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Stay up to date with everything happening at Women in Retail Leadership Circle! Learn about and engage with our community through member spotlights, new partnership announcements, details on upcoming WIRLC events, and more.

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NBA Stars Bring Awareness to Gender Equality With ‘Lean In’ Campaign

The National Basketball Association features some of the world’s greatest athletes, but it’s what those players are doing off the court that’s generating widespread applause and appreciation. The NBA is in the second year of its partnership with the public service organization Lean In, whose mission is to help all women achieve their ambitions. In...

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Top Women Retailers on the Best Advice They've Ever Received

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 the retail industry. To get know the 17 honorees better, Total Retail sent them each six profile questions. Here are select answers from some of this year’s honorees to the question, “What’s the...

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Top Women Execs Share Their Leadership Styles

In the Winter 2016 issue of Total Retail (sister brand of Women in Retail Leadership Circle), the cover story featured the publication’s annual list of the leading female executives in the retail industry. 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 the question, “How would you...

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Instead of a Mentor, Create a Personal Board of Directors

Have you read anything lately by Tracy Spears, the co-founder of the Exceptional Leaders Lab, a worldwide community of progressive business leaders focused on making a positive difference in their organizations? Spears is the co-author of “What Exceptional Leaders Know,” the best-selling book for progressive leaders everywhere. If not, you should! In addition to her books, Spears...

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Deep Thoughts on Digital: For When it Rains (or Snows)

There are moments when I want to pinch myself. I recently attended a presentation at Google (did you get that part — AT GOOGLE), and spent my time quickly typing notes into my iPhone (at least as fast as spell check could then replace those intended words with gibberish) and wondering if I really should...

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Getting to Know Shelley Broader, Chico’s New CEO and President

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...

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A Totally Biased List of Books I Can't Wait to Read in 2016

If you’re a book nerd like me, you get excited when a new year begins because inevitably there will be lists of the best books that will be published in the year ahead. Genre doesn’t matter — fiction, nonfiction, business, technology, cooking, psychology, life — I just love to hear about what’s coming out. And,...

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WIRLS Speaker Jules Pieri on Starting The Grommet

As I mentioned in my article last week, we’re super excited about our upcoming Women in Retail Leadership Summit (WIRLS), taking place in Miami on April 20-22. We’ve put together a fabulous speaker lineup, including Jules Pieri, the co-founder and CEO of the product launch platform The Grommet. Jules has had a great career: she’s worked...

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