Onita moves to retail beat at FT
Laura Onita, assistant companies editor at the Financial Times, is moving to the retail beat. Onita joined the Financial Times in October from The Telegraph in 2019, where she was retail editor and retail correspondent. Before that, she was a retail correspondent at the Evening Standard and a business reporter at The Sunday Times. She reported for the Institution […]
Reid to cover European retail for Reuters
Reuters has tapped Helen Reid to cover European retail news. She is based in London. Reid previously was pan-African mining correspondent and she previously was in London covering the stock market. Reid has been with Reuters since August 2016. She previously worked for TXF: Trade and Export Finance as a reporter and African Arguments as an editorial intern. She […]
Recode’s Del Rey among the Vox Media layoffs
Recode senior correspondent Jason Del Rey is among the Vox Media layoffs. Del Rey has spent the last nine years reporting on Amazon, the e-commerce industry, and how technology is transforming brick-and-mortar retail. He has signed a deal with Harper Business to write the book “Winner Sells All” about the retail battle between Walmart vs. Amazon and […]
Reuters hires Masters as a retail reporter
Reuters has hired Kate Masters to cover U.S. specialty retailers. She previously worked as the state health and education reporter for the Virginia Mercury, an affiliate of States Newsroom. In 2022, she was awarded Outstanding Young Journalist of the Year from the Virginia Press Association for her work during the COVID-19 pandemic, including a series of stories […]
How the media got played by retailers about shoplifting
Tesnim Zekeria and Judd Legum of Popular Information write about how the media accepted the storyline from retailers that shoplifting was rampant without checking police reports and statistics. Zekeria and Legum write, “Mainstream media has historically gravitated toward sensationalist crime coverage that often obscures reality. With Walgreens, a similar pattern emerged: the drugstore chain’s dubious narrative was spread […]
Retail Week editor Tugby departs
Luke Tugby, editor at Retail Week, has left after eight years with the outlet. Tugby’s tweet reads, “The new year will bring a new challenge – and I’m delighted to say I’ll be staying in retail. Watch this space…” Previously, he served as a reporter, deputy news editor, head of content and deputy editor. He […]
Fonrouge joins CNBC to cover direct to consumer brands
CNBC has hired Gabrielle Fonrouge on the retail beat to cover direct to consumer brands. Recently, Fonrouge was a national correspondent and investigative reporter covering breaking news and investigative long-form pieces for The New York Post. Previously, she was an associate producer on the new true-crime show “Torn from the Headlines: New York Post Reports” […]
Bellingham Herald seeks a business reporter
The Bellingham Herald in Whatcom County, Wash., is looking for a smart, energetic journalist to discover and cover news across our mountainous, coastal community just south of British Columbia, Canada. The Retail, Real Estate & Business Reporter will be expected to move fast when news breaks while producing larger stories that make a difference in the […]
Pacific Business News seeks a retail and restaurants reporter
The Pacific Business News seeks a reporter to cover Hawaii’s restaurant, retail and agriculture news for its audience of business owners and executives. We consider our ag coverage to be part of our Inno beat, as sustainable local ag is a Hawaii priority, requiring technological and policy innovations to succeed. In retail and restaurants, you’ll […]
CNBC seeks a retail and consumer reporter
CNBC Digital is looking for a reporter to join our company news team to help cover retailers and related businesses. This person will report on corporate earnings, executive shakeups and major developments at direct-to-consumer brands, such as Peloton, and emerging names, such as StockX, in a rapidly changing industry increasingly dependent on technology. The best […]
