Retail Articles

October 23, 2023

Aldi Discusses Leadership and Efficiencies District Managers Paul Marcoccia and Nicole Hebel from ALDI spoke to students about understanding different leadership styles and how students can adapt to make themselves versatile within the industry. There are four main types of styles that Include amiable, expressive, analytical, and direct. Each style is unique and offers different [...]

October 9, 2023

Outlet Strategy Blake Hoyle spoke to our Retail seminar about what it was like creating the first outlet for Belk. Blake has worked in retail since he was 16 years old and has continued to work for retail since. Blake worked with Abercrombie and Fitch for almost 10 years then in 2016 he switched roles [...]

September 25, 2023

Consumer Experience Amy Casari is the Group Talent Acquisition Manager for Enterprise Holdings in Northeast Florida. She came and spoke to the Retail Seminar about the Consumer Experience and how Enterprise uses their approach to make the best experience for their customers. Amy has been working with Enterprise since 2011 in their Management Trainee Program. [...]

September 11, 2023

Macy's in the Marketplace Elliot Glass, the ​Sr. Director of Customer, Digital Strategy & Operations of Macy's came and spoke to the Retail Leadership Seminar. Glass has worked for Barneys, and Boston Consulting Group, and now works for Macy’s in Strategies and Operations, specifically in the digital field. Glass first began speaking about Macy’s and [...]

April 17, 2023

Offering Better Services with Consumer Insights Meriden Lewis visited students in the Retail Leadership Seminar. Lewis has worked with Dillard’s, Newell Brands and most recently accepted a position with Estee Lauder as the Director of Account Management working in Specialty/Multi Channel (Ulta Beauty). Lewis spoke to students about the importance of consumer insights in the [...]

April 3, 2023

A Day in the Life of a Mall Manager Steven Jamieson, Corporate Director of Operations for The Forbes Company, came to speak to the students in the Retail Leadership Seminar. Jamieson oversees The Mall at Millenia in Orlando, FL, The Gardens Mall in Palm Beach Gardens Fl, Waterside Shops in Naples FL, and Somerset Collection [...]

March 6, 2023

Countdown to Black Friday Katherine O’Meara, Macy's Dadeland director of sales and customer experience, came to speak to the students in the Sears Retail Leadership Seminar. She presented on Macy’s Countdown to Black Friday, which allowed students to understand what Black Friday preparation is about from a store perspective. The retailing fiscal year is broken [...]

February 20, 2023

Global Retailer Helps Students Understand Sourcing Daniel Dias, senior vice-president of sourcing and May-Ling Martinez, senior vice-president of sourcing from Perry Ellis International came to speak about Global Sourcing to students in the Retail Leadership Seminar. They spoke of the importance of sourcing in the supply chain. They educated students on all of the aspects [...]

February 6, 2023

Offering Excellent Customer Experience Amy Casari, Enterprise Holdings Talent Acquisition Manager for Northeast Florida, came to speak to students about the consumer experience. Enterprise is the largest car rental company in the world as measured by revenue, fleet, and employees. The company hires over 8,000 college graduates a year. Amy shared how Enterprise’s mission statement [...]

January 23, 2023

Retail Student of the Year Elizabeth Early has been recognized as the Retail Student of the Year for 2022-23. As a senior at the University of Florida, her goal was to give back to the school that shaped her into who she has become. Elizabeth admits that as a freshman, she had no idea where [...]