Podcast Episodes

'For all intents and purposes we are a brand': Italic founder Jeremy Cai on the company's new path forward

Italic is trying to become a luxury brand in its own right.

The company has been around since 2018 and has gone through many iterations. At the same t…

3 years, 7 months ago

'It is a very unique market': July co-founder Athan Didaskalou on expanding an Australian luggage brand to the U.S.

The last few years have been a rollercoaster for travel companies. But Australian luggage brand July says business is now beginning to boom.

"Things h…

3 years, 7 months ago

'We're getting an absurd amount of people': Neighborhood Goods CEO Matt Alexander on the return of physical retail

Things got scary for Neighborhood Goods in 2020.

"We went through layoffs and furloughs -- all sorts of challenging things," said co-founder and CEO M…

3 years, 7 months ago

‘They're ready for liquidity’: OpenStore’s Michael Rubenstein on building a platform to give Shopify founders an exit

The e-commerce portfolio model has been getting a lot of press of late. And OpenStore thinks it may have cracked the code for finding and acquiring D…

3 years, 7 months ago

An awesome product is table stakes': Weezie co-founder Lindsey Johnson on building a luxury bath brand

The key to DTC towel brand Weezie's success is staying in its lane -- or, bathroom.

That's according to co-founder Lindsey Johnson who joined this wee…

3 years, 8 months ago

'We're the coach versus the quarterback': General Mills' DTC lead Carter Jensen on how the CPG giant goes about e-commerce

General Mills is known for being the company behind household name brands Wheaties -- but it's also trying to build out a robust DTC strategy.

At the …

3 years, 8 months ago

'I was laughed out of the room': How Bokksu founder Danny Taing bootstrapped his business to a $100M valuation

Bokksu, which connects U.S. customers with Japanese snacks, is still bullish on subscription boxes, according to its founder and CEO Danny Taing.

The …

3 years, 8 months ago

'We don't want to be everything to everyone': W&P president Kate Lubenesky on evolving a modern kitchen brand

For the kitchen brand W&P, it's been a good time for the home products space.

This week on the Modern Retail Podcast, W&P president Kate Lubenesky spo…

3 years, 8 months ago

'Consumers have evolved': TalkShopLive's Bryan Moore on North America's growing appetite for livestream commerce

It's been a big year for TalkShopLive -- and for livestream commerce in general.

The livestream commerce platform has been around since 2018. Until 20…

3 years, 9 months ago

'All the packaging would look the same': Couplet Coffee's Gefen Skolnick on trying to reinvent a category

Couplet Coffee, which sells both coffee beans and coffee-related products online, is only a few months old and is trying to enter the market with a b…

3 years, 9 months ago