The Wildest Year: Modern Retail Journalist Cale Guthrie Weissman Reflects on 12 Months of Ecommerce Coverage - Episode 145

A UNIQUE PERSPECTIVE

 

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This week on the Ecommerce Braintrust podcast we’re joined by Cale Guthrie Weissman, Editor at Modern Retail. Being surrounded by dozens of brands, retailers and industry solution providers every week, Cale shares a unique perspective about the big events shaping the Ecommerce retail industry. 

Tune in today and find out more!

“Modern Retail is a media brand covering the ins and outs of the reinvention of the retail industry. Launched in 2019 by Digiday Media, Modern Retail explains the changes transforming the retail business with honesty, depth, and authority.”

Modern Retail covers the industry’s nuances, through the digital lens, from Amazon’s strategic shifts and their implications to stores’ recasting as experience meccas and fulfillment centers.

Cale is also a senior reporter at Modern Retail and he previously wrote for Fast Company and Business Insider.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

  • Cale’s career journey and how he transitioned from being a general business reporter to becoming an expert in Ecommerce retail.

  • How the industry changed over the years and what are the most common pain points Cale noticed in time.

  • What are the most memorable topics with an unexpected turn that Cale covered.

  • Direct to Consumer models are different from omnichannel approaches.

  • The perspective has shifted for brands in the COVID-19 context.

  • Walmart is picking up speed and catching up.

  • The complexity of trying to find a balance between Amazon, Walmart and other marketplace operators such as Instacart.

  • The conversation around Amazon antitrust.

  • The Modern Retail podcast

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