Congratulation Vicki Cantrell and Phil Leahy for bringing to life the first VIP Awards for vendors who care about building meaningful partnerships. Vicki is also one of our 2020 Women2Watch.

​We also had a table of fabulous Remodista's 2020 Women2Watch to support the inaugural event with Cofounders Vicki Cantrell and Phil Leahy. 
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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.

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.

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.

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: ​