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 all of the content published in our newsletter to see what most resonated with you, our audience! Here’s a list of our most popular content, based on page views, from the past 12 months. Enjoy!

10. Syndigo Generative AI Trends in Retail and E-Commerce Report

Syndigo’s survey of more than 100 retail leaders across the U.S. and Canada offers some surprising insights into how their organizations are managing internal challenges to adopt generative artificial intelligence along with the urgency to realize its advantages for improving e-commerce shopping experiences.

9. The Manager’s Guide to Difficult Conversations

Leadership coach Carrie Skowronski dives into the difficult conversations managers need to have with employees and other team members in order to be successful.

8. What Women Get Wrong About Confidence in Leadership

At the 2024 Women in Retail Leadership Summit, Sharon Price John, CEO of Build-A-Bear Workshop, shared how confidence is more important than competence, according to a study by UC Berkely. However, most people — especially women — prioritize competence and underestimate the power of confidence.

7. Laid Off? Here’s How This Retail Leader Successfully Pivoted

Mindy Zald, division head of Echo Design Group and a Women in Retail Leadership Circle member, shares the initial steps she took after losing her job, including her experiences with recruiters and headhunters, how she networked with past connections, and how she utilized her Women in Retail Leadership Circle membership to connect with others.

6. The Retail Strategist’s Guide to Evolving In-Store Design

This article dives into the ways retailers can ensure their in-store experiences evolve with changing consumer expectations.

5. How Heather Bennett Helped Spearhead Michaels’ Omnichannel Transformation

When Heather Bennett joined Michaels in 2021 as executive vice president of marketing and e-commerce, she was tasked with leading the arts-and-crafts retailer’s omnichannel transformation, an initiative focused on strengthening its foundation, investing in growth opportunities, and delivering a best-in-class customer experience no matter how its customers shopped.

4. Photos From the 2024 Women in Retail Leadership Summit

The 2024 Women in Retail Leadership Summit was an inspirational and uplifting three days of engaging content, valuable networking, fun activations, career coaching, and more. We looked back at the event in photos.

3. How Fossil CDO Holly Briedis Sets Boundaries as a Working Parent

At the Women in Retail Pavilion at Shoptalk, CommerceNext Co-Founder Veronika Sonsev sat down with Holly Briedis, executive vice president and chief digital officer of Fossil Group, to talk about the non-negotiables she has when it comes to being a working parent.

2. Celebrating International Women’s Day With 25 Inspirational Female Leaders

Women in Retail Leadership Circle partnered with Berns Communications Group’s the Retail Influencer Network, The DealmakeHers, and The Z Suite to celebrate the third annual list of the 25 Most Inspirational Women Leaders.

1. 2024 Top Women in Retail

Our 14th annual Top Women in Retail report was the most visited piece of content in 2024! We love that our audience wants to celebrate the female executives who make our industry spectacular. Nominations for the 2025 Top Women in Retail report are now being accepted through Dec. 18! Submit your nominations here.