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‘The purchase cycle is very considered’: Carvana’s Ryan Keeton on how the pandemic changed used car sales
It’s been a big year for online shopping -- online car shopping too.
Last summer, for example, Edmunds.com reported that used car and truck sales were…
4 years, 11 months ago
‘Big companies are not as good at innovation’: Canteen Spirits CEO Brandon Cason on disrupting the hard seltzer industry
Canteen Spirits was ready to take on the hard seltzer industry -- and then the coronavirus hit.
The company launched in late 2019 and began 2020 expec…
4 years, 11 months ago
‘An experience that’s bad, or at least a little weird’: Alto Pharmacy’s Matt Gamache-Asselin on why he entered the space
Healthcare and insurance aren’t the sexiest areas, but they are both ripe for disruption.
That’s why Matt Gamache-Asselin, co-founder and CEO of Alto …
5 years ago
Cure Hydration's Lauren Picasso on growing a beverage brand and utilizing micro-influencers
Lauren Picasso is both an athlete and an entrepreneur -- and she used both skillsets to help launch her company.
Picasso is the founder and CEO of Cur…
5 years ago
A legal challenge for Amazon, and boom times for TikTok: Modern Retail's top trends for 2021
It's an understatement to say that 2020 was a strange year. A global pandemic turned everything upside down, and retail was no exception.
In this week…
5 years ago
'A proxy for independent retail': Shopify President Harley Finkelstein on how retail was revolutionized in 2020
It's easy to talk about retail doom and gloom, given a nearly year-long shutdown for brick-and-mortar stores and bankruptcy filings by many big name …
5 years ago
Herman Miller Retail president Debbie Propst on 'softening' Design Within Reach's image in tough times
The pandemic has quickly changed the typical office chair shopper. It's no longer entire companies investing in ergonomic seating, but individuals wo…
5 years, 1 month ago
'It's never easy': Clorox's Jackson Jeyanayagam on hiring DTC talent in a post-pandemic world
As the pandemic's third wave mounts, Clorox wipes are still a hot commodity -- the product's shortage is expected to last into the new year. That out…
5 years, 1 month ago
Cuyana co-founder Karla Gallardo on how the pandemic strengthened the brand's mission statement
In Karla Gallardo's estimation, the world got tired of fast fashion just as the direct-to-consumer model was being proven out.
"By 2010 there was fati…
5 years, 1 month ago
Adore Me's Camille Kress on accompanying a woman's journey through life with satellite brands
With a pandemic driving its six brick-and-mortar stores to little use, lingerie company Adore Me has relied on a try-at-home model.
"We basically send…
5 years, 2 months ago