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.
Tiffany Narbonne, founder, CEO and lead designer of inspirational, meaning-based jewelry brand T. Jazelle, is a Women in Retail Leadership Circle member and fashion entrepreneur. She founded T. Jazelle in 2012 after making gemstone bracelets for friends and family, pairing a concept of meaningful semi-precious stones with inspirational charms. T. Jazelle is now a nationally...
Annette Repasch, group vice president, softlines at Meijer, is a Women in Retail Leadership Circle member and has made her mark on the retail industry. Annette’s quick wit, big heart and ability to swiftly turn around challenged businesses is part of her many career achievements. Recently, she was named one of Delivering Good’s 2018 Annual...
Angela Hsu, senior vice president of marketing and e-commerce and Lamps Plus, is a Women in Retail Leadership Circle member and retail veteran! She leads a versatile team of 40, has built her career on helping companies develop their e-commerce business, and was included in Chain Store Age’s “Top 10 Women in Retail Technology” in...
From time to time, the Inner Circle spotlights some of the new, fabulous Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) members. In today’s issue, we’re excited to feature one of our new associate members, Cynthia Hollen, president, U.S., at eShopWorld, a global e-commerce platform. Here’s an interview I conducted with Cynthia to help us all get...
Melissa Angus, director of sales and business development at LS Direct Marketing, a partner sponsor at the 2019 Women in Retail Leadership Summit, sat down with WIRLC at the Summit to discuss LS Direct Marketing’s offerings and capabilities, how the company sends targeted direct mail using customer data, and the biggest pain points she’s seeing retailers face...
Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) recently released its ninth annual list of the Top Women in Retail. This annual feature, a joint effort of Total Retail and WIRLC, shines a spotlight on the women leading some of the top retail organizations and brands in the industry today. As part of the special feature, WIRLC conducted interviews with each of the 16 women on this year's list. Below you'll find the interview conducted with 2019 Top Women in Retail honoree Sharon Leite, chief executive officer of The Vitamin Shoppe.
Meet Jane Lu, founder and CEO of Showpo, an online fashion brand for women. Jane has grown Showpo exponentially by leveraging her status as a social influencer to drive sales. She also founded Like Minded Bitches Drinking Wine (LMBDW), a community of entrepreneurial-minded and business-savvy women who love wine. LMBDW has regular events in more...
Yasi Baiani, vice president of product management at Wonolo, shares how she maximizes impact as a leader by pursuing her passion. Anna Vander Wall: Yasi, one of our favorite things is to interview driven, successful women like yourself. Tell us a little about your career path. Did you always know you wanted to be an executive?...
Emma Mcilroy, CEO and co-founder of Wildfang, gave the opening keynote at the 2017 Women in Retail Leadership Summit. Above is her full-length keynote, in which she touches on topics such as Generation Z, branding, and some mistakes she’s made along the way.
A warm welcome goes out to Stacey Renfro, senior vice president of e-commerce, Pier 1 Imports, who recently joined the Women in Retail Leadership Circle. Happy to have you, Stacey!
