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Melissa Campanelli

Melissa Campanelli is the co-founder of the Women in Retail Leadership Circle, a unique, members-only networking group that offers enterprise-level women in the retail industry a place to learn, connect and grow. She is also the brand and content director of the Retail and Travel Group at NAPCO Media. Prior to those positions, Melissa spent ten years at DM News, where she was first a senior editor and then deputy editor. She’s also a leading expert in small business e-commerce and author of the books “Entrepreneur Magazine’s Open an Online Business in 10 Days” and “55 Surefire Internet Businesses You Can Start for Under $5,000.” In her free time, Melissa loves exploring New York City and Brooklyn and spending time with her family.
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Thank You From the Women in Retail Leadership Circle

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...

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Why Retail is Short on Women Leaders — And How to Change That

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...

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Instead of a Mentor, Create a Personal Board of Directors

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...

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All About Women's Conferences

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...

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A Totally Biased List of Books I Can't Wait to Read in 2016

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,...

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WIRLS Speaker Jules Pieri on Starting The Grommet

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...

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Can I Take a Minute to Brag?

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...

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