Leadership

Total Retail is continuing its daily coverage of the COVID-19 global pandemic, with a specific focus on how retailers and brands are responding to the crisis. One positive to emerge from this situation is the various ways retailers and brands are chipping in to help out those in their local communities as well as the…

In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Joe Keenan and Kristina Stidham share a few tips on how to be a more effective remote worker. As we all adjust to the many changes brought on by the coronavirus pandemic, the Total Retail team is now working from home like many other organizations. We…

Many retailers are closing their doors or reducing their open hours across the U.S. in an effort to blunt the spread of the coronavirus. While the closures may help stop the spread of the virus, they will also hamper the already-stressed retail industry. Here's a list of major retailers that are closing stores (more are…

Last week, Total Retail's sister brand, Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC), released its 10th annual list of the top women executives in retail. As in previous years, the honorees were chosen based on their leadership position within their retail organizations, the scope of responsibility within those positions, their career achievements, and their involvement within the retail…

In this episode of Retail Right Now, Total Retail's Kristina Stidham and Ashley Chiaradio discuss Women in Retail Leadership Circle's (WIRLC) 2020 Top Women in Retail resource. (WIRLC is the sister brand of Total Retail.) This is WIRLC’s 10th annual list highlighting the leading female executives in retail, and, like in prior years, it features a who’s…

Women in Retail Leadership Circle (WIRLC), sister brand of Total Retail, is proud to present its 10th annual list of the top women executives in the retail industry. Like the prior nine years, the 2020 Top Women in Retail list features a who’s who in the industry. Honorees, some of whom were nominated via a…

Women in Retail’s 10th Annual List of Leading Female Executives in Retail

Victoria’s Secret, the once powerful and successful lingerie brand, will go private, CNBC reported. The brand made a deal with private equity firm Sycamore Partners that shows how much its value has recently diminished. For $525 million, the firm will acquire a 55 percent share in Victoria’s Secret from its owner, L Brands, and L Brands…

The past decade will be remembered as an era of great transformation. Transformation in the transportation industry, thanks to Lyft, Uber, and the evolution of self-driving vehicles. Transformation in the entertainment development and distribution space, courtesy of nimble companies like Spotify and Hulu, as well as more mature organizations like Netflix and Amazon.com. In the…

The National Retail Federation’s annual convention and expo was held in New York City last week, and had almost 40,000 attendees, with hundreds of exhibitors, speakers and sessions. The industry continues to invest heavily in technology innovation, supply chain and fulfillment solutions, and engaging physical store experiences, and we saw continued incremental progress in all these…