Women leaders make their marks in marketing, commerce

Women leaders make their marks in marketing, commerce | More than half of KFC's corporate jobs filled by women | YSE Beauty's Molly Sims shares goals, aims to inspire Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( March 28, 2024 CONNECT WITH NEXTUP  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [X]( €‰€‰[Tik tok]( [NEW SmartBrief]( Gender equity news from NextUp, Advancing All Women in Business [SIGN UP]( â‹… [SHARE]( [] Top of the week [] [Women leaders make their marks in marketing, commerce]( [Women leaders make their marks in marketing, commerce]( Eggleston Bracey (Peter Forest/Getty Images) Brave Commerce podcast hosts Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter shared an episode highlighting the accomplishments of multiple women leaders in the marketing and commerce space for Women's History Month. Guests on this episode include chief growth and marketing officer of Unilever, Esi Eggleston Bracey; CEO of Tate's Bake Shop, Esi Seng; and president of Roundel by Target, Sarah Travis. Full Story: [Adweek]( (3/26) [LinkedIn]( [X]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] Today's leadership [] [More than half of KFC's corporate jobs filled by women]( [More than half of KFC's corporate jobs filled by women]( (Scott Olson/Getty Images) Women now hold 51% of KFC's corporate jobs across the globe, meaning the chain is the first of Yum Brands' banners to reach gender parity in its support center team. Yum, which has set a goal of reaching parity across its restaurant brands by 2030, reported that women held more than 42% of leadership posts in 2023, up from 30% in 2018. Full Story: [Nation's Restaurant News (free registration)]( (3/27) [LinkedIn]( [X]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [YSE Beauty's Molly Sims shares goals, aims to inspire]( [YSE Beauty's Molly Sims shares goals, aims to inspire]( Sims (Mat Hayward/Getty Images) As the one-year anniversary of YSE Beauty approaches, founder, model and producer Molly Sims is looking to educate Gen X on how to take care of their skin with quality ingredients. The community she's built around her brand is an underserved market, in her opinion, and she hopes to inspire those women to enjoy "chapter three [of your life] at age 50," she said. Full Story: [Glossy (tiered subscription model)]( (3/21) [LinkedIn]( [X]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Female leaders squash lies meant to hold women back]( Bonnie Hammer, vice chairman of NBCUniversal, says her career has been one long lesson in dispelling the myth that women must stay in their lanes and avoid mixing work with play to succeed. Other female leaders lay waste to such lies as "You can't have it all as a working parent" and "You can't be emotional if you want to be taken seriously." Full Story: [Success online]( (3/18) [LinkedIn]( [X]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Retailer-backed project fosters women-led ventures]( The nonprofit New York Fashion Tech Lab, founded in 2014 and supported by a growing roster of retailers, has announced six women-led startups that will participate in this year's 12-week program. J.Crew and T.J. Maxx parent TJX Cos. are among the returning retail partners and Neiman Marcus and Lululemon are new to the program this year. 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"We're promoting people because they have the talent and the experience that we're looking for in order to fill a gap that is missing in that space -- not just 'for the numbers," said Giant's DEI Manager Jamie Joshua. Full Story: [The Packer (Lenexa, Kan.)]( (3/22) [LinkedIn]( [X]( [Facebook]( [Email]( [] [Beyoncé challenges country music's status quo]( [Beyoncé challenges country music's status quo]( Beyoncé (Johnny Nunez/Getty Images) Beyoncé's new "Cowboy Carter" album could test the country music industry's acceptance of female artists -- especially Black female artists -- but the album's future on country radio remains unclear despite the success of the "Texas Hold'Em" single, which hit number one on Billboard's country chart. The artist has said the album is "born out of an experience that I had years ago where I did not feel welcomed... and it was very clear that I wasn't." 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