Insider promotes Santana to retail editor

Danni Santana, associate retail editor at Insider, has been promoted to retail editor. Prior to joining Insider, Santana was a reporter covering over-the-top streaming platforms, sports marketing strategies, pro wrestling, and e-sports for Front Office Sports in New York. He was also a travel reporter at Skift and was an associate editor at Digital Insurance, […]

Georgia daily seeks business and retail reporter

The Ledger-Enquirer in Columbus, Ga., is searching for its next business, retail trends and engagement reporter. The ideal candidate is hungry, inquisitive and constantly searching for the next big news to write about. A typical week in this beat could include writing about a restaurant opening (or closing), working on an online poll about the […]

Chicago Tribune seeks a retail and food business reporter

The Chicago Tribune is hiring a general assignment reporter to break news and provide insightful enterprise coverage on business topics in Chicago, with a special focus on retail, grocery and food companies. While the focus of this position will be on retail, food and grocery, the successful candidate will be part of a small team […]

Austin Biz Journal hires Chmais to cover retail and restaurants

Sahar Chmais is joining the Austin Business Journal to cover restaurants, retail and entertainment. She comes from The Hays Free Press in Austin, Texas, where she was a senior reporter writing about topics ranging from politics to human interest. She was also a reporter on guns and the Second Amendment at WhoWhatWhy, a global nonprofit […]

Axios hires Collings to cover retail

Axios has hired reporter Richard Collings to cover retail. He will be covering mergers and acquisitions, initial public offerings, private equity and other situations related to retail. Collings previously was a retail reporter at Adweek. He also worked at LevFin Insights as a reporter for a year and at S&P Global Markets covering retail and consumer companies. […]

Bloomberg reporter Porter departs for new job

Bloomberg News reporter Gerald Porter Jr. has left the news organization for a new job. He has been covering consumer packaged goods and beauty sectors of major organizations including Procter & Gamble, Ulta and Coty since January 2020. Before joining Bloomberg as a reporting intern in 2018, Porter held the same post at The Wall Street Journal. before that, he […]

Tennessean seeks a retail and hospitality reporter

The Tennessean is seeking an experienced reporter to join its business desk, covering the dining, retail and hospitality sectors in booming Nashville. The successful candidate will break news daily on the projects, deals and business trends that are rapidly changing the face of the city, with a sharp focus on how this evolution impacts the […]

Indianapolis Biz Journal hires Lindquist as retail, restaurants and arts reporter

Indianapolis Business Journal has hired David Lindquist as a retail, restaurants and arts reporter. Lindquist has worked as a reporter, copy editor and page designer at newspapers in Indiana, Illinois and New York since 1991. He is also the host of “The Beat with Dave Lindquist” on WTTS in Indianapolis, Indiana. From May 1998 through […]

St. Louis Biz Journal seeks a retail and restaurants reporter

The St. Louis Business Journal is seeking a reporter to cover restaurants, retail and the supply chain. We want someone eager to tell the stories of St. Louis’ ambitious community of restaurant entrepreneurs and well-known retail companies as they navigate a post-Covid economy. On the restaurant side, this reporter will cover not only openings and […]

Retail and restaurants reporter departing Triangle Business Journal

Erika Wells, the retail and restaurants reporter at the Triangle Business Journal in North Carolina, is leaving the publication. Wells has been at the American City Business Journals paper since February. She previously worked at the Augusta Chronicle as a reporter covering Columbia County and Augusta. And she worked at Institutional Investor in New York […]