadership Circle, speaks with Bridget Brennan, CEO of Female Factor and author of the recently published book, “Winning Her Business: How To Transform the Customer Experience for the World’s Most Powerful Consumers.” Brennan discusses, among other things, how to win sales and...
Women in Retail Leadership Circle has been at the Shoptalk conference in Las Vegas this week hosting the FQ Lounge space in partnership with The Female Quotient. Over the past two days, dozens of women leaders in retail have graced the stage and spoke on topics ranging from diversity and inclusion to how to engaging men...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Melissa Campanelli, co-founder of the Women in Retail Leadership Circle, speaks with Rhonda Moret, founder of Elevate for Her, a professional development organization designed to help women gain the skills, knowledge and confidence to succeed and compete with their male counterparts. Listen in as they discuss Rhonda’s...
While at the National Retail Federation Big Show in January, Women in Retail Leadership Circle spoke to Lisa Bradley and Cameron Cruse, co-founders of R.Riveter, an American-made handbag company that supports military families by providing military spouses with flexible employment. Cruse and Bradley discuss how R.Riveter manufactures its handbags in the U.S., the variety of...
In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, Melissa Campanelli, co-founder of the Women in Retail Leadership Circle, interviews Rachel Cohen, co-founder and co-CEO of Snowe, a direct-to-consumer homewares company that sells well-designed, high-quality home essentials. Listen in as Cohen discusses her motivation for founding Snowe, how she’s using immersive home pop-up shops to market the brand, and...
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