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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: What TikTok’s legal battle to stay in the U.S. means for brands

January 09, 2025
The Marketplace Boom

Live commerce startup TalkShopLive takes on TikTok with shoppable short-form videos for Meta

January 06, 2025
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Marketplace Briefing: The 3 biggest changes to marketplaces in 2024

January 02, 2025
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The Marketplace Boom

Why 2024 was the year sellers became less loyal to Amazon

January 02, 2025
Store of the Future

The case for and against live shopping in the U.S.

December 27, 2024
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The Amazon Effect

Amazon sellers are in revolt over a new policy they say hurts profits and gives up guarded business data

December 20, 2024
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Marketplace Briefing: How live shopping platform Whatnot is scooping up a greater share of the livestream shopping pie

December 19, 2024
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Supply Chain Shakeup

How reverse logistics companies like Happy Returns are preparing for an onslaught of online returns

December 17, 2024
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Q&A

How product updates like faster checkout ramp up Shopify’s enterprise growth strategy 

December 13, 2024
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Marketplace Briefing: The rise of Temu and Shein is fueling cross-retailer return abuse

December 12, 2024
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Modern Retail Vanguard

Stephanie Latham, Roblox | Modern Retail Vanguard 2024

December 11, 2024
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Modern Retail Vanguard

Rajiv Mehta, Amazon | Modern Retail Vanguard 2024

December 11, 2024
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Modern Retail Vanguard

Dan DeMeyere, ThredUp | Modern Retail Vanguard 2024

December 11, 2024
The Marketplace Boom

Temu is trying to court more premium brands to its marketplace

December 11, 2024
The Marketplace Boom

A court upheld the TikTok ban — here’s what it means for the app’s social shopping ambitions

December 06, 2024
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