Anna Hensel

Anna Hensel is the executive editor at Modern Retail. Send her tips and story ideas at anna@modernretail.co.

Anna Hensel

Anna Hensel is the executive editor at Modern Retail. Send her tips and story ideas at anna@modernretail.co.

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Digital Marketing Redux

After a year of record customer acquisition, ThredUp’s Kristen Brophy shares what’s next in her marketing roadmap

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Store of the Future

Target makes the case for how it will ‘reclaim its merchandising authority’ at annual investor day

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Brands Briefing: Caraway makes its first big OOH push as it seeks to make the brand ‘impossible to ignore’

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Digital Marketing Redux

Why Ruggable’s Lauren Sherman is focused on resetting the balance of brand and performance marketing

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New Economic Realities

Modern Retail Podcast: An emergency tariffs episode

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Digital Marketing Redux

Thrive Market’s Amina Pasha believes brands that focus on trust will win in an AI-first world

February 11, 2026

Member Exclusive

Brands Briefing: Manscaped uses the Super Bowl to usher in a new brand platform

February 10, 2026

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A timeline of what led up to Grüns being acquired by Unilever

In 2026, AI talk at retail events shifts to proving real results, defining a true strategy

E.l.f. Beauty’s chief digital officer shares her strategy for the AI era

Why Wayfair isn’t ‘dogmatic’ about its AI usage

Anthropologie says it marries data and intuition in merchandising as it looks for ‘calculated risks’

Alibaba’s vision for the agentic era comes into focus as it targets $100B in AI and cloud revenue over 5 years

Cymbiotika lands in Ulta just months after launching in Target

After a year of record customer acquisition, ThredUp’s Kristen Brophy shares what’s next in her marketing roadmap

Target makes the case for how it will ‘reclaim its merchandising authority’ at annual investor day

Brands Briefing: Caraway makes its first big OOH push as it seeks to make the brand ‘impossible to ignore’

Why Ruggable’s Lauren Sherman is focused on resetting the balance of brand and performance marketing

Modern Retail Podcast: An emergency tariffs episode

Coterie’s Lindsey Kling on the brand’s quest to reach new audiences after being acquired by Mammoth Brands

Thrive Market’s Amina Pasha believes brands that focus on trust will win in an AI-first world

Brands Briefing: Manscaped uses the Super Bowl to usher in a new brand platform

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