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Allison Smith

Allison Smith

Allison Smith is an e-commerce platforms reporter at Modern Retail. Her coverage includes Amazon and its competitors such as TikTok, Shopify and Temu. Allison previously covered corporate finance at Bloomberg News. Her reporting has also appeared in The Guardian, Grub Street and Crain’s Detroit Business. Allison lives in New York and can be reached via email at allison@modernretail.co or through text message or Signal at 972-742-0191.

Allison Smith

Allison Smith is an e-commerce platforms reporter at Modern Retail. Her coverage includes Amazon and its competitors such as TikTok, Shopify and Temu. Allison previously covered corporate finance at Bloomberg News. Her reporting has also appeared in The Guardian, Grub Street and Crain’s Detroit Business. Allison lives in New York and can be reached via email at allison@modernretail.co or through text message or Signal at 972-742-0191.

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Global Retail

A shorter shopping window complicates retail’s already challenging holiday season

November 18, 2025
Supply Chain Shakeup

Bogg’s brand-new quilted tote bag was born out of tariff turmoil

November 17, 2025
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Member Exclusive

Marketplace Briefing: Amazon’s shopping bot Rufus can now automatically buy products for you when prices drop

November 13, 2025
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The Marketplace Boom

TikTok Shop outlines its safety playbook for Black Friday and Cyber Monday

November 11, 2025
New Economic Realities

Job cuts hit 22-year October high as retail layoffs from Amazon to Target mount ahead of holidays

November 06, 2025
Member Exclusive

Marketplace Briefing: Amazon sellers brace for higher fulfillment fees in 2026 as tariff costs bite

November 06, 2025
Digital Marketing Redux

Shopify just became the biggest company to launch a Substack newsletter

November 04, 2025
Earnings

Amazon CEO expects to ‘find ways’ to partner with third-party AI shopping agents in the future

October 31, 2025
Member Exclusive

Marketplace Briefing: Amazon skips its usual Prime Big Deal Days recap touting record sales

October 30, 2025
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Global Retail

The Great Resignation is over — unless you’re a retail CEO

October 27, 2025
Member Exclusive

Marketplace Briefing: Why ChatGPT checkout could take a bite out of Walmart’s $4 billion ad business

October 23, 2025
Store of the Future

E-commerce sites see low sales from ChatGPT traffic, study finds

October 21, 2025
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New Economic Realities

‘We were getting crushed’: Brands cut back on free online returns to offset tariff costs

October 21, 2025
The Amazon Effect

Walmart.com’s search results put ads front and center — a playbook Amazon pioneered

October 13, 2025
Member Exclusive

Marketplace Briefing: Amazon’s fall Prime event sees early holiday surge as consumers chase discounts

October 09, 2025
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