This page features on-demand content and coverage from the annual Women in Retail Leadership Summit. Discover thought-provoking panels and inspiring keynote presentations from C-level women disrupting the retail space.
Jasmine Bellamy, vice president, merchandising, planning and allocation at Reebok, and Rick Holifield, principal consultant at MRH Consulting Group, took the stage at the 2023 Women in Retail Leadership Summit, held April 17-19 in Phoenix. Go deeper into discussion on diversity, equity and inclusion and discover steps you can implement toward positive change. Women in...
Ashley Wray, founder and CEO of Mala Collective, took the stage at the 2023 Women in Retail Leadership Summit, held April 17-19 in Phoenix. In the closing keynote, Wray walks you though the steps required to become a more mindful leader. And why is it important to be a mindful leader today? Because studies show...
Cassandra Worthy, CEO of Change Enthusiasm Global, took the stage at the 2023 Women in Retail Leadership Summit, held April 17-19 in Phoenix. Worthy, a chemical engineer and world-leading expert on change enthusiasm, shared her experiences as a Fortune 500 innovation manager in the CPG industry struggling in the face of a multibillion dollar acquisition....
Arlan Hamilton, founder of Backstage Capital and HireRunner.co, took the stage at the 2023 Women in Retail Leadership Summit, held April 17-19 in Phoenix. She was interviewed by Emma Mcilroy, CEO of Wildfang. In 2015, Hamilton was on food stamps and sleeping on the floor of the San Francisco airport with nothing but an old...
Sallie Krawcheck, CEO and co-founder of investment platform Ellevest, took the stage at the 2023 Women in Retail Leadership Summit, held April 17-19 in Phoenix. She was introduced by Jean Harvey Johnson, senior vice president and general manager of PNC Merchant Services at Fiserv. The U.S. is in the midst of a financial planning crisis,...
Maureen Kelly, founder and CEO of Tarte Cosmetics, took the stage at the 2023 Women in Retail Leadership Summit, held April 17-19 in Phoenix. Kelly had no beauty or business experience when she launched her company in 1999. Now, Tarte is now one of the fastest-growing cosmetics companies in the U.S. In this energetic and...
To outsiders, it appeared as if Stephanie Morimoto had it all when it came to her career. After graduating from an Ivy League school with top honors, she was hired by leading global management consulting firm McKinsey & Co. Upon leaving McKinsey, Morimoto became the youngest vice president at a national nonprofit, where she hired...
“Nothing bad happens when you put more money in the hands of women.” This is how Sallie Krawcheck, the CEO and co-founder of Ellevest, an investment platform that helps women build and manage their wealth, opened her session at the Women in Retail Leadership Summit last month in Phoenix. In fact, she continued, if we...
Save the dates! We’re celebrating 10 years of the Women in Retail Leadership Summit in 2024! Ten years of growing our community into a thriving sisterhood, empowering women to take charge, and celebrating as phenomenal female leaders rise to the top of the retail industry. We can’t believe we’ve dedicated an entire decade to helping...
During a session at the Women in Retail Leadership Summit last month in Phoenix, leading fashion designer Tracy Reese was interviewed for a keynote session. During the conversation with Gayle Tait, CEO of recommerce platform Trove, Reese touched on her start in the fashion industry; why she left the fashion epicenter of New York City...
