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.
In the Winter 2016 issue of Total Retail (sister brand of Women in Retail Leadership Circle), the cover story featured the brand’s annual list of the leading female executives in retail. To get know the 17 honorees better, Total Retail sent them each six questions. Here are select answers from some of this year’s honorees to...
In the Winter 2016 issue of Total Retail (sister brand of Women in Retail Leadership Circle), the cover story featured the brand’s annual list of the leading female executives in retail. To get know the 17 honorees better, Total Retail sent them each six questions. Here are select answers from some of this year’s honorees to...
In the Winter 2016 issue of Total Retail (sister brand of Women in Retail Leadership Circle), the cover story featured the brand’s sixth annual list of the leading female executives in retail. To get know the 17 honorees better, Total Retail sent them each six questions. Here are select answers from some of this year’s...
To help prepare those who have already signed up for the Women in Retail Leadership Summit (taking place in Miami Beach from April 20-22), and to entice others who haven’t yet registered, Inner Circle will be giving you a sneak peek into the thoughts and motivations of some of the featured speakers at this year’s...
If you take a minute to flip through the pages of any high fashion magazine today, you’ll notice monotonous photos of women in monochromatic hues, barely there dresses and lack of outfits fit for a Sunday afternoon stroll. However, Tenessese-born-and-bred Reese Witherspoon is adding fashion and lifestyle entrepreneur to her list of titles (in addition...
We’re super excited about our Oct. 15 “Girl Talks West” event in San Francisco, which features short, passionate presentations delivered by powerful women leaders. To register, click here! Denise Lee Yohn, author of “What Great Brands Do: The Seven Brand-Building Principles That Separate the Best,” is a featured speaker at Girl Talks, where she will...
The plight of women garment workers in foreign lands is an issue U.S. apparel retailers cannot ignore. These women toil in dangerous working conditions for long hours, and for their hard work they receive little in pay. To make matters worse, most of these women don’t have a choice. They’ve been raised without the training...
Welcome to WIRLC’s newest feature, “Women in the Spotlight,” where we highlight select women leaders from the retail space and beyond that we believe deserve a shout-out. This week we’re featuring Maureen Sullivan, Katie Moussouris and Amy Poehler. Maureen Sullivan: The president of AOL.com and the company’s lifestyle brands, Sullivan is departing the media corporation to...
There are a number of reasons why you should attend Women in Retail Leadership Circle’s upcoming Girl Talks events (see this article from last week for more information), but maybe none moreso than to hear the unique story of Julie Bornstein, who earlier this year left beauty industry giant Sephora as its chief marketing officer...
It seems like everywhere I go, there’s another wearable tech item available — Fitbut, Jawbone Up, etc. However, there’s a new technology that doesn’t look like, well, a wearable tech item. This week’s startup we love is MiraFit. The company is introducing a new type of wearable technology. Not only does the technology look like...
