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Sally Holtgrieve

Sally Holtgrieve is the senior editor at Women Leading Travel & Hospitality and Women in Retail Leadership Circle. She is responsible for content development, content management, content production and other tasks for the groups.  Sally is from Northern Virginia and attended Christopher Newport University in Newport News. She moved to Austin, Texas in 2015 for an adventure and returned to the East Coast in 2021 with a husband, son, two cats and a dog. Sally enjoys hiking and camping, walking and eating her way through new cities, and waking up before anyone else to read and savor a cup, or four, of coffee. She can be reached at sholtgrieve@napco.com.
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Relive the Magic of the Women in Retail Leadership Summit

The 2023 Women in Retail Leadership Summit was an inspirational and uplifting three days of engaging content, valuable networking, fun activations, free swag, and more! This was our largest Summit to date — 550 leading retail executives joined us at the Arizona Biltmore from April 17-19. There were so many powerful women in attendance as...

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Photos From the 2023 Women in Retail Leadership Summit

The 2023 Women in Retail Leadership Summit was an inspirational and uplifting three days of engaging content, valuable networking, fun activations, free swag, and more! This was our largest Summit to date — 550 leading retail executives joined us at the Arizona Biltmore from April 17-19. There were so many powerful women in attendance as...

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Advisement is Essential to Growth and Progress

As we welcome Women’s History Month by celebrating those who disrupted the status quo and led the charge for positive change in the past, we also appreciate the women making history each day. We’re grateful to share the 2023-2024 Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) Advisory Board consists of previous members with organizational knowledge and...

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Happy New Year!

Happy 2023, Women in Retail Leadership Circle! I hope your holidays were joyful and relaxing. I love the energy and optimism the New Year brings — I feel it when I pop into my local deli and when I scroll LinkedIn. I don’t get the sense everyone is excited to change; rather they’re just happy...

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A Gift That Will Keep On Giving Year-Round

As leading ladies of the retail world, we know you appreciate a great item and likely pride yourself on gifting perfect products to everyone on your list. But what do you get for your fellow executive coworkers/mentors/mentees/friends? Those who are also in the “biz” and maybe, just maybe, don’t need one more scarf? Give them...

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Data From 12 Million People Doesn't Lie

Women leaders are two times as likely as their male counterparts to be mistaken for someone more junior, according to McKinsey & Company’s 2022 Women in the Workplace report. Though you’re probably nodding as you read that and thinking about your own experience and those of your peers, having data to back the narrative we’re...

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Coast-to-Coast Events to Wrap Up the Year

Hello from New York City! As many of you know, our Women in Retail: On the Road events are similar to our annual Summit in that there’s nothing else like them in the industry! These invitation-only gatherings enable executive women in leadership positions at retail companies the opportunity to network, learn from each other, and...

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Why You Should Attend Total Retail Tech

The flagship event of Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s sister brand, Total Retail, is two months away! Total Retail Tech is an invitation-only event which brings together leaders in the MarTech space across the retail industry. The event will take place in Nashville on Sept. 13-15, and is complimentary for qualified retail attendees. We cover...

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Exchange Ideas, Build Relationships at Total Retail Tech

Are you a retail executive interested in the latest technology solutions and how they could impact your company’s current and future operations? If so, then you’ll love what our sister brand, Total Retail, has planned for this fall! Total Retail Tech, which will take place Sept. 13-15 in Nashville, brings select retail executives who oversee...

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