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Anna Hensel πŸ‘©β€πŸ’»

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Fascinating story today from retail earnings: Grove Collaborative is pulling its branded products from brick-and-mortar stores like Target and CVS. Grove says physical retail wasn't a profitable channel and only drove a small % of sales. Melissa M. Daniels modernretail.co/operations/exc…

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A reminder that if you are considering testing out Bluesky, i've created a list of retail and DTC people to follow there go.bsky.app/CbnaL7R

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I wrote something a little more personal about how my thinking around change has evolved over the past couple of years-- I hope this is helpful for people overwhelmed thinking about the New Year! annahensel.substack.com/p/in-2025-chan…

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BREAKING: Some Kohl's locations are no longer accepting Amazon returns. One location Modern Retail called said it was temporary, and it appears to be just a test. Still, this would be a major shift for Kohl's modernretail.co/retailers/kohl…

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We reported on Monday that Amazon was surveying sellers about tariffs. The The Wall Street Journal matched our scope the next day, with no credit. If you want retail news before the national business outlets get to it days later, subscribe to Modern Retail! modernretail.co/operations/ama…

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I wrote about how small business owners are going on a media blitz right now warning about how many companies could go out of business if the current tariffs system isn't changed modernretail.co/operations/ceo…

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I profiled GrΓΌns and interviewed its founder, Chad Janis, about the product tweaks and marketing strategies that he felt were most instrumental in helping the company hit a $500 million valuation. Give it a read! modernretail.co/operations/the…

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🚨A thaw in the Nike-Amazon relationship! Amazon told some sellers telling them they would no longer be able to sell certain Nike items as we "will be working directly with Nike to source a number of their products moving forward" by Allison Nicole Smith modernretail.co/operations/ama…

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A lot of questions on the Dick's Sporting Goods earnings call this morning about Nike's decision to start selling through Amazon soon and how that might impact inventory. Lauren Hobart: "Nike and all of our brands do a good job segmenting, and we expect this to be no different"

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On its earnings call today, Dollar General CEO Todd Vasos said the retailer "saw the highest percent of trade-in customers we’ve had in the last four years,” as shoppers look for ways to cut costs modernretail.co/operations/dol…

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New: Olly, known for its multivitamins and supplement gummies is hoping that its next hit product is....body wash? More here on Olly's latest launch and why it is getting into personal care modernretail.co/operations/sup…

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Godspeed to every brand that hasn't put out any Love Island content to date and is now frantically trying to come up with something funny to post on social media before the finale

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Scoop from Allison Nicole Smith: Shopify has quietly a line to the code that powers its merchant storefronts giving more details about how exactly they can use Agentic AI modernretail.co/technology/sho…

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On July 29 at 1 p.m. ET we're hosting a virtual event for Modern Retail+ subscribers where MR's editorial staff will talk about what we're hearing from brands about how Prime Day went, what activity they're anticipating this Black Friday and more. Join us! modernretail.co/events/the-ret…

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BREAKING from Melissa M. Daniels Footwear brand Kizik and its parent company, HandsFree Labs, accuse Skechers of ripping off its IP in a lawsuit filed Thursday modernretail.co/operations/kiz…