About Nicole Leinbach Reyhle

Nicole Leinbach Reyhle is an experienced retail and wholesale professional who has a passion for small businesses. After years of working for respected retailers and wholesalers that included Nordstrom, Adidas America, Sears Corporation and Franco Sarto  Footwear, Reyhle founded Retail Minded in 2007 to support boutique style businesses throughout the world. Founded to help individual business owners thrive in their unique goals, Retail Minded is Reyhle’s own dream that began as a consulting business and has since become a destination source for valued support, news and education on all aspects of the retail industry.

Reyhle supports the retail community at large through writing, speaking, webinars, workshops and more. As the Founder & Editorial Director of Retail Minded Magazine, a retail lifestyle publication that debuted in January 2012, Reyhle delivers news, education and support for retailers both in and out of their stores. She is constantly working with independent retailers and small business owners in an effort to best support their unique goals, as well as has a professional Advisory Board whom she leans on for insight, knowledge and trusted retail expertise. In addition to her work with Retail Minded, Reyhle is an instructor at Columbia College Chicago, teaching various retail and writing courses. Additionally, Reyhle contributes to a variety of professional retail trade publications that  include Floral Management, Museums & More, Dance Retailer News and many others. She also has a weekly online column with Crain’s Business, appropriately titled Retail Minded.

Reyhle resides in Chicago, Illinois with her husband, two young children and their weimaraner dog.