Welcome to our Women in Retail Leadership Summit special edition of the Inner Circle. We came back from the Summit so energized and with so much great information to share that we couldn’t help ourselves but to send a special edition! Thanks to everyone who attended the Summit. You made it great! It was wonderful...
I just got back from the Women in Retail Leadership Summit in Miami, and I must say, I’m blown away. Yes, I may seem like a braggart (after all, the event we put together was spectacular), but what I’m referring to is the energy that was in the air for the entire three days —...
We were very excited to learn that Women in Retail Leadership Circle Co-Founder Jennifer DiPasquale was quoted in a great article that appeared in Retail Dive last week. However, it was hard to “like” it since it discussed a very “unlikable” subject: that the retail industry is still very short on women leaders despite the fact...
To help prepare those who have already signed up for the Women in Retail Leadership Summit (taking place in Miami Beach from April 20-22), and to entice others who haven’t yet registered, Inner Circle will be giving you a sneak peek into the thoughts and motivations of some of the featured speakers at this year’s...
Have you read anything lately by Tracy Spears, the co-founder of the Exceptional Leaders Lab, a worldwide community of progressive business leaders focused on making a positive difference in their organizations? Spears is the co-author of “What Exceptional Leaders Know,” the best-selling book for progressive leaders everywhere. If not, you should! In addition to her books, Spears...
In the Winter 2016 issue of Total Retail (sister brand of Women in Retail Leadership Circle), the cover story featured the brand’s annual list of the leading female executives in retail. To get know the 17 honorees better, Total Retail sent them each six questions. Here are select answers from some of this year’s honorees to...
Women’s conferences have been in the news lately, with some experts arguing that these events aren’t effective and serve as merely “feel good” meetings with little accountability. However, as the co-founder of the Women in Retail Leadership Summit, I’m solidly in the other camp. I believe women’s conferences are vital and necessary because they allow...
If you’re a book nerd like me, you get excited when a new year begins because inevitably there will be lists of the best books that will be published in the year ahead. Genre doesn’t matter — fiction, nonfiction, business, technology, cooking, psychology, life — I just love to hear about what’s coming out. And,...
As I mentioned in my article last week, we’re super excited about our upcoming Women in Retail Leadership Summit (WIRLS), taking place in Miami on April 20-22. We’ve put together a fabulous speaker lineup, including Jules Pieri, the co-founder and CEO of the product launch platform The Grommet. Jules has had a great career: she’s worked...
Those of you who know me know that I’m not one to boast, but I thought I’d take a second to brag a bit about our upcoming Women in Retail Leadership Summit, taking place in Miami on April 20-22, and the fabulous speakers we’ve lined up. (This recent Inc. article says that women need to...
