Blog Posts - Remodista

Women2Watch Interview: Stacey Head

11/7/2018

Meet Stacey Head, founder and managing director of she wear, and a 2018 Women2Watch Innovation Award winner. In this month's W2W spotlight, Stacey talks about how an unexpected accident led to the creation of she wear, a company specializing in safety and fashion footwear for women. Stacey is one of the biggest disruptors and innovators in retail, and we're proud to have her in our community!

You can connect with Stacey and other leaders directly in our HALO community.

Join Remodista's Halo Community

10/31/2018

Remodista is pleased to announce that we're opening our online community, Help a Leader Out (HALO), to the public with the mission to attract more and more global pioneer thinkers!

Our HALO community has been in beta testing this past year, and we now have about 300 leaders participating. HALO's purpose is to educate brands, cultivate leaders, and connect globally looking at the future of business.

If you are a forward-thinking leader in retail, technology, finance, or any other part of business, please join us in the HALO community.

ECSE ecommerce Summit + Expo and W2W in Mexico City

10/24/2018

This past September, Remodista's Kelly Stickel presented on Retail and Internet of Things Trends at the ECSE ECommerce Summit and Expo in Mexico City. Women2Watch honorees Chau Banks (CTO, Revlon) and Michelle Evans (Global Head of Digital Consumer Research, Euromonitor International) were keynote speakers at the conference. Learn more about their talks and see photos from the event after the jump.

Call for Nominations: 2019 Women2Watch in Business Disruption

10/17/2018

Our Women2Watch honorees have spoken at over 100 keynotes and panels around the world and in the US since we launched the program in 2016.

It's your turn.

Are you or someone you know an influential woman who is driving innovation in online and brick-and-mortar retail? Remodista is now accepting nominations for our 2019 Women2Watch in Business Disruption!

Nominations close on November 15. Members of our retail committee will reach out to nominees after the nomination period ends.

Submit Your Nomination

Technology Gap - How retailers are making change

10/9/2018

There's no stopping the march of technology. And there's no denying that retailers have invested heavily in legacy systems. A clear gap is emerging and in the chasm is the technical debt that will, at some point, swallow consumer-direct companies whole.

We worked with our partners at Capgemini to learn more about the transition from legacy to cloud-based applications. Here are a few highlights:

Online Auction To Benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital

10/3/2018

Our fundraiser for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital is live until October 5, and we'd like to invite you to participate in our online auction benefitting St. Jude.

We're auctioning off the two Spirit of St. Jude award winner gift bags—each with a retail value worth over $2000.

All proceeds will benefit St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, a leading children's hospital pioneering research and treatments for kids with cancer and other life-threatening diseases. Because more than 75% of their funding comes from generous donors, St. Jude has the freedom to focus on what matters most — saving kids regardless of their financial situation.

Remodista 2018 Women2Watch Award Show - Sydney Photo Gallery

9/23/2018

In its third year, Remodista honors 80 Women2Watch with an Award Show in Sydney and NYC. With a focus on women who have solved particularly taxing challenges across quickly changing verticals, the awards show underscores the accomplishments and highlights of our most innovative women. We kicked off the Sydney show with a sustainability cocktail reception, and then a sit-down dinner celebration.
2018 Spirit of St Jude Award Winner:

Sarah Donges, CEO, Box for Monkeys

2018 Women2Watch Innovation Award Winners:

Alice Kuepper, Event Director, formerly Online Retailer
Stacey Head, Founder + Managing Director, she wear

Here are some photos from the Sydney Award Show by photographer Yve Lavine.

Remodista 2018 W2W Award Show - NYC Photo Gallery

9/23/2018

In its third year, Remodista honors 80 Women2Watch with an Award Show in Sydney and NYC. With a focus on women who have solved particularly taxing challenges across quickly changing verticals, the awards show underscores the accomplishments and highlights of our most innovative women. We kicked off the NYC show with an introduction from our emcee Jerry Talamantes with our CEO, Kelly Stickel, and celebrated with an engaging award show sit-down dinner.
2018 Spirit of St Jude Award Winner:

Monika Kochhar, CEO and Co-founder, Smartgift

2018 Women2Watch Innovation Award Winners:

Julie Shin, Head of Strategic Operations & Innovation, Productivity, Citigroup
Katye Malik, Founder and Chief Strategist, Dresscode Tech
Leslie Leifer, VP Enterprise Strategy and Business Development, 1-800-Flowers

Here are some photos from the NYC Award Show by Jonas Hildago.

Remodista iLab - NYC Photo Gallery

9/22/2018

The Innovation Lab was an exclusive opportunity for our community to dig deeper into innovative retail-industry products and services.

Not a trade show, a guided experience
The 2018 Remodista Innovation Lab took our guests on a high-touchpoint journey through a community of forward-thinkers who have broken new ground with wearables, accessories, technology and solutions. This year’s event was focused on vendors and retailers who are dedicated to crafting a seamless in-store experience, as well as to the backend technology that measures, tracks, and helps improve the customer experience.

The Collective Think - Artificial IntellIgence

9/21/2018

We had our first Collective Think, a tool to measure innovation in a room, group or community. With a gig economy, you do not know the entire potential (skill set) of your employee pool. You could make better investment decisions, if you knew what that looked like.

Here are some of the highlights from our artificial intelligence data pull with our Women2Watch community. **Notice the word artificial intelligence isn't in the word cloud, but more a focus on the human condition.

Here is a tiny sliver of what we learned: Humanity and people are the core of AI still. Human guard rails and ethical guidance are critical. That means that in order to use AI well, retail and commerce needs to find balance. Creation of good AI infrastructure is still costly and complex. With big pressure to include it, the resources haven’t quite caught up with demand. AI offers humans the gift of time through automation. The idea of the smart house vs. dumb house can offer more space for family and work in a time when ultra-convenience is at the forefront of consumer habits.