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What to Expect for Black Friday Weekend

Normally we at RSR go out on Black Friday and share our perspective on what activity on that special day may mean for the retail season overall. But increasingly, the "season" has already begun by the time we get to the Friday after Thanksgiving, whether because some retailers open on Thursday now instead, or because online shoppers are savvy enough to pick up gift deals well before Black Friday gets here. So instead of offering my take on how the season looks based on how Black Friday does, here's some predictions for the big retail weekend itself.

by Nikki Baird
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Wal-Mart Invests in Women Employees Across the Globe

Women have traditionally been under-represented in manufacturing and factory jobs, with those positions typically filled by “more physically able” men. This is particularly true in some of the poorer countries around the world that manufacture goods for pennies on the dollar, including India, Bangladesh and China, among others. In fact, it’s rare for women in those countries to have jobs outside of the home at all.

by Joe Keenan
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Life Lessons From Diane von Furstenberg

Yesterday I attended a great conference, the OPEN for Women: CEO BootCamp, which was held in New York City. The event, hosted by American Express OPEN, the small business division of the financial services company, was designed to teach women entrepreneurs the fundamental pillars for successful ventures: confidence, competence and connections. A highlight of the...

by Melissa Campanelli
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Why Don't CPG Companies Hire More Senior-Level Women?

IIC Partners, an independent international consulting agency, released a study of reporting that while women are still the primary decision makers for consumer purchases, only 25 percent of senior executives at a majority consumer product and retail companies are female. Within the retail industry alone, 64 percent of companies polled said their senior executive team was less than 25 percent female. This percent was mirrored in companies of all sectors and sizes showing the average senior executive team across the globe is 75 percent men to 25 percent

by Caitlin Sullivan
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Don't Fall Off the Glass Cliff

Much has been made about the lack of women in C-level positions at Fortune 500 companies — and in particular, retail companies. Less has been made about the fact that on the rare occasions women ascend to these top positions that they’re more likely to be fired than their male counterparts. The phenomenon has been termed the “glass cliff” by a pair of psychology professors — Michelle Ryan, Alexander Haslam — who did research on the subject.

by Joe Keenan
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Is Egg Freezing a Perk for You?

Earlier this month, news came out that two Silicon Valley giants, Apple and Facebook, offer women employees a game-changing perk: it will pay for them to freeze their eggs. Facebook recently began covering egg freezing, and Apple will start in January, spokespeople for the companies told NBC News. The companies offer egg-freezing coverage under slightly different terms: Apple covers employees’ costs — as well as the female partners of employees — under its fertility benefit, while Facebook covers it under its surrogacy benefit. Both companies will pay up to $20,000 in benefits.

by Melissa Campanelli
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Is a Tech Company and a Retail Startup One in the Same?

In today's evolving retail world, It seems the line between a start-up and a technology are blurred. "I think while there is a difference between a technology company and a start-up, we're a hybrid of both" said Hayley Barna, co-founder of Birchbox to a room full of entrepreneurs at Forbes 30 Under 30 Summit in Philadelphia last week.

by Caitlin Sullivan
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Container Store CEO: ‘Women Make Better Executives Than Men’

Kip Tindell, the founder, chairman and CEO of The Container Store, a company that sells storage and organization solutions, has been making some audacious statements as he promotes his new book, “Uncontainable: How Passion, Commitment, and Conscious Capitalism Built a Business Where Everyone Thrives.” Among them: that women make better executives than men. With roughly...

by Joe Keenan
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