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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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Marketplace Briefing: Amazon’s pitch to DTC brands is evolving as it courts big names like Adidas to Buy With Prime 

February 20, 2025
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The Amazon Effect

Amazon sunsets its TikTok-like feature Inspire in favor of AI-powered chatbot Rufus

February 18, 2025
Digital Marketing Redux

Inside The RealReal’s latest marketing bet: a new Gossip Girl-esque Substack newsletter

February 17, 2025
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Marketplace Briefing: How Wolf & Badger is winning U.S. shoppers despite luxury retail’s slowdown

February 13, 2025
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Supply Chain Shakeup

Inside e-commerce’s week of whiplash after Trump delays de minimis cancellation, tariffs

February 11, 2025
Digital Marketing Redux

Retail media networks are becoming a bigger part of the Super Bowl advertising puzzle

February 07, 2025
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Marketplace Briefing: Even if TikTok goes away, its impact on live shopping is here to stay 

February 06, 2025
Supply Chain Shakeup

Trump’s new tariffs spark layoffs at Sheertex’s parent company

February 05, 2025
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The Marketplace Boom

After de minimis change, Temu’s selection is now mostly ‘local’ items

February 05, 2025
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Supply Chain Shakeup

How Trump’s suspension of de minimis will impact e-commerce companies

February 04, 2025
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Marketplace Briefing: Poshmark is the latest platform to use AI to help create product listings

January 30, 2025
New Economic Realities

How the Trump presidency upended retailers’ DEI policy playbooks

January 30, 2025
Digital Marketing Redux

Platforms like Meta, Substack and Flip are trying to lure TikTok creators with financial incentives

January 29, 2025
The Marketplace Boom

‘We are massively overloaded’: Platforms like Flip are seeing a surge of TikTok refugees

January 27, 2025
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Marketplace Briefing: Even with TikTok ban delayed, agencies are preparing for uncertainty

January 23, 2025
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