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Rundown: Macy's buyout bid, Etsy cuts costs & Farfetch woes
On this week's Modern Retail Rundown, Arkhouse Management and asset manager Brigade Capital Management made a $5.8 billion bid to take Macy's private…
2 years ago
'Everybody kind of laughed at us': HexClad CEO Daniel Winer on being an early DTC cookware company -- and catching the eye of Gordon Ramsay
The DTC pots and pans market is crowded, to say the least. But one early entrant continues to grow.
HexClad was founded in 2016 with the then-bizarre …
2 years ago
Rundown: Non-alcoholic White Claw, Amazon slashes apparel fees & NRF walks back retail theft claims
On this week's Modern Retail Rundown, we start by pondering the use cases for 0% alcohol hard seltzer, then move into Amazon leaning into more afford…
2 years, 1 month ago
'We exist to fail': FirstBuild president André Zdanow on building an innovation arm out of GE Appliances
FirstBuild is the arm of GE Appliances where inventors actually get to invent things.
It's a division of the behemoth corporation that aims to come up…
2 years, 1 month ago
Rundown: Black Friday recap, Shein IPO & Temu's splashy ad strategy
On this Modern Retail Rundown, we have an overview of how retailers fared during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday sales period. Next is a look at Shein'…
2 years, 1 month ago
Madhappy CEO Peiman Raf on thoughtfully growing the LA-centric apparel brand
Apparel brand Madhappy has built a culture brand around happiness.
It launched in 2017 with a small assortment of hoodies and hats. Madhappy's style w…
2 years, 1 month ago
Modern Retail Rundown: Thrasio struggles, Amazon gets into car sales & retailers expect muted holiday sales
This week on the Modern Retail Rundown: E-commerce aggregator Thrasio is reported to be preparing for a bankruptcy, per the Wall Street Journal. Amaz…
2 years, 1 month ago
How Literie built a candle business on specificity and brand partnerships
Not all candles need to smell like a vague pastoral landscape intended to bring up abstract emotions -- some just smell like roasted nuts.
That's the …
2 years, 1 month ago
Modern Retail Rundown: Getir acquires Fresh Direct, TikTok shuts down Creator Fund, Amazon & Meta partner on in-app ads
This week on the Modern Retail Rundown: Rapid delivery app Getir acquired New York-based Fresh Direct to expand its grocery delivery business. Meanwh…
2 years, 2 months ago
'We wanted to build a brand that was based on a collective perspective': R+Co president Dan Langer on growing a luxury haircare brand
R+Co has established itself as one of the premier players in salon haircare -- and over the years it's been slowly expanding. At the same time, the b…
2 years, 2 months ago