Here’s What I shared with Students this month at NC A&T

Our cofounder, Brittany Hicks, is a board member for the NC A&T Family Consumer Science Program supporting students in Merchandising, Design, Nutritional Science and Education. Earlier this month, she spoke to students about her experience as a retail expert and entrepreneur alongside Marcus Ledbetter from Ralph Lauren.

In this conversation, Brittany highlighted her background as a merchant and share important ideas about networking, building relationships and demystified students ideas about the “fashion industry”. She also encouraged students to explore the rich industry that is evolving in North Carolina as they consider employment after graduation.

Here are 5 Reasons the Retail Economy is growing across NC and the Southeast:

NO. 1 BLACK ENGINEERS

• N.C. A&T is the #1 producer of African American graduates in engineering in the United States.

NO. 1 TEXTILES INSTITUTION

• The Wilson College of Textiles at NC State is #1 textiles institution in the world.

3rd FASTEST GROWING STATE

According to the 2022 US Census Data, NC is the 3rd fastest growing market and now the 9th largest state.

NO. 3 MOST RESILIENT FOR REMOTE WORK

• Raleigh #3 and Charlotte #5 among Tech Towns Resilient Amid Uncertainty as Remote Work Grows.

+29,000 STEM GRADS

• Each year, NC produces +29,000 STEM graduates who are poised to enter fashion, beauty, textiles, agriculture, bio and other industries!

If you, or a student in your life, are considering careers in any of these fields - or if you have industry experience and like to share it with our students please emails us!