Stacy's female-empowerment push raises $100,000

Stacy's female-empowerment push raises $100,000 | Sandberg: The destructive effects of the pay gap | Positive Luxury CEO: Life can teach you about leadership Created for {EMAIL} | [Web Version]( April 11, 2017 CONNECT WITH NEW  [LinkedIn]( [Facebook]( [Twitter]( �� [NEW SmartBrief]( [NEW SmartBrief]( Women's leadership news for retail and consumer goods [SIGN UP]( ⋅ [FORWARD]( [] Top of the week [] [Stacy's female-empowerment push raises $100,000]( Stacy's Pita Chips donated $100,000 to Step Up, a nonprofit that mentors young women, during its "Stacy's Stands With You" campaign that aligned with Women's History Month via limited-edition bags featuring designs inspired by the women's movement. The push also included videos of the bags being displayed during the Women's March on YouTube and Facebook. [MediaPost Communications]( (4/3) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google+]( [Email]( Beauty expertise talks. And your customers are listening. 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"If you squeeze as much learning as you can from the good and bad experiences that happen to you, if you actively adapt as a result of learning new things about the world and yourself, you're going to get ahead," she says. [The Huffington Post]( (4/10) [LinkedIn]( [Twitter]( [Facebook]( [Google+]( [Email]( [] [Report: Mondelez launches CEO search for Rosenfeld's successor]( Report: Mondelez launches CEO search for Rosenfeld's successor (Mondelez International) Mondelez International Inc. has hired an executive search firm to help transition a new CEO into the company to succeed CEO Irene Rosenfeld, sources indicate. Timing of the role transfer is in the hands of Rosenfeld, who has been at the firm's helm since 2006. 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