Your Brand's Most Important Advocate: YOU!

In a world brimming with emerging brands where needs are vast, championing your brand stands as a crucial skill. Whether advocating for financial resources to expand your clothing brand, or tax incentives to encourage more sustainable practices, the ability to effectively articulate your brand value as well as your needs is a strategic imperative for success. While advocacy can take on many forms, the resounding theme is perfecting the ask - mastering the ability to understand value and assert needs to achieve optimal results.

IndustryWOC WorldwideMay 21, 2024retail, Education, Community, Entrepreneurship, founder faves, productsComment

Creed & Cloth Founder affirms “I Am Deserving”

It’s National Stress Awareness Month and according to the National Institute of Health, Black women report higher levels of psychological stress than White women and carry a disproportionate burden of chronic conditions associated with psychological stress, including obesity and, low income earners, women and minorities face greater mental health challenges. National Stress Awareness Month started in 1992 to raise awareness and allow opportunities for open conversation on the impact of stress in our daily lives. We bet you didn’t know you can reduce stress with your head scarf! Creed & Cloth will show you how.

Industry, Beauty, ProductsWOC WorldwideApril 8, 2024Fashion, beauty, Beauty Box, hair, affirmations, stress

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. Please share this post with the students in your life!

Events, IndustryWOC WorldwideMarch 28, 2024tech, retail, Education

What I Shared at Beyond Budgeting!

So, you saw our announcement…I joined a panel this month about diversifying your income with BLK in BLOOM! Also this month, CNBC published this article highlighting “93% of women are stressed about money.” But it’s a well documented fact that you can’t save or budget your way to wealth. So, what’s a girl to do?

Events, IndustryBrittany HicksMarch 13, 2024Women, finances, budgeting, wealth, Entrepreneurship, edComment

Happy Women's History Month!!! Did You Know?

The Women's History Month theme for 2024 celebrates “Women Who Advocate for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion.” This year the National Women's History Alliance “will recognize women throughout the country who understand that, for a positive future, we need to eliminate bias and discrimination entirely from our lives and institutions.”

Events, IndustryWOC WorldwideMarch 4, 2024Women, wo, march, DYKComment

It's Black History Month…Here's our Diversity in Retail Recap!

You may also remember our Canna Conversations series or the WOC Brunch hosted at Nordstrom’s NYC Flagship Store highlighting conversations around initiatives designed to bring equity to fashion, beauty and retail. Well, here’s a list of organizations brands who made promises, and what we found online about what they have (or have not) done.

IndustryWOC WorldwideFebruary 1, 2024retail, diversity, products, Nordstrom, beautyComment