The Modern Retail Podcast

AriZona Beverage CEO Abid Rizvi on the current beverage landscape

Rundown: Nike shakeups, Rent the Runway restructuring & DTC fire sales

Jolie CEO Ryan Babenzien on how to market a shower head as a wellness product in the post-DTC era

This podcast episode explores the success of Jolie, a company specializing in filtered shower heads that position themselves as beauty and wellness products. The founder used innovative thinking and research on water contaminants to create a product that caters to vanity, is one-size-fits-all, and can be used habituall...

Rundown: Price hikes backfire, Shein & Temu suppliers struggles & Peloton's TikTok partnership

Bombas co-founders David Heath & Randy Goldberg on how the apparel brand bucked the DTC doldrums

Bankruptcies, VC tumult & TikTok: The Modern Retail Podcast year in review

Rundown: Global politics impact retailers, Rite Aid's legal troubles & and the rise of thrifted holiday gifts

ButcherBox CMO Kiran Smith on how she overhauled a startup-y marketing team

Rundown: Macy's buyout bid, Etsy cuts costs & Farfetch woes

'Everybody kind of laughed at us': HexClad CEO Daniel Winer on being an early DTC cookware company -- and catching the eye of Gordon Ramsay

Rundown: Non-alcoholic White Claw, Amazon slashes apparel fees & NRF walks back retail theft claims

'We exist to fail': FirstBuild president André Zdanow on building an innovation arm out of GE Appliances

Rundown: Black Friday recap, Shein IPO & Temu's splashy ad strategy

Madhappy CEO Peiman Raf on thoughtfully growing the LA-centric apparel brand

Modern Retail Rundown: Thrasio struggles, Amazon gets into car sales & retailers expect muted holiday sales

How Literie built a candle business on specificity and brand partnerships

Modern Retail Rundown: Getir acquires Fresh Direct, TikTok shuts down Creator Fund, Amazon & Meta partner on in-app ads

'We wanted to build a brand that was based on a collective perspective': R+Co president Dan Langer on growing a luxury haircare brand

Rundown: Amazon scraps Style stores, Walmart stores get a facelift & Michaels launches an Etsy competitor

How bedding brand Coyuchi has updated its marketing playbook