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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How Urban Outfitters co-creates campaigns with Gen Z

Modern Retail Podcast: What it takes to build a true lifestyle brand

Marine Layer fights digital saturation with print catalogs and whimsical pop-ups

How ThredUp is using AI to improve its marketing operations and move further up the funnel

AG1 lands in Target as its year of retail expansion continues

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’

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