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.
Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) member Melanie O’Neil and her home décor brand Rustic Marlin have raised over $8,000 in a little over one week for maternal mental health after O’Neil was moved to act following a local tragedy involving a mother accused of killing her three children. O’Neil, who co-founded Rustic Marlin with...
It’s Black History Month, a month dedicated to highlighting the significant contributions, achievements and joy of the Black community. Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) plans to celebrate by featuring content that highlights Black female retail leaders and entrepreneurs in our newsletter, on our website, and on social media throughout the month. This week, we’re...
Signet Jewelers, whose brands include KAY Jewelers, Zales, Jared, Banter by Piercing Pagoda, and six others, reshuffled its leadership at several of the banner brands, the company announced last month. Jamie Singleton, formerly the president of the KAY Jewelers, Zales, and Peoples banners, has been named group president and chief consumer officer of Signet. The...
Virginia Nguyen is vice president and chief diversity officer at Qurate Retail Group, as well as a member of Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC)! In this member spotlight interview, Virginia details some of the ways that she and her colleagues work to ensure that diversity, equity and inclusion (DE&I) is at the forefront at...
Katherine Buckland is a global industry solutions specialist for the retail and consumer goods division of Boomi, an integration platform that intelligently connects your applications and automates your workflows. She’s also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) consultant member! In this member spotlight, we asked Buckland a series of questions so that you can...
Dara Meath, a Women in Retail Leadership Circle member, has been named senior vice president and chief technology officer of Build-A-Bear Workshop, the company announced Jan. 9. Meath previously served as the divisional chief information officer at Conair, where she provided strategic direction and tactical execution guidance for global information technology (IT) operations as well...
Meet Brittanie Knezovich, vice president, head of sales and partner success at ShopRunner, a members-only e-commerce platform that allows retail partners to offer free two-day shipping, free returns, and exclusive discounts (and one of Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s amazing partners). In this exclusive interview, Knezovich shares details about her role at ShopRunner, what she...
Sharon Leite, a Women in Retail Leadership Circle advisory board member and the former CEO of The Vitamin Shoppe, was named CEO of Ideal Image earlier this week. Leite will succeed David Prokupek, who will remain with Ideal Image as an advisor, the company said in a press release. Leite spent four-and-a-half years as The...
Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC), a membership-based, exclusive community of women executives at leading retailers and brands, is honored to welcome Franchise Group, Inc. to our growing list of corporate partners. The partnership will provide Franchise Group, whose brands include The Vitamin Shoppe, Buddy’s Home Furnishings, Sylvan Learning, Pet Supplies Plus, Wag N Wash,...
Elizabeth Elliott is a managing partner at Columbus Consulting, which offers a unique, consumer-centric approach with an end-to-end perspective that bridges function and organization silos from strategy to education. She’s also a Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) consultant member! In this member spotlight, we asked Elliott a series of questions so that you can...
