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From the Editor

Introducing Consumer Trends 2025

TikTok Shop is huge. Is drinking actually on its way out? And are Gen. Z beauty customers loyal? Read more →

Molly Baz

In Conversation

Molly’s World

Molly Baz, food media star and world builder, on creating her new sauce brand Ayoh, playing the YouTube game, and what she wants to do next. Read more →

Consumer Trends Highlights

Consumer Trends

Shopping never ends

Consumer spending is looking good heading into the holiday rush, and online grocery is growing again. The latest Consumer Trends Highlights. Read more →

Row 7 vegetables

Brands

You say you want to eat more, better vegetables. Here’s your chance.

Row 7’s veggies are optimized for flavor, now available at Whole Foods. Can Dan Barber and a community of chefs inspire Americans to eat healthier? Read more →

From the Editor

Introducing the Consumer Trends 2024 Mid-Year Report

What’s driving growth in the beauty industry? And what’s the deal with Zyn? Read more →

Sweetgreen cofounder Nicolas Jammet with the new steak

In Conversation

Why Sweetgreen added steak

Co-founder Nicolas Jammet on the new dinner strategy, robot kitchens, and expanding beyond the lunch crowd. Read more →

Hungryroot groceries

Focus on AI: In Partnership With Work & Co

The grocery store of the future is using AI to feed Americans healthier food

Hungryroot has built a $300+ million online grocery business by shopping for its customers. Read more →

Foxtrot coffee pour

Executive Briefing

What happened to Foxtrot?

Pouring one out for Chicago’s beloved convenience store startup after its sudden, unexpected closure. Also: A new CEO for Food52. Read more →

Levels Wefunder campaign

Executive Briefing

The sketchy side of crowdfunding

Companies like Levels are asking consumers to invest — with a lot less information than VCs would demand. Read more →

Executive Briefing

The 50 top-growing food categories in America

Instacart’s view of the grocery world. Plus: An Expo West scene report, Nike’s growth challenges, and more airline loyalty ‘innovation’. Read more →

Expo West Special 2024

From the Editor

Introducing the Consumer Trends Food & Wellness Special Report 2024

What do Americans say they want to eat? What are they actually eating? A 56-slide special report, just in time for Expo West. Read more →

Whole Foods Market Daily Shop

Executive Briefing

Maybe Whole Foods isn’t asleep at the wheel

New Erewhon-sized stores in New York sound smart. (Please, steal their cafés, too.) Read more →

Poppi Super Bowl Commercial

Executive Briefing

Poppi in play

Also: Instacart earnings, Target goes low, another Foxtrot CEO, and more. Read more →

Executive Briefing

The things that inspired me in 2023

A year-end gift guide for the mind. Read more →

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. Read more →

Acid League Shortcut Sauces

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. Read more →

Sana Javeri Kadri

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. Read more →

Blue Apron 2022 Investor Day

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? Read more →

All-Love Racquet Club founder Erika Bond

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. Read more →

Instacart CEO Fidji Simo

Prospectus Prospectus

Instacart got huge. It’s going public. Now how will it grow?

Analyzing the online grocery service’s S-1 filing. Read more →