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How Herman Miller aced its brand refresh
And how to push a creative project through a big company. Plus: Is Yeti the next great consumer holding company?
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TikTok Shop is huge. Will it last?
Finally, social commerce is working in the US. Also: What does a Shark Tank appearance do for a startup’s sales?
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Focus on AI: In Partnership With Work & Co
How AI will open new possibilities for commerce — and how you can get started
Launching a new series on AI-enabled commerce, starting with an interview: Derek Fridman, design partner at Work & Co.
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Executive Briefing
The pressure is on for non-alc startups
It’s a must-win Dry January in a can’t-lose year for the category.
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Executive Briefing
The things that inspired me in 2023
A year-end gift guide for the mind.
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Executive Briefing
McDonald’s is here to save us from diabetes. Just kidding!
The new CosMc’s brand is taking on Starbucks, all right — in the sugar department.
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From the Editor
Introducing
Consumer Trends:
2024
TikTok Shop, Ozempic, Gen. Z shopping, and everything else that matters in 2024.
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Executive Briefing
The AI pin is probably doomed
But Humane’s new thing is a sign of things to come. Also: Instacart’s first earnings, when DTC marketplaces make sense, and the Amazon Fashion flop.
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Executive Briefing
Recalibrating for retail
The lessons behind Acid League’s new ‘Shortcut’ sauces. Plus: Chipotle on Ozempic, Sweetgreen’s new plates, and a coffee experience I’ll never forget.
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In Conversation
Diaspora Co. wanted to be Patagonia, not a DTC unicorn
Sana Javeri Kadri on the cardamom supply chain crisis, redesigning for retail, and her next chapter in Mumbai.
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Executive Briefing
What happened to Blue Apron?
Marc Lore’s Wonder is putting $APRN shareholders out of their misery. Also: Nike wants more ‘everyday’ runners. And was Lulu-Mirror worth it?
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Executive Briefing
A new tennis brand for everyone
Meet LA’s All-Love Racquet Club. Also: Is Airbnb getting worse? Or better? Yes. And some NYC retail notes.
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Prospectus Prospectus
Instacart got huge. It’s going public. Now how will it grow?
Analyzing the online grocery service’s S-1 filing.
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Executive Briefing
Parade’s sale, Peloton’s bummer summer, Nike Studios pricing, Ikea’s SF launch, and my Barbie note
Plus: Office Hours for members, this Tuesday. Grab one!
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In Conversation
Funding consumer brands in 2023
Elly Truesdell, founder of New Fare Partners, on where she’s investing today, what’s changed, and how food startups can get ready for venture.
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Executive Briefing
The great unclenching
Also: A net promoter score for human existence. Chipotle’s new mega-George Foreman grill. And is 10 million Apple Cards good?
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From the Editor
Introducing
Consumer Trends:
AI, Ozempic, and the Economy
Is there anything hotter this summer?
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Executive Briefing
MrBeast Burger’s inevitable flameout
Also: What Nike and HBO have in common. And where’s Whole Foods in the ‘food as medicine’ conversation?
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Executive Briefing
Cava gets it done with a big IPO
For all the decades of excitement around Chipotle-for-
x
concepts, few have made it this far.
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Brands
What happened to Great Jones?
Unpacking the DTC cookware darling’s sale to one of its suppliers. And an industry primer from Made In CEO Chip Malt.
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