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Cutting through the Noise: An Interview from Trendline’s CEO, Morgan Stewart

12/11/2019

Throughout the year, we work with vendors who support the Women We Watch community and the Women2Watch program. They are made up of some of the most cutting edge technology and product companies on the market right now. Maureen Jann, Remodista's marketing leadership interviews Morgan Stewart the CEO of Trendline Interactive. He talks about the challenges retailers face and how they are working towards supporting a more diverse and inclusive workplace.

Remodista'S NYC COMMUNITY DAY 2019

9/21/2019

W2W Reception + Purpose Fashion Show

Fashion innovation becomes runway ready in Remodista’s Community Day Purpose Fashion Show. This exciting event kicked off at 7:00 pm during the Women2Watch Cocktail Reception. We are thrilled to celebrate some of our favorite fashion labels fall designs.

Our sneak peek fashion show featured the exotic accessory offerings from IA’s Threads, as well as their 100% sustainable dresses. We had the bold statement looks from Kiki Kitty's fashion brand K. Milele, the luxe cashmere apparel from NAADAM, and the made-to-measure glamour of Balodana, Pearce is versatile, modern classics in natural fabrics. Adaptable, futuristic, all-inclusive design, we loved this special fashion feature of Community Day. All of the beautiful photos are from the fabulous fashion photographer Neil Tandy.

WOMEN2WATCH INNOVATION AWARD WINNERS

We celebrated our 4th year with Remodista's Women2Watch Program with our Innovation Awards. We have worked with over a dozen global conferences and placed over 400 women speakers in panels and keynotes around the world. In addition to that, our women leaders are solving the predictions in our annual Look Book!

Congratulations to our six innovation award winners: Fareena Contractor, Walmart Innovation Community, Walmart, Julie Mathers, Founder + CEO, Flora & Fauna, Lisa Morales-Hellebo, Co-Founder & GP, REFASHIOND Ventures, Monika Tockstein, Head of ePMO + Quality Assurance, Retailwinds, Parinda Muley, VP of Innovation + Business Development, Macy’s, and Veronica Katz, VP/GM Large Enterprise, PayPal.

THANK YOU TO OUR COMMUNITY PARTNERS

Remodista ilab pitch contest winner - Suzanne Gildert of Sanctuary.ai

7/16/2019

Remodista iLab Pitch winner - Sanctuary.ai

Written by Jerry Talamantes, Client Relationship Manager and Retail Strategist, Remodista

An exciting congratulations to Sanctuary.ai for winning Remodista's iLab Pitch Contest on July 24th at 1871. They enthralled both guests and VIPS with their innovative business ideas. The competition, which showcased- the new and the now, of women-led business innovation, was a compliment to Remodista’s Chicago Community Day. It's an event that attracts pioneer thinkers, who want to better understand disruption and innovation. Check out the video interview with Suzanne!

Remodista Chicago Community Day

6/26/2019

Remodista's Community Day in Chicago. This day consisted of our innovation-extracting Collective Think, a Circular Conversation, and our Experience Lab that helps us identify regional innovation and solutions. In the Collective Think, we extracted small bits of insights through a series of exercises we have developed over the years. After synthesizing the data, we share it back, in order to create a quickening of knowledge in our community. We do this in a multi-week content roll out, so you can absorb the information and then build a strategy from what you learn. The Experience Lab is interaction with retail and innovation with our sponsors and iLab Pitch Finalists in the midwest.

Interview with Parinda Muley, SVP of Innovation + BD, Macy's

Interview with Amy Choi, Head of Brand Partnerships, Shopstyle

Remodista Field Trip - Planning Session at Duggal In the brooklyn Navy Yard

6/9/2019

Last week, we spent the afternoon at Duggal Studios in the Brooklyn Navy Yard talking through new solutions for our community. Their facilities are inspiring, and it's a great place to open your mind.

Since the debut of our iLab, Remodista has been laser focused on creating relevant and impactful solutions for our retail and brand partners seeking to launch and grow innovative in-store and pop-up experiences.

We bring together partners who might not have traditionally found each other, and the solutions we are building will be impactful in the next few years. Remodista is building a new kind of partner channel, one that meets the future, ahead of the market. Trusted community is the future of business.

We will highlight all of these new solutions, in our iLab, at our 4th Annual Community Day in NYC, September 19th at The Glass Houses overlooking the Hudson River. We hope to see you at this signature event.

Duggal's Lightbox from a Macy's Campaign

Women2Watch conference Recap: World Retail Congress #WRC2019

5/26/2019

High Velocity at #WRC19

This year's theme at World Retail Congress was "high velocity retail." Retail has been speeding up for a long time, and now the barriers to entry are much lower for all. The Remodista Team spent a few days in Amsterdam, focused on retailer leaders who are winning around the world.

One of the opening discussions featured Judith McKenna, President and CEO of Walmart International who has overseen massive change since moving into this leadership role. Judith discussed their global expansion looking at India and China. There are clearly many reasons to be excited about the innovation they are bringing to the market through partnerships, such as Flipkart's payment app "PhoneFe".

Another one of our favorite talks was The African Retail Phoenix panel with Suzie Wokabi of Suziebeauty, Jessica Anuna of Klasha, and Melanie Hawken who spoke on the growth potential in Africa. Online retail will reach 74$ Billion by 2025, and the median age is 19-25. Bringing large companies to support women-owned companies, will bring a prosperous future to Africa's global development.

The African Retail Phoenix Panel

Kelly Stickel, founder and CEO of Remodista

Women2Watch Conference Recap: RIC #RIC19

5/15/2019

Earlier this month, Remodista had a fabulous time at the Retail Innovation Conference (RIC), where we kicked off the event with a Retail Store Tour in Hudson Yards and looked at interesting business models and innovation in the front of the store and show rooms.

We also visited Brooks Brothers, B8TA, BATCHED, The Drug Store, Verizon, Lululemon, 3Den, Micro, and Neiman Marcus who take up the top 3 retail floors.

The architecture piece to the right is called the Vessel, a crown jewel that people can walk up and down.

Women2Watch INterview: Lindsey Bleimes

4/28/2019

Lindsey Bleimes is an engineering director at Wayfair. Starting out with a career in the government in computer science, Lindsey made moves to get her MBA and now uses her skills in data science to build systems and tools, creating a more cohesive user experience for Wayfair, a global e-commerce company specializing in home goods. In this interview, Lindsey tackles the subject of taking risks in a constantly changing reality—a challenge that many experts in technology face.

Remodista spends a few days thinking about agility at PayPal's C360

4/4/2019

Thriving in an era of change asks us to move through present time with agility. We spent a few days in beautiful Marina Del Rey at PayPal’s annual C360 customer appreciation event. It was our third year, as a guest, and we continue to be honored by their welcoming support of our small but important research community that cultivates women leaders. Would it be ridiculous to think that trusted community will change the future? With companies like PayPal, we say "no!" Their ability to see value in the larger picture makes our ongoing relationship a thrill because they attract other like-minded leaders.
Kelly Stickel, our CEO, took some time to reflect and share some of the moments that inspired her at C360:

Women2Watch Interview: Jane Lu

4/3/2019

Throughout the year, we feature a member of our Women2Watch community, made up of some of the greatest influencers, disruptors, and innovators in retail, finance, and technology. Meet Jane Lu, founder and CEO of Showpo, an Australian online fashion retailer and one of our 2019 Women2Watch honorees!

In her interview, she gives her honest take on the experiences of failure and switching from a career in finance to creating a business that celebrates women of all sizes across the world.