Top Journalists in Clothing and Accessory Stores

Melissa Repko CNBC

Retail & consumer reporter at CNBC covering the country’s largest retailers, including department stores and specialty apparel chains. Specialties: Department stores, specialty apparel, big-box retail, consumer spending

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Gabrielle Fonrouge CNBC

Retail reporter at CNBC with a focus on DTC and digitally native brands across apparel and accessories. Specialties: DTC/apparel, footwear, digitally native retailers, retail policy

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Suzanne Kapner The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal reporter covering the retail and fashion industries, from department stores to specialty apparel chains. Specialties: Department stores, specialty apparel, bankruptcies/turnarounds, corporate strategy

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Sarah Nassauer The Wall Street Journal

WSJ retail reporter covering Walmart, Target, Costco and other major retailers, including apparel and accessories merchants. Specialties: Big-box retail, store operations, labor and supply chain, apparel assortment

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Jordyn Holman The New York Times

New York Times business reporter covering consumers and retailers and writer of the Corner Office column. Specialties: Consumers and retailers, fashion retail, corporate leadership interviews

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Abha Bhattarai The Washington Post

Washington Post economics correspondent who frequently covers the US retail and apparel landscape and consumer behavior. Specialties: Retail economy, consumer trends, labor, department and apparel chains

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Mary Hanbury Business Insider

Senior retail reporter chronicling major apparel and department-store players and industry trends. Specialties: Department stores, apparel retailers, retail strategy and leadership

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Áine Cain Business Insider

Senior retail reporter covering Walmart, Target, Costco, Home Depot, Lowe’s and worker issues across retail. Specialties: Big-box and home improvement chains, labor in retail, store ops

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Danny Parisi Glossy (Digiday Media)

Senior fashion reporter at Glossy covering fashion and retail business stories, including apparel and accessories. Specialties: Fashion retail, DTC brands, footwear/apparel collaborations, marketing

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Hilary Milnes Vogue Business

Executive Americas editor at Vogue Business overseeing and reporting on the business of fashion and retail. Specialties: Fashion retail, digital strategy, DTC, US market

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Cathaleen Chen The Business of Fashion (BoF)

Retail editor at The Business of Fashion driving coverage of apparel retail and direct-to-consumer brands. Specialties: Retail & DTC, apparel chains, retail tech, strategy

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Caroline Jansen Retail Dive

Senior editor at Retail Dive producing The Backroom podcast and editing coverage across core retail sectors, including apparel and accessories. Specialties: Retail earnings, DTC/home, eyewear/apparel chains, industry podcasting

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Daphne Howland Retail Dive

Senior reporter at Retail Dive covering retail operations, policy and company news across apparel and accessories. Specialties: Department stores, mall retail, footwear/apparel, labor & regulation

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Anna Hensel Modern Retail

Executive editor at Modern Retail covering the strategies of apparel and accessories brands and retailers. Specialties: DTC brands, omnichannel apparel retail, marketplaces

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Melissa Daniels Modern Retail

Senior reporter at Modern Retail with deep reporting on e-commerce and retail operations affecting apparel and accessory sellers. Specialties: E-commerce, retail labor/ESG, DTC and marketplace apparel trends

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Cale Guthrie Weissman Modern Retail

Editor-in-chief at Modern Retail leading coverage of next‑gen retail models across fashion and accessories. Specialties: Retail strategy, DTC/e-commerce, Amazon ecosystem, apparel

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Jeena Sharma Retail Brew (Morning Brew)

Retail Brew reporter focused on fashion and luxury retail, cultural trends and creators impacting apparel and accessory sales. Specialties: Fashion/luxury retail, Gen Z shopping, resale and sustainability

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Andrew Adam Newman Retail Brew (Morning Brew)

Senior reporter at Retail Brew writing features on retail strategy and brand moves across apparel and accessories. Specialties: Retail features, brand strategies, stores & e-commerce (apparel/DTC)

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Marianne Wilson Chain Store Age

Editor in chief of Chain Store Age, a long‑running B2B outlet covering operations and strategy for national retail chains, including apparel and accessories. Specialties: Store operations, real estate, apparel/accessory chains, industry awards

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Sarah Butler The Guardian

Retail correspondent at The Guardian writing on apparel retailers, department stores and consumer issues in the UK market. Specialties: UK retail industry, apparel chains, consumer goods, worker issues

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