As women continue to flex their influence throughout retail, many have have earned their place among the world’s richest, according to Forbes 29th annual look at The World’s Billionaires, which was published last month. Not surprisingly, many members of the famous Walton family, the founders of Wal-Mart, are found throughout the list. The list also includes...
David Hasselhoff’s Malibu Dave, Mandy Moore’s Mblem, Heidi Montag’s Heidiwood … the list of defunct fashion labels of the rich and (somewhat) famous is endless. And yet Jessica Simpson’s fashion collection has not only survived, it’s thrived, growing over the past decade into a true lifestyle empire, according to a recent Bloomberg article. Who would...
While having and/or being a female boss can come with its own set of challenges, in too many fields today female role models are a luxury that can’t be taken for granted. According to a recent New York Magazine article, 10 Women on Their Female Bosses, a woman boss can help you figure out who...
With some help from Google, a group of women are changing history by spotlighting “herstory.” SPARK Movement has partnered with Google to create a smartphone app called “Women on the Map,” just in time for Women’s History Month. The app alerts users when they’re near places where women made history. SPARK, which stands for Sexualization...
Welcome to our newest feature, The Inner Circle Confab, where we’ll feature a question of the week along with the answers of a select group of women retail leaders. This week’s confab question: “Quarter two is upon us. What’s you biggest goal for the quarter?” What follows is select answers from retail executives. Joan Abrams...
Did you know the average tenure for chief marketing officers (CMOs) at U.S. consumer brand companies increased to 48 months in 2014, which is double what it was in 2004? This juicy tidbit of information was revealed in the 11th annual CMO tenure study by executive search consulting firm Spencer Stuart. In addition to being...
The Twitterverse was abuzz last week when Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt was called out for repeatedly interrupting U.S. Chief Technology Officer and former Google employee Megan Smith, the only woman who was speaking with him and writer Walter Isaacson on a panel at South by Southwest. Here’s what went down, according to reports: Schmidt...
While Silicon Valley’s male-dominated culture is in the spotlight now due to a gender discrimination lawsuit against Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, a session I attended at South by Southwest (SXSW) on Sunday made me believe the investment community is changing. During the session, I heard stories and motivations from a panel of women who have created...
Who: Hillary Clinton and Chelsea Clinton Why: For spearheading a powerful campaign called “Not There” to remind the world that despite significant inroads into gender equality, we’re still not there just yet. On March 8, International Women’s Day, you may have noticed that many images of women in ads and on magazine covers had disappeared....
We’ve all heard that companies led by women perform better than those led by men. Well, according to a new study from Quantopian, a Boston-based trading platform that relies on crowdsourced algorithms, women CEOs in the Fortune 1000 drive three times the returns as S&P 500 enterprises run predominantly by men. The study examined how...
