Minneapolis Star Tribune seeks a retail reporter
The Minneapolis Star Tribune is looking for an ambitious, aggressive reporter to cover the retail industry. This is a high-profile beat that includes two of the top U.S. retailers, Target and Best Buy, as well as the nation’s biggest shopping complex, the Mall of America. We need a reporter who can help readers understand what’s […]
Atlanta Biz Chronicle seeks restaurants/airport reporter
The Atlanta Business Chronicle is looking for a reporter who can marry strong traditional journalism skills – source building, sharp news judgment, interviewing prowess, strong analytical and investigative reporting, clear writing, document use – with online and social media know-how. Whatever the platform, this reporter will produce content that is accompanied by perspective and context […]
Little Rock paper seeks Walmart beat reporter
The Arkansas Democrat-Gazette is looking for a beat reporter to cover Walmart Inc. who will work in our Springdale newsroom near Walmart’s world headquarters in Bentonville. The world’s largest retailer generates a steady stream of byline stories, many for the front page. The position is also responsible for coverage of Crystal Bridges Museum of American […]
Coverage: Best Buy posts strong sales, but stock falls
Retailer Best Buy posted strong sales of mobile phones, appliances, and smart computing products as it showed in its financial results that store chains can still thrive as shoppers buy more online, but its stock price fell as it failed to update its guidance for the year. Anne D’Innocenzio and Damian Troise of the AP had the story: […]
Coverage: Walmart buys controlling stake in India’s Flipkart
Walmart Inc., the world’s largest retailer, has agreed to buy India’s leading online retailer Flipkart, paying $16 billion for a controlling stake of 77 percent. Rishi Iyengar and Sherisse Pham of CNNMoney.com had the story: Flipkart gives Walmart access to a market it has been trying to crack for years. The Arkansas-based retailer has been restricted by local […]
Coverage: Nestle pays $7.1 billion to sell Starbucks in stores
In the third-biggest transaction in Nestle SA’s 152-year history, the Swiss food giant will spend $7.15 billion for the right to market Starbucks Corp. products from beans to capsules. Thomas Mulier and Corinne Gretler of Bloomberg News had the story: Nestle won’t get any physical assets in the deal. Instead, Chief Executive Officer Mark Schneider is harnessing the name recognition of […]
CoStar seeks a national retail reporter
CoStar has served as a respected source of news for the fast-paced commercial real estate industry for more than two decades. Our award-winning, industry-focused news informs subscribers and complements CoStar’s role as the industry’s leading source of commercial real estate information and data. Fortune magazine recently named CoStar Group one of the top 100 fastest-growing […]
Skift Table hires Adams to cover business of restaurants
Skift Table has hired Erika Adams to cover the business of restaurants. A story on its website states, “Adams came to us after covering retail over at Racked, then working in restaurants, then parlaying that into writing about restaurants. Adams said she’s especially intrigued by the proliferation of Square payments as well as Resy’s new […]
Louisville paper hires Menderski to cover downtown development
Maggie Menderski, who had been covering retail for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune, has been hired by the Louisville Courier-Journal as part of a two-person team covering downtown development. The beat is one of the newsroom’s primary audience strategies as there are billions of dollars’ worth of development on the table for the downtown central business district […]
Coverage: Hedge fund run by Sears CEO wants to buy retailer’s assets
ESL Investments, the hedge fund led by Sears Holdings CEO Eddie Lampert, is proposing to buy the Kenmore brand, Sears’ home improvement business, its PartsDirect division and some of the chain’s real estate. Lauren Thomas of CNBC.com had the news: The Florida-based firm said it believes the value of Sears’ businesses are not being reflected in the capital […]
