All Diversity and inclusion articles – Page 11
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OpinionOpinion: To increase retail sales, women need to be paid more
Whether you’re managing the budget for your stores or you’re figuring out budgets for a country, the key questions are broadly similar.
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Future LeadersBrand new Be Inspired award to launch at next year’s awards
Be Inspired will take centre stage at the 2017 Retail Week Awards with a brand new gong celebrating diversity across the industry.
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NewsAmazon launches bursary to help women fulfill career ambitions
Etail giant Amazon has launched a bursary today to help young women from less advantaged backgrounds fulfill their career ambitions.
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OpinionOpinion: Be Inspired to become a future female retail leader
Be Inspired ambassador and chief executive of Hobbycraft Catriona Marshall gives advice on becoming a female retail leader in 10 steps.
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OpinionBe Inspired: Eight of the best career tips for women in retail
The Be Inspired mentoring series kicked off on Thursday with a host of networking and career advice from successful female retail leaders.
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NewsWomen in retail are paid 15% less than male counterparts
Women in the retail sector are paid almost 15% less than their male counterparts each year, new research has revealed this week.
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OpinionOpinion: Why retail can do even better with women on top
Things have moved on quite a bit for women since Emily Davison threw herself under the King’s horse at the Derby in 1913.
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Future LeadersBe Inspired conference champions female success in the world of retail
To help engage the next generation of female retail talent, Retail Week is hosting a Be Inspired conference on November 9.
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NewsMarks & Spencer boss pledges support to Be Inspired campaign
Marks & Spencer boss Steve Rowe is the latest in a line of top retail chiefs to become an ambassador for Retail Week’s Be Inspired campaign.
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Future LeadersBe inspired over breakfast at our mentoring masterclasses
Retail Week is giving you the opportunity to gain confidence and seek advice from some of the highest profile female chief executives in retail.
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OpinionOpinion: If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together
When I was approached to become an ambassador for Retail Week’s Be Inspired campaign, it made absolute sense to accept.
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NewsTrio of top supermarkets lend support to Be Inspired campaign
Retail chiefs from three of the UK’s largest grocers have thrown their weight behind Retail Week’s Be Inspired campaign by becoming ambassadors.
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Future LeadersCome and Be Inspired at our brand new conference
To help engage the next generation of female retail talent, Retail Week is hosting a Be Inspired conference on November 9.
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NewsIn pictures: Be Inspired summer drinks networking party
More than 80 senior retail figures gathered at a sparkling drinks reception last month to toast Retail Week’s Be Inspired campaign as the initiative continues to gain momentum.
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NewsGovernment-backed review says it will scrutinise female leadership
The Review Board has announced it will investigate how female representation in leadership positions at British businesses can be improved.
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AnalysisOpinion: If that is what you call “success” – you can keep it
“The retail workforce is dominated by women up to a certain level, after which they often disappear into the ether or remain in the shadows.”
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NewsNew Look and Debenhams pledge support to Be Inspired campaign
New Look and Debenhams have both pledged their support to Retail Week’s Be Inspired campaign by becoming retail partners.
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VideoThe Retail Week with Gracia Amico: Inspiring future female leaders
Retail Week Be Inspired aims to promote the careers of female leaders in the industry. We ask what retailers are doing to encourage women in retail.
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OpinionOpinion: In today's retail environment it makes business sense to be inspired
“There are three billion women in the world who don’t look like supermodels and only eight that do.”
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AnalysisBe Inspired: How retailers can foster more women leaders
Women make up 60% of retail’s workforce yet just 10% of executive boards. Retail Week asks what can be done to ensure gender diversity.