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Rundown: Amazon scraps Style stores, Walmart stores get a facelift & Michaels launches an Etsy competitor
On this week's Modern Retail Rundown, two Amazon Style stores are closing after the company tested selling apparel physically. Meanwhile, Walmart is …
2 years, 2 months ago
How bedding brand Coyuchi has updated its marketing playbook
Home goods brand Coyuchi has been around for 30 years and has seen the industry transform.
Its core focus is on providing organic cotton products. It'…
2 years, 2 months ago
Rundown: UPS acquires Happy Returns, Unilever offloads Dollar Shave Club & Sears attempts a comeback
On this week's Modern Retail Rundown, the team discusses UPS's acquisition of reverse logistics startup Happy Returns from PayPal. Then, we go into U…
2 years, 2 months ago
CPG veteran Justin Gold on how he's advancing Rudi's Bakery's product pipeline
Forty-seven-year-old Rudi’s Bakery is on a quest to reinvent itself -- and it's bringing in a CPG veteran to lead this charge.
The Denver-based compan…
2 years, 2 months ago
Rundown: HomeGoods gives up on e-commerce, Walmart eyes digital growth & Goop goes mass market
This week on the Modern Retail Rundown, the staff discuss TJX announcing plans to shut down the e-commerce site of HomeGoods -- just two years after …
2 years, 2 months ago
August co-founder Nadya Okamoto on growing a period care brand with the help of TikTok
August is using its social media prowess to talk about period care.
Over the past two years, August -- which sells organic period care products -- has…
2 years, 2 months ago
Introducing The Return Season Two
Digiday Media and WorkLife is proud to present season two of The Return, a podcast about what it’s like for Gen Z to enter the workforce for the firs…
2 years, 2 months ago
Rundown: Netflix's retail ambitions, Amazon's Prime Big Deals Day gains traction & food companies plan for weight loss drugs
On this week's episode of the Modern Retail Rundown, we start with news about Netflix taking a stab at physical retail -- announcing it will open rea…
2 years, 2 months ago
Monica + Andy CEO Monica Royer on expanding the children's apparel brand
At first glance, children's apparel brand Monica + Andy looks like many other digitally-native businesses. It launched during the DTC heyday, in 2014…
2 years, 3 months ago
Rundown: Ride Aid faces delisting, Cooler Screens sues Walgreens & former Etsy sellers launch a competitor
First up on the Modern Retail Rundown show is a look at Rite Aid potentially getting delisted from the New York Stock Exchange due to a low stock pri…
2 years, 3 months ago