This page features on-demand content and coverage from Women in Retail Leadership Circle's On the Road events. Discover thought-provoking panels and inspiring keynote presentations from C-level women disrupting the retail space.
This video features a recording of a session during the WIRLC: On the Road | New York City event, which was held on Oct. 6. The session was titled Solution Stories: A Real Discussion Around Retail Challenges and How Leaders Solved Them. Its speakers included Molly Taylor, chief merchant, Saks OFF 5TH; Melanie Zimmerman, vice...
What does an inclusive, welcoming workplace culture look like? How can we treat diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) as less of a performative act and more of a core tenet and principle that has been part of the company’s values from the beginning? For Nadia Boujarwah, co-founder and CEO of the size-inclusive apparel company Dia...
This video features a recording of a session titled Building an Inclusive Culture to Keep Employees Engaged, which took place during the 2022 WIRLC: On the Road | New York City event earlier this month. Speakers included Nadia Boujarwah, CEO and co-founder, Dia & Co.; Bahja Johnson, head of customer and community belonging: growth and...
Chef, author and motivational speaker Carla Hall took the stage at the 2022 WIRLC: On the Road | New York City event, held on Oct. 6. She was interviewed by Lorrie King, co-founder and CEO of Caire Beauty. Hall’s ever-evolving career, from accountant to runway model to celebrity chef, is proof positive that it’s never...
A panel of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) leaders in the retail industry took the stage for a panel at the WIR: On the Road | Dallas event last month to discuss what an inclusive, welcoming workplace culture looks like. Increasingly, people are looking to work for companies that have DEI at the forefront of...
At the 2022 WIRLC: On the Road | Dallas event, held on June 2, a panel of top women leaders in the retail industry took the stage for a Solution Stories panel. They discussed the challenges confronting their businesses as well as the solutions they’ve put into place to address them. Speakers included: Laura Denk,...
A panel of top women leaders in retail took the stage for a panel discussion at the 2022 WIRLC: On the Road | Dallas event held this past June. Speakers included: Tricia Mahoney, Chief Marketing Officer, Twisted X Kathy Doyle Thomas, President, Half Price Books Ashley Sheetz, Chief Revenue Officer, At Home Michelle Wlazlo, Executive...
A panel of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) leaders within the retail industry took the stage for a panel discussion at the 2022 WIRLC: On the Road | Dallas event earlier this summer. The session panelists included: Elizabeth Ramirez-Washka, Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion, Boy Scouts of America Marisa Perez, Senior Vice President, Growth...
Cindy Solomon, founder, CEO and president of Courageous Leadership Institute, took the stage on June 2 at the 2022 WIRLC: On the Road | Dallas event. Building your career has never been more difficult than it is right now. As the in-person/virtual hybrid working world continues, we’re all challenged with what specific actions we can...
Layla Kasha, senior vice president and chief new store growth officer at Grocery Outlet, took the stage at the 2022 WIRLC: On the Road | Dallas event last month. In the insightful and entertaining keynote, Kasha, an award-winning marketing executive, change agent, and innovator, shares an inspirational take on the issue of women of helping...
