The Modern Retail Podcast
The Modern Retail Podcast is a podcast about all the ways the retail industry is changing and modernizing. Every Saturday, senior reporters Gabi Barkho and Melissa Daniels break down the latest retail headlines and interview executives about what it takes to keep up in today’s retail landscape, diving deep into growth strategies, brand autopsies, economic changes and more
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Episodes (536)
The growing debate over digital price tags
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Has the latest sneaker bubble officially burst?
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Why shoppers can't get enough of limited-edition scents and flavors
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Inside David's Bridal's post-bankruptcy turnaround
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AI-generated review summaries could upend online shopping
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What’s in and out in food and beverage for 2026
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The art and science of product pricing
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Marketing is experiencing an AI reckoning
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An emergency tariffs episode
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The dawn of DTC 3.0
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Inside the Super Bowl activation boom
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How ICE activity became an issue retailers big and small can no longer ignore
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The high cost of free returns
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Cautious optimism at NRF around AI and shopper sentiment in 2026
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What is in and out for wellness in 2026
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The Modern Retail Podcast's 2026 predictions
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A look back at 2025, from tariffs to Target to Labubus
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PepsiCo thins portfolio and bets on better-for-you products
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How startups get on the shelves of Whole Foods
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The trends that will dominate Black Friday and Cyber Monday, from AI search to e...
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How Gen Z builds brands, with CharCharms' Charlotte Trecartin
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How ButcherBox uses a loyalty program to drive more meat sales
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Inside the private equity playbook to revive Claire’s
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How Bobbie's brand playbook led to landing Cardi B
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Behind the scenes of Ulta Beauty's new marketplace
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Prime Day takeaways, the end of Rite Aid, and Gen Z’s changing drinking habits
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Checkout comes to ChatGPT, Walmart to remove dyes and additives, and how Cakes i...
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The much-hyped NikeSkims collection and Michaels' bid to fill the Joann and Part...
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Affirm's in-store Apple Pay play, Kroger's coupon revival, and WTF is a retail m...
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Dick's $2.4B Foot Locker bet, the Girl Scout brand empire, and behind the scenes...
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Kraft Heinz splits in two, Starbucks' protein play and what it takes to get on W...
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Furniture tariffs, luxury shopping vacations and how consumers spent this summer
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Target CEO out, Amazon doubles down on grocery, and Bullish's Mike Duda on scali...
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On's big earnings, Summerween's surge and why Sprouts is the new proving ground...
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Ikea teams up with Best Buy, Claire's Chapter 11 and how ChatGPT is upending the...
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Tariff deals, American Eagle’s ad controversy and the rise of postpartum care ma...
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The state of malls & P.F. Candle Co.'s Made in America strategy
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Ulta buys Space NK and Cassey Ho talks fighting dupes
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Modelo beer sales decline & Prime Day deals week gets off to a slow start
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Dr. Squatch gets bought, Parachute store closures & a mid-year check in on 2025'...
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Slowing retail sales, cleaner products from Kraft-Heinz, and the rise of private...
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The Labubu craze, retail employment shifts and headwinds in the home goods secto...
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Temu U.S. usership plummets, Spirit Halloween cancels season opener, brands go a...
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Nike's Amazon return, E.l.f's big Rhode bet, and debunking recession indicators
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Klarna's losses double, Dockers and The Vitamin Shoppe find new buyers & Bansk's...
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Touchland gets acquired, what's gone wrong with Target & the secret sauce behind...
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Tariffs hit Mattel, M&A news from Skechers and DoorDash and a look at Mother's D...
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GLP-1 shakeups, the 'Cowboy Carter' effect and the fallout of bird flu
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M&A slowdown, Walmart's beauty play and how a U.S. manufacturing boom could crea...
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Luxury earnings, behind-the-scenes at Chinese factories, and the unexpected indu...
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