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 | 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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The Modern Retail Podcast | Ulta buys Space NK and Cassey Ho talks fighting dupes

On this week’s Modern Retail Podcast, senior reporters Melissa Daniels and Gabriela Barkho are joined by Lexy Lebsack, the West Coast correspondent for sister publication Glossy, and co-host of...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Ulta buys Space NK and Cassey Ho talks fighting dupes
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Modelo beer sales decline & Prime Day deals week gets off to a slow start

On this week’s Modern Retail Podcast, senior reporters Melissa Daniels and Gabriela Barkho Barkho kick things off with a look at Constellation Brands’ declining beer sales. The Modelo and...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Modelo beer sales decline & Prime Day deals week gets off to a slow start
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Dr. Squatch gets bought, Parachute store closures & a mid-year check in on 2025’s biggest stories

On this week’s Modern Retail Podcast, senior reporters Melissa Daniels and Gabriela Barkho begin with a rundown of this week’s news. Kicking things off is an analysis of Unilever’s...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Dr. Squatch gets bought, Parachute store closures & a mid-year check in on 2025's biggest stories
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Slowing retail sales, cleaner products from Kraft-Heinz, and the rise of private label

On this week’s episode of the Modern Retail Podcast, senior reporters Gabriela Barkho and Melissa Daniels break down the latest May retail sales data and explain what it signals...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Slowing retail sales, cleaner products from Kraft-Heinz, and the rise of private label
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The Modern Retail Podcast | The Labubu craze, retail employment shifts and headwinds in the home goods sector

On this week’s episode, Modern Retail’s senior reporters Gabriela Barkho and Melissa Daniels discuss two major topics shaking up the retail world. First, they dive into Labubu dolls, which...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | The Labubu craze, retail employment shifts and headwinds in the home goods sector
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Temu U.S. usership plummets, Spirit Halloween cancels season opener, brands go all-in on Dubai chocolate & Stanley 1913’s next era

On this week’s episode, Modern Retail reporters Gabriela Barkho and Julia Waldow discuss several retail headlines from the past week. First up is the steep drop in Temu’s U.S....

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Temu U.S. usership plummets, Spirit Halloween cancels season opener, brands go all-in on Dubai chocolate & Stanley 1913's next era
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Nike’s Amazon return, E.l.f’s big Rhode bet, and debunking recession indicators

This week’s podcast starts with senior reporters Gabriela Barkho and Melissa Daniels getting into the news of the week. First they look at the changes unfolding at Nike, which...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Nike's Amazon return, E.l.f's big Rhode bet, and debunking recession indicators
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Klarna’s losses double, Dockers and The Vitamin Shoppe find new buyers & Bansk’s chief supply chain officer talks tariffs

This week’s podcast kicks off with senior reporters Gabriela Barkho and Melissa Daniels discussing Klarna’s latest earnings, which showed that a growing number of the BNPL service’s users defaulting...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Klarna's losses double, Dockers and The Vitamin Shoppe find new buyers & Bansk's chief supply chain officer talks tariffs
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Touchland gets acquired, what’s gone wrong with Target & the secret sauce behind brand pop culture collaborations

On this week’s Modern Retail Podcast, senior reporters Melissa Daniels and Gabriela Barkho discuss the acquisition of sanitizer brand Touchland. The startup was bought by Church & Dwight, the...

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Touchland gets acquired, what's gone wrong with Target & the secret sauce behind brand pop culture collaborations
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The Modern Retail Podcast | Tariffs hit Mattel, M&A news from Skechers and DoorDash and a look at Mother’s Day flower delivery with Bouqs

On this week’s Modern Retail podcast, senior reporters Gabriela Barkho and Melissa Daniels discuss the rising challenges toy companies are facing in planning for inventory under Trump’s China tariffs....

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The Modern Retail Podcast | Tariffs hit Mattel, M&A news from Skechers and DoorDash and a look at Mother's Day flower delivery with Bouqs
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