Modern Retail Podcast

Hosted ByCale Weissman & Gabi Barkho

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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The Modern Retail Podcast | Inside the private equity playbook to revive Claire’s

This week on the Modern Retail Podcast, co-hosts Gabriela Barkho and Melissa Daniels unpack the news that Amazon is laying off about 14,000 people from its corporate workforce. They...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Inside the private equity playbook to revive Claire’s
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The Modern Retail Podcast | How Bobbie’s brand playbook led to landing Cardi B

On this week’s episode, co-hosts Gabriela Barkho and Melissa Daniels get into the news of Quince dodging claims from Ugg’s parent Deckers Brand that it unlawfully copied two of...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | How Bobbie's brand playbook led to landing Cardi B
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Behind the scenes of Ulta Beauty’s new marketplace

On this week’s episode of The Modern Retail Podcast, co-hosts Gabriela Barkho and Melissa Daniels discuss Mammoth Brands’ acquisition of Coterie, a luxury diaper brand that’s had a fast-growing...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Behind the scenes of Ulta Beauty's new marketplace
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Prime Day takeaways, the end of Rite Aid, and Gen Z’s changing drinking habits

This week on The Modern Retail Podcast, co-hosts Gabriela Barkho and Melissa Daniels unpack how Amazon’s latest Prime Day reflected shifting shopper priorities, and what the end of Rite...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Prime Day takeaways, the end of Rite Aid, and Gen Z’s changing drinking habits
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Checkout comes to ChatGPT, Walmart to remove dyes and additives, and how Cakes is redefining brand corporate culture

On this week’s Modern Retail Podcast, co-hosts Gabriela Barkho and Melissa Daniels discuss the rollout of ChatGPT’s new Instant Checkout feature that will initially support single-item purchases from Etsy...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Checkout comes to ChatGPT, Walmart to remove dyes and additives, and how Cakes is redefining brand corporate culture
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The Modern Retail Podcast | The much-hyped NikeSkims collection and Michaels’ bid to fill the Joann and Party City voids

On this week’s episode of the Modern Retail Podcast, co-hosts Gabriela Barkho and Melissa Daniels go deep on the much-hyped NikeSkims launch. They discuss the look and vibe of the...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | The much-hyped NikeSkims collection and Michaels' bid to fill the Joann and Party City voids
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Affirm’s in-store Apple Pay play, Kroger’s coupon revival, and WTF is a retail media network

On this week’s Modern Retail Podcast, senior reporter Melissa Daniels is joined by executive editor Anna Hensel. First they discuss Affirm’s new rollout with Apple Pay to provide its...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Affirm's in-store Apple Pay play, Kroger's coupon revival, and WTF is a retail media network
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Dick’s $2.4B Foot Locker bet, the Girl Scout brand empire, and behind the scenes of AG1’s product research

On this episode of the Modern Retail Podcast, co-hosts Gabriella Barkho and Melissa Daniels break down Dick’s Sporting Goods’ $2.4 billion acquisition of Foot Locker. They also discuss the...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Dick's $2.4B Foot Locker bet, the Girl Scout brand empire, and behind the scenes of AG1's product research
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Kraft Heinz splits in two, Starbucks’ protein play and what it takes to get on Walmart’s shelves

This week’s Modern Retail Podcast kicks off with co-hosts Gabi Barkho and Melissa Daniels discussing the Kraft Heinz breakup. The split was announced 10 years after a merger between...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Kraft Heinz splits in two, Starbucks' protein play and what it takes to get on Walmart's shelves
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Furniture tariffs, luxury shopping vacations and how consumers spent this summer

This week on the Modern Retail Podcast, co-hosts Gabi Barkho and Melissa Daniels get into the news of President Donald Trump signaling the potential for higher tariffs on the...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Furniture tariffs, luxury shopping vacations and how consumers spent this summer
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Target CEO out, Amazon doubles down on grocery, and Bullish’s Mike Duda on scaling founder-led brands

This week on the Modern Retail Podcast, co-hosts Gabi Barkho and Melissa Daniels get into the big news of Target CEO Brian Cornell stepping down. Cornell will move over...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Target CEO out, Amazon doubles down on grocery, and Bullish's Mike Duda on scaling founder-led brands
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The Modern Retail Podcast | On’s big earnings, Summerween’s surge and why Sprouts is the new proving ground for CPG brands

This week on the Modern Retail Podcast, co-hosts Gabi Barkho and Melissa Daniels get into the news of how On running shoes led the pack of footwear earnings with...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | On's big earnings, Summerween's surge and why Sprouts is the new proving ground for CPG brands
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Ikea teams up with Best Buy, Claire’s Chapter 11 and how ChatGPT is upending the customer journey

This week on the Modern Retail Podcast, senior reporters Gabriela Barkho and Melissa Daniels chat about Ikea’s new pilot partnership with Best Buy, and why the first-ever partnership with...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Ikea teams up with Best Buy, Claire's Chapter 11 and how ChatGPT is upending the customer journey
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Tariff deals, American Eagle’s ad controversy and the rise of postpartum care market

This week on the Modern Retail Podcast, reporter Julia Waldow joins co-host Melissa Daniels to unpack how brands are reacting to the shifting landscape of U.S. trade deals following...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Tariff deals, American Eagle’s ad controversy and the rise of postpartum care market
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The Modern Retail Podcast | The state of malls & P.F. Candle Co.’s Made in America strategy

On this week’s Modern Retail Podcast, senior reporters Melissa Daniels and Gabriela Barkho are joined by Modern Retail reporter Mitchell Parton. The team discusses a package that ran on...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | The state of malls & P.F. Candle Co.'s Made in America strategy
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