Good morning Inner Circle readers! I thought this week I’d take a moment to thank all of the fantastic and inspiring people who help make the Inner Circle — and the Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) — such a wonderful place to be. They include: our fabulous WIRLC board of advisors, who are so generous...
At the Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s Girl Talks East event in New York City last month, Miki Racine Berardelli, chief executive officer at KIDBOX, a kid’s style box that delivers cool brands, shared her simple yet profound secret to building and defining a corporate culture. Berardelli explained to the group an exercise she developed...
Hello ladies! I’m so excited to let you all know that registration for next year’s Women in Retail Leadership Summit is now open!! The Summit will take place April 16-18 at the Ritz-Carlton | Key Biscayne, Miami, an incredible luxury resort that offers miles of golden beaches that will be a treat for your toes!...
I came across a really interesting Harvard Business Review (HBR) report recently, and I’ve been thinking about it quite a bit, so I thought I’d share it with you. The report tried to answer the following question: Is the reason women are underrepresented in the C-suite, in general receive lower salaries, and are less likely...
We will be featuring Women in Retail Leadership Circle members, advisory board members and ladies who lead in Inner Circle Q&As over the next several months. The interviews will highlight what makes our community so special, from their leadership styles to their favorite vacation spots and everything in between. This week’s Q&A is with Victoria Tsai, founder and CEO of Tatcha...
Chico’s FAS, a great friend and supporter of the Women in Retail Leadership Circle, was one of 32 companies honored last week by the Women Executive Leadership organization of Florida at its 2017 Corporate Salute Elevate Awards for the advancement of gender diversity in the boardroom and the C-suite. The nonprofit organization reviews regulatory filings...
One of my favorite parts of Luxury Interactive, which I attended earlier this week in New York City, was hearing a panel of retail and luxury marketing executives answer a simple question lobbed by the panel’s moderator, W. Joe DeMiero, managing director of digital at advertising agency Team One. At the end of the “Heads...
The Women in Retail Leadership Summit (WIRLS) is celebrating its fifth anniversary this year! Can you believe it? It’s been five years since we started connecting women leaders in the retail space at a gathering in Miami. Since that first Summit in April 2014, WIRLS has tripled in size! And we’re open for business! The 2018...
How do you feel about the word “lady”? Does it make you think of a sisterhood of modern, real, confident women? The Beyoncé song “Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)? How Michelle Obama reinvented what it means to be a First Lady? Ladies’ night out? If the word lady sparks any of these thoughts...
The Inner Circle staff is at Shop.org in Los Angeles this week, and we’re mightily impressed with all the women speakers here! Our favorite session so far, Women Rule: Entrepreneurial Inspiration, featured the female founders and CEOs behind Beautycounter, Minted and theSkimm. These extraordinary women shared how they’ve developed their entrepreneurial brands, among other nuggets of...
