{"id":7287,"date":"2019-12-20T10:23:34","date_gmt":"2019-12-20T08:23:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.retalgroup.com\/retal-pa-proudly-hosts-diversity-network-event\/"},"modified":"2024-09-27T15:29:58","modified_gmt":"2024-09-27T13:29:58","slug":"retal-pa-proudly-hosts-diversity-network-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.retalgroup.com\/de\/retal-pa-proudly-hosts-diversity-network-event\/","title":{"rendered":"RETAL PA proudly hosts diversity network event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">RETAL PA in Donora, Pennsylvania was delighted to host a Women&#8217;s Business Enterprise Center East Industry Day this December.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">With the aim of supporting and promoting women-owned businesses by connecting them with corporations and Government suppliers, the WBEC <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">organisation<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> actively encourages incorporating Diversified Suppliers to connect and network.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">RETAL PA&#8217;s Finance Manager Anthony <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lange<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">l<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">and HR Manager Elizabeth Giecek were instrumental in contacting WBEC to see how the company could positively promote Diversified Suppliers in its supply chain network. Giecek says, \u201cWe work with a number of leading global brands that put great emphasis on working with vendors that support Diversified Suppliers, so we were keen to learn more and see how this positive initiative could be mutually beneficial, while helping to promote this excellent <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">organisation<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> in our local community.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lang<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">el<\/span> <span data-contrast=\"none\">continues, \u201cWBEC East\u2019s President reached out to see if RETAL PA would be interested in hosting its latest Manufacturing Industry Day, <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">which is a round table discussion with panelists representing local companies and potential vendors that are all WBE (Women Owned Businesses).\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The morning-long event included a Meet &amp; Greet, Q&amp;A session and a presentation from RETAL, as well as a tour of the facility and a shared lunch. <\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">Lange<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\">l<\/span><span data-contrast=\"none\"> notes, \u201cWe were very happy to be complemented on our bright factory as well as our commitment to taking steps to incorporate diversified spend into our supply chain.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">The RETAL team was pleased to report that the event identified potential vendors that will help to bring more diversification to RETAL PA, supporting its promise to global brands and enabling a more inclusive workplace.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>RETAL PA in Donora, Pennsylvania was delighted to host a Women&#8217;s Business Enterprise Center East Industry Day this December.<br \/>\nWith the aim of supporting and promoting women-owned businesses by connecting them with corporations and Government suppliers, the WBEC organisation actively encourages incorporating Diversified Suppliers to connect and network.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":5112,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[115,106,107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-personen","category-all-de","category-article-de"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retalgroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retalgroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retalgroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retalgroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retalgroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.retalgroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11336,"href":"https:\/\/www.retalgroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7287\/revisions\/11336"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retalgroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.retalgroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retalgroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.retalgroup.com\/de\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}