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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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NYFT Lab Focusing on Women-Led Startups

Have you heard of the New York Fashion Tech (NYFT) Lab? In case you haven’t, I’ll fill you in: The NYFT Lab is a 12-week accelerator program for early- and growth-stage startup companies. The program, which was co-founded by Springboard Enterprises, a network of innovators and investors that build women-led businesses, and the Partnership Fund...

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5 TED Talks to Inspire You in 2016

Happy New Year Inner Circle readers! As we begin 2016, I thought I’d offer a few of my favorite TED Talks to help inspire you in the New Year. Maybe they’ll help you formulate the perfect New Year’s resolution (if you haven’t decided on one yet)! Or maybe they’ll give you a new perspective on life and...

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Editor's Note

We’re taking a break! Our team at the Women in Retail Leadership Circle are taking the holidays off, so we won’t be publishing Inner Circle next week. We hope you all have a wonderful holiday and very happy New Year! See you in 2016!

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A Year of Accomplishments for WIRLC Members!

As 2015 comes to an end, we here at the Women in Retail Leadership Circle thought it was the perfect time to check in with our members and ask them to share with us their greatest accomplishments this year, as well as what they’re looking forward to, personally and professionally, in 2016. What we learned...

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Giving Thanks

Happy Thanksgiving Inner Circle readers! Instead of running the usual lead article of the week here, I thought I’d use this opportunity (and prime real estate) to take a minute to thank everyone involved in the production of our e-letter and the Women in Retail Leadership Circle. We have a lot to be thankful for this...

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Glassbreakers is Breaking the Glass Ceiling for Women in Retail

Have you heard of Glassbreakers, the peer mentorship community for women? If not, you should! (The founders of Glassbreakers, Eileen Carey and Lauren Mosenthal, spoke at the Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s Girl Talk West event in San Francisco last month.) In short, Glassbreakers is a safe, supportive and dynamic online network for professional women. The match-making...

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Attention WIRLC Members: Men's Wearhouse is Hiring!

Men’s Wearhouse is looking for top-level talent to join its team. Specifically, the men’s clothing chain is seeking to fill the following positions to help grow its digital business: Site management and customer experience Site managers (merchandising manager and specialist roles) Site content manager (senior manager of user acceptance testing) Director (or senior director) of...

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So Excited For Girl Talks East!

After Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s (WIRLC) very successful Girl Talks West event last week in San Francisco, we’re ready to do it all over again, this time for our East Coasters. Girls Talk East will take place on Tues., Oct. 27 in New York City. In case you’re not aware, Girl Talks events enable...

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Welcome to the New Inner Circle!

Hello loyal Inner Circle readers. If you didn’t notice (we’re hoping you did!), we’ve had a makeover! How do you like our new look? Truth be told, we’ve been itching to update our e-newsletter template for a while now. While the content has always been top notch (if we must say so ourselves!), it was...

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Denise Lee Yohn on How to Achieve Rock Star Brand Status

We’re super excited about our Oct. 15 “Girl Talks West” event in San Francisco, which features short, passionate presentations delivered by powerful women leaders. To register, click here! Denise Lee Yohn, author of “What Great Brands Do: The Seven Brand-Building Principles That Separate the Best,” is a featured speaker at Girl Talks, where she will...

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