Rachel Shechtman, founder of Story, shares her story at Girl Talks East.
Mary Beech, chief marketing officer of Kate Spade & Company, discusses what makes a great leader and how you can develop those skills at this month's Girl Talks East event in New York City.
Mindy Kaling, actress, author, comedian and writer, gave a keynote address to over 9,000 women (and a few men!) last week in Philadelphia during the Pennsylvania Conference for Women. “My relationships with women have been the most sustaining of my life,” Kaling said during her funny and compelling interview-style keynote with media entrepreneur Lesley Jane Seymour....
Lesley Jane Seymour is a media entrepreneur and former editor of magazines such as YM, Marie Claire and, most recently, More. She’s created a following and a community. After losing her job when More closed down earlier this year, Seymour saw just how impactful her community of women could be. In this interview from the Pennsylvania Conference...
Emma Mcilroy is a former Nike executive and self-proclaimed “tomboy.” She would shop in the men’s section at clothing stores, but the clothes never fit right. Mcilroy, along with another former Nike employee Julia Parsely, wanted to solve this problem for all the other tomboys out there. That’s when Wildfang, “where badass women call home,”...
Shelley Broader, president and CEO of Chico’s FAS, is a strong figure in the retail industry. In fact, she was chosen to be our 2016 Women in Retail Leadership Summit (WIRLS) keynote speaker! In this interview filmed during this year’s WIRLS in Miami, Broader discusses a range of topics, including her top priorities for Chico’s,...
Lisa Gersh, CEO of Goop, the lifestyle brand founded by Gwyneth Paltrow, sat down with Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s Taylor Knight after speaking on the leadership panel at the Women in Retail Leadership Summit (WIRLS) last month. Here’s what Lisa had to say about Goop, career changes and, of course, the Summit. WIRLC: Goop...
We had the best time at the Summit this year! Here are just a few of our favorite moments. Enjoy!
Retail is changing. Mobile devices are glued to consumers’ hands, and brick-and-mortar stores are no longer separate from e-commerce operations — they’re one in the same. A company’s board must be able to keep up with these changes because directors are responsible for representing stockholders, managing policies and making decisions on critical issues. Spencer Stuart,...
