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Jason Buechel, the man who’s tasked with energizing Amazon’s grocery business

December 12, 2025

Jason Buechel, a longtime Whole Foods leader with roots in food and technology, is now tasked with unifying Amazon’s sprawling grocery business and solving the company’s decades-long struggle to gain traction in the category.

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How Mandy Fields steered E.l.f. Beauty through tariffs and a high-stakes Rhode acquisition in 2025

December 10, 2025

Having spent seven years at E.l.f. Beauty, CFO Mandy Fields breaks down the day-to-day challenges and opportunities of growing a beauty brand.

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Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt has mastered the art of the bookstore turnaround

December 08, 2025

Over the past six years, James Daunt has operationally flipped the U.S.'s largest bookstore chain upside down. Now in growth mode, the once-struggling retailer is a prime example of how to save one.

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Brands Briefing: Anthropologie’s weddings business has become a powerful customer acquisition engine

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Jason Buechel, the man who’s tasked with energizing Amazon’s grocery business

How Mandy Fields steered E.l.f. Beauty through tariffs and a high-stakes Rhode acquisition in 2025

Barnes & Noble CEO James Daunt has mastered the art of the bookstore turnaround

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How Molly Baz’s Ayoh managed the cost of reformulating its mayonnaise to swap seed oil for avocado oil

‘A shock to the system’: Roughly $300 billion in U.S. imports changed country of origin last year

Why agentic storefronts are the future of commerce

Winx Health has tripled its retail revenue in the last three months. Now, it’s launching into Walmart

Legacy retailers like Party City and Staples are increasingly teaming up on shop-in-shops in a bid for relevance

Why Aldi, Walmart and more are redesigning their private-label packaging

Why tariff refunds won’t necessarily go back to consumers

Brands Briefing: How higher oil prices are shaking up the footwear industry

Suri got shoppers on board with recycling toothbrush heads. Now, it is turning them into soap dishes

Williams-Sonoma relaunches Dormify a year after acquiring IP

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

Retail just lost one of its few female CEOs. She kept Best Buy afloat during the pandemic

Marketplace Briefing: Amazon’s seller count falls as revenue concentrates among top sellers

Walmart now wants to be the plumber for your local convenience store

‘It’s like getting Taylor Swift tickets’: Brands rush to request tariff refunds, with some snags

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