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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.

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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Member Exclusive

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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Member Exclusive

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
Member Exclusive

Marketplace Briefing: Walmart Marketplace sees record sales during Black Friday-Cyber Monday amid online shopping boom

December 05, 2024
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Holiday Marketing Strategies

Inside one of Amazon’s robot-centric fulfillment centers on Cyber Monday

December 03, 2024
Digital Marketing Redux

How Linktree is growing its social commerce business just in time for the holidays

December 02, 2024
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Global Retail

Chinese e-commerce platforms are taking away holiday market share from major U.S. retailers

November 26, 2024
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