Join us at the next Women of Retail Event

We’re proud to be sponsoring the next meet-up on April 16th, 6-9pm

The event, Pathways to Success, will be hosted by Kate Nightingale and sees Strawberry as sponsors alongside SHOPLINE, one of our platform partners.

We have seen considerable improvement in the number of female leaders within UK and worldwide retail companies. British Retail Consortium reported that the number of women on boards grew 5% between 2021 and 2023 to 37.8%. This is a great sign of things to come.

Yet, the life of female leader is not without its challenges and the working culture often contributes to the trials women face when climbing the leadership ladder. ‘Last year’s findings from the Reykjavík Index for Leadership found that while 82% of men in the G7 lack confidence in female leaders, 76% of women are also apprehensive about their suitability for positions of power.’

However, the business case for more gender diverse leadership teams is clear with McKinsey reporting in 2023 that such companies financially outperform those less diverse by 39%, a number rising from 15% in 2015.

At Women of Retail we are running ‘Women in Leadership, Pathways to Success’ research to better understand the status quo of female leadership in the retail industry, the perception of female and male leaders and what can we all do to encourage more women to journey to the top roles in the industry.

You can sign-up here and find out more -> https://www.linkedin.com/company/women-of-retail/