Coverage: Best Buy names a new CEO
Best Buy CEO Hubert Joly is handing leadership of the reinvigorated electronics retailer to longtime executive Corie Barry as part of the company’s succession plan. Damian Troise and Anne D’Innocenzio of the Associated Press had the news: Barry, who is currently the company’s chief financial and strategic transformation officer, will become the fifth CEO in Best Buy’s 53-year […]
WSJ seeks a food retail reporter
The Wall Street Journal is looking for a reporter in its Chicago bureau to cover the food retail industry. At the crux of the beat is the fast-changing and intensely competitive world of groceries, where heavyweights like Walmart, Kroger and now Amazon are trying to figure out the right formula for profitability as they invest […]
How The Virginian-Pilot created a new beat around spending money
Shirley Qiu of Metrics for News writes about how The Virginian-Pilot newspaper used data to develop a new beat on helping readers spend money. Qiu writes, “Jeff Reece, senior editor at The Pilot, put together a team of two business reporters as well as one food writer to start a consumer-focused beat, which would cover things […]
Industry Dive seeks a retail reporter in DC
Industry Dive is seeking to hire a retail reporter in its Washington, DC office. The Retail Reporter will regularly write stories that lead our coverage of the retail industry, from breaking news briefs to in-depth original stories that analyze the trends impacting retailers. You will monitor your beat, pitch stories, cultivate relationships with stakeholders and […]
WSJ seeks an Amazon reporter
The Wall Street Journal is seeking an accomplished reporter to cover one of the most fascinating and important business stories in history: Amazon.com. We are looking for a reporter with the skills and passion to cover a company this complex and dynamic, illuminate its relationship with consumers, businesses and rivals, demystify its technology and scrutinize […]
Insider Louisville hires Gibson to cover the 3 Rs
Insider Louisville has hired Kevin Gibson as a reporter covering retail, restaurants and real estate. A story on its website states, “Kevin first started writing for Insider in late 2013 as a freelancer doing food reviews and random stories and assignments. He became a part-time employee in 2014 for a year. He kept writing as […]
Food & Wine starts business section on website
Food & Wine magazine has started a section of its website called F&W Pro that will cover the food and beverage industries. F&W Pro will cover leaders in the industry, share business best practices, and mentorship. The content will also appear in Food & Wine magazine starting with the July issue, on social media channels, […]
Bloomberg’s Stone to write another Amazon book
Brad Stone, senior executive editor for technology at Bloomberg News, has signed a contract with Simon & Schuster to write another book about Amazon.com Inc. The new book will be called “Amazon Unbound” and the publication date is Fall 2021. In 2013 Stone published “The Everything Store: Jeff Bezos and the Age of Amazon,” which […]
Houston Biz Journal hires Gillespie to cover restaurants and retail
The Houston Business Journal has hired Laura Gillespie to cover restaurants and retail stories. Gillespie has been a freelance writer since August 2015, writing for several publications both around Houston and internationally, such as Houstonia Magazine. She previously interned for the Houston Chronicle and for Houstonia. Gillespite is a 2018 graduate of the University of […]
NY Times ad reporter Maheshwari moves to retail
Sapna Maheshwari, who has been covering advertising for the New York Times business news desk, is moving to the retail beat. Maheshwari wrote Friday on Twitter that she will focus on brands — online, malls, apparel chains — and how they’re navigating Amazon, as well as the new ways consumers shop. She joined the business […]
