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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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Welcome to 2025! Here's to Another Year of Connection and Growth

Happy New Year! As we step into a fresh chapter, we here at Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) recognize that 2025 is brimming with opportunities to innovate, connect, and create transformative experiences in our ever-evolving industry. Here’s to a year filled with bold ideas, impactful leadership, and shared success. We’re committed to bringing our...

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Happy Holidays From Women in Retail Leadership Circle!

As 2024 winds down, we here at Women in Retail Leadership Circle would love to take a moment to thank our subscribers, members, event attendees, partner sponsors, speakers, and the many friends of our group for their continued support. It is truly YOU who makes this community so valued as a premier member association for executive-level...

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From the Archives: Women in Retail Leadership Circle Reflects on 10 Years Empowering Female Leaders

In this episode of Women in Retail Talks, we resurface one of our most downloaded episodes of 2024: a special episode reflecting on 10 years of Women in Retail Leadership Circle. The discussion is led by Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) Co-Founder Melissa Campanelli, who is joined by President and Co-Founder Jennifer DiPasquale and Membership Director Susan Koger. They detail Women in Retail Leadership Circle's origin story, major milestones since its launch in 2014, their favorite stories that showcase the impact of the WIRLC community, and more.

Duration: 24:16
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The Top 5 Women in Retail Talks Podcast Episodes of 2024

Women in Retail Leadership Circle has the opportunity to speak with top women leaders in the retail industry for our biweekly podcast, Women in Retail Talks. The show features C-suite women in the retail industry sharing their stories of professional growth, leadership development, personal journeys, and more with hosts Melissa Campanelli and Marie Albiges. Take...

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Thank You to Our 2024 Advisory Board!

As we close out another transformative year, it’s with immense gratitude and pride that we celebrate the outstanding contributions of our Advisory Board. These visionary leaders have not only completed a remarkable term but have also left an indelible mark on the trajectory of our community: Jasmine Bellamy, Founder and Spiritual Director, Love 101 Ministries...

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Meet Our 2025 Women in Retail Leadership Summit Speakers

As we all start to turn our focus to the new year, there’s one event that the retail and brand community cannot miss: the 2025 Women in Retail Leadership Summit (WIRLS)! Women in Retail Leadership Circle is once again bringing together dozens of women executives from across the industry for three days of learning and...

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Visit Us at the Women in Retail Oasis at NRF 2025

Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) is thrilled to report that it is partnering with the National Retail Federation’s Big Show, which will return to New York City’s Jacob Javits Center from Jan. 12-14. The event is slated to bring together more than 5,000 brands from around the globe for three days of learning, collaboration and discovery....

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Women in Retail Leadership Circle's Most Popular Content of 2024

As 2024 winds down, Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC) would like to take this opportunity to thank our subscribers, members, sponsors and speakers for your continued support throughout this year. We are so appreciative of each and every one of you. As we close in on the end of the year, we’re going through...

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Thankful for This Community

Happy Thanksgiving to the Women in Retail Leadership Circle community! We’re so grateful for the support you continue to show each other. In a world that’s filled with so many challenges and uncertainties, being part of such a supportive, kind, smart, helpful and empowering group is a beacon of light. Your collective strength, resilience, compassion...

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