The Modern Retail Podcast
The Modern Retail Podcast is a podcast about the retail space, from legacy companies to the buzzy world of DTC startups. Every Thursday, Cale Weissman, editor of Modern Retail, interviews executives about their growth and marketing strategies. And every Saturday Gabi Barkho, senior reporter, sits down with the Modern Retail staff to chat about the latest headlines in the retail world.
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Atoms founders Sidra Qasim and Waqas Ali: Physi...
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ThredUp president Anthony Marino: 'Facebook's n...
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The Laundress co-founder Lindsey Boyd: Retainin...
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The Inside's AJ Nicholas: 'DTC has become this ...
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Hint's Kara Goldin: 'It's not all about Facebook'
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Accenture’s Amy Fuller: ‘Talent branding is not...
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Daily Harvest's Rachel Drori: There is a cycle ...
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Foot Locker's Jed Berger: 'The marketing indust...
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Quip's Shane Pittson: Being in physical stores ...
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Buffy's Paul Shaked: There's Facebook-first men...
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Leesa's David Wolfe: We have to find more effic...
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Vuori founder Joe Kudla: You don’t want a VC ru...
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DTC furniture brand Burrow’s Alex Kubo: Faceboo...
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Patron and Grey Goose CMO Lee Applbaum: We’re f...
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Omnicom’s Peter Sherman: We want to connect, no...
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Salesforce’s Stephanie Buscemi: Brand purpose i...
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Shopify’s Hana Abaza: Direct-to-consumer is a m...
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Liberty Mutual’s Emily Fink: Our customer's exp...
The direct-to-consumer era is changing consumer behavior and expectations across categories, be it retail or insurance. Liberty Mutual has felt this shift, and in its new products as well as marketing is attempting to change in line with those...
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'We think of our category as comfort': Brooklin...
The direct-to-consumer playbook at this point is well known: Launch online with one product, expand to physical stores, and stretch into new products and even categories. For Brooklinen, the online-born bedding brand, it's no different. The company,...
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Athleta CMO Sheila Shekar Pollak: Moving creati...
In the last year, Athleta, the women's workout wear brand owned by Gap Inc., has taken its creative in-house for its content creation efforts. Athleta CMO Sheila Shekar Pollak discusses the marketing mix for the brand that is on its way to becoming a...
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Mizzen and Main’s Kevin Lavelle: The DTC space ...
There is no lack of success stories in the direct-to-consumer markets. But there are also questions being asked of how long the industry can sustain itself. With a plethora of new brands launched every day, built on VC money with tall growth targets,...
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Visible CMO Minjae Ormes: Phone service can be ...
A few months ago, Verizon launched Visible, a new brand that sits within the multi-billion dollar company. Launched invite-only, Visible is a digital-only phone carrier with no stores and e-commerce only service. And the telco brand is taking cues...
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MM. LaFleur's Sarah LaFleur: To grow, you have ...
As DTC brands grow up, they begin to look a lot like traditional brands. The challenge then, is differentiation. The solution: better data management. MM. LaFleur, the “bento box” pioneer of women’s workwear is one of those brands that uses data...
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Deloitte Digital’s Alicia Hatch: We are ready t...
Consultancies are turning into agencies as agencies grapple for a seat at the table. Alicia Hatch, CMO of Deloitte Digital, the $1 billion ad agency that sits within Deloitte, has insight into why consultancies are built for the modern CMO. On this...
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Gravity Products CEO Mike Grillo: DTC is not a ...
Born online direct-to-consumer brands are increasingly turning to traditional physical retail models to find new places for growth. Mike Grillo, CEO at Gravity Products, thinks DTC is just a launch model and not a sustainable business model for the...
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