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Member Spotlight

The core of Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s mission is to build community. As such, we seek to feature content that helps you to get to know our fabulous members by learning about their career paths, ambitions, leadership styles, and more. Through Q&A interviews, videos, podcast episodes, and more, this page is designed to highlight our members.

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20 Questions With Yasemin Akcakaya, Former VP of Marketing, Acquisition, Retention, Martech, and Analytics, Jackson Hewitt

Yasemin Akcakaya is the former vice president of marketing, acquisition, retention, martech, and analytics for Jackson Hewitt. She’s also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) member! In this member spotlight, we asked her a series of questions about both her professional role and personal life, including the woman that inspires her, her leadership style,...

by Marie Albiges
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Q&A With Sheila Kressler-Crowley, Director, Terry Lundgren Center for Retailing

Sheila Kressler-Crowley serves as the director of the Terry J. Lundgren Center for Retailing at the University of Arizona. Under her guidance, the center offers professional development, hands-on learning opportunities, internships, and job placement services for students majoring in retailing and consumer science. Recently, Kressler-Crowley introduced the Lundgren Consumer Science Lab, which grants brands and...

by Marie Albiges
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20 Questions With Esel Cekin, Board Member, Migros Ticaret AS

Esel Cekin is a board member for several companies in Turkey, including Migros Ticaret AS, Turkey’s largest omnichannel grocery retailer; Nackiyé, an Instabul-based clothing retailer; Coca Cola Icecek; and Fiba Retail Group. She also serves on the advisory boards of two artificial intelligence-driven startups: T-Fashion, which focuses on fashion technology, and Madlen, specializing in edtech....

by Marie Albiges
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