CNBC reporter Thomas departing for new opportunity
CNBC reporter Lauren Thomas is leaving the news organization for a new opportunity. Thomas is a retail reporter focused on covering mergers and acquisitions, activist investing, IPOs and bankruptcies across the industry. She joined CNBC’s digital team in 2017 after graduating from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where she studied business journalism and Spanish. […]
Retail Leader hires Perrett as editor
Retail Leader has hired Connor Perrett, a reporter at Business Insider, as its editor. He most recently has been covering the internet and misinformation. He previously had been a news fellow for the news organization. Perrett has been covering politics, digital culture, and breaking news on weekends. In 2019, he graduated from Ohio University where he studied […]
Reuters seeks a Europe retail correspondent in London
Reuters is looking for an exceptional journalist to drive ambitious coverage of major Europe-based retailers. The European retail correspondent will work closely with reporters in the region, and globally, to build sources, break news and dive deeply into the corporate strategies of some of the biggest retailers in the world including specialty retailers such as H&M, […]
MarketWatch.com seeks a retail reporter
MarketWatch.com is seeking an enterprising and energetic reporter to cover the retail and consumer beat, from big-box retailers, like Walmart and Target, to food companies and restaurant operators like McDonald’s, Chipotle and Yum! Brands. This is an opportunity to be part of a real-time desk that digs into company earnings reporters in search of news […]
Rockeman to cover retailers for Bloomberg News
Bloomberg News editors John J. Edwards III and Crayton Harrison sent out the following on Friday: We’re pleased to announce that Olivia Rockeman is moving from the US economy beat to the consumer team, covering retailers including Home Depot, Lowe’s, Macy’s, Nordstrom, Victoria’s Secret, and Levi’s, as well as smaller brands like Warby Parker and […]
Manno joins Times-Union as biz reporter
Melissa Manno has joined the Albany Times-Union as a business reporter. She will cover commercial real estate and retail news. Manno previously interned at the Centre Daily Times in Pennsylvania and at the Council on Foreign Relations. She is a graduate of Penn State University in journalism.
Why a retail reporter likes her job
Columbus Dispatch retail reporter Taijuan Moorman talks about why she likes her job. Here is an excerpt: Why did I become a journalist? I enjoy getting to know people, seeing the world through their eyes, and learning who they are and why they do what they do. I consider it a privilege to be able to help […]
NY Times hires Holman to cover consumers and retailers
New York Times business editor Ellen Pollock sent the following out on Monday: We are delighted to announce that Jordyn Holman will be joining The Times to cover consumers and retailers, a beat that’s as much about how we shop and what we buy as it is about the economic forces shaping our lives. Jordyn comes to […]
News & Observer seeks a retail reporter
The (Raleigh) News & Observer and The (Durham) Herald-Sun in North Carolina are looking for a smart, energetic business reporter to cover retail and service sector news in our fast-growing market. The reporter will research and write daily stories tracking openings and closings of retail businesses in the NC Research Triangle, one of the fastest-growing […]
Washington Post taps Peiser to cover retail
The Washington Post has named Jaclyn Peiser as a business reporter covering retail. “I’m so excited to dive into this crucial beat and chronicle how the economy is impacting everyday consumers,” she wrote on Twitter. Peiser has been a reporter on the Morning Mix team. She joined The Post in 2020 after almost five years at the […]
