Top Journalists in Electronics and Appliance Stores

Melissa Repko CNBC

Retail & consumer reporter who covers the country’s largest big-box chains and consumer trends that directly impact electronics and appliance sell-through. Specialties: Big-box retail (Walmart, Target, Home Depot), consumer spending trends, earnings for specialty retailers and mass merchants that sell electronics/appliances.

Courtney Reagan CNBC

Senior Retail Reporter known for executive interviews and earnings coverage across major U.S. retailers that drive electronics and appliance sales. Specialties: Retail earnings and strategy across mass merchants and specialty chains; on-air analysis of Best Buy, Walmart, Target, Home Depot and other CE/appliance sellers.

Annie Palmer CNBC

Technology reporter focused on Amazon and other e-commerce companies, a core lens on how electronics are merchandised and sold online and in stores. Specialties: Amazon and e-commerce ecosystem, marketplace policy, logistics and devices—areas that shape the CE/appliance retail channel.

Nathaniel Meyersohn CNN Business

Consumer reporter covering major U.S. retailers and shopper behavior, with frequent reporting on big-box chains’ electronics and appliance businesses. Specialties: Consumer trends, Walmart/Target/Costco/Amazon, pricing and tariffs—topics that affect big-ticket electronics and appliance demand.

Sarah Nassauer The Wall Street Journal

Retail reporter covering Walmart, Target, Costco and more; her beat often intersects with electronics and appliance merchandising and pricing. Specialties: Walmart and mass retail, supply chain, store ops and labor—key to CE/appliance category performance.

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Suzanne Kapner The Wall Street Journal

Longtime WSJ reporter on retail who regularly breaks news on strategy and performance at large chains selling consumer electronics and appliances. Specialties: Retail and fashion industry coverage, corporate strategy, turnarounds and consumer demand shifts affecting specialty and mass retailers.

Jason Del Rey Fortune

Tech correspondent covering Amazon and the commerce ecosystem that shapes how electronics and appliances are marketed, fulfilled and sold. Specialties: Amazon, Walmart, e-commerce, retail-tech and marketplaces; author of Winner Sells All.

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Daphne Howland Retail Dive

Senior reporter delivering deep analysis on retail trends and earnings, including coverage of the electronics category at Best Buy and mass merchants. Specialties: Retail strategy and economics, big-box performance, labor, store experience and CX.

Cara Salpini Retail Dive

Senior editor shaping Retail Dive’s coverage of retailers and categories—including electronics/appliances—through scoops and analysis. Specialties: Retail news and trends, executive moves, earnings and category shifts across discretionary goods.

Bryan Wassel CX Dive (Industry Dive)

Reporter focused on retail customer experience and omnichannel strategies that are pivotal to selling electronics and appliances. Specialties: Customer experience, omnichannel, loyalty and digital initiatives—recently on Best Buy’s AI search and omnichannel investments.

Dan Berthiaume Chain Store Age

Senior editor for technology covering how retailers deploy tech across stores and e-commerce—core to the consumer electronics and appliance channel. Specialties: Retail technology, e-commerce, and big-box initiatives from Walmart, Amazon and others.

Marianne Wilson Chain Store Age

Editor-in-Chief overseeing and writing coverage on store formats and operations that affect electronics/appliance sell-through. Specialties: Retail operations, store design/formats, omnichannel; executive coverage of mass and specialty retail.

Grant Morgan TWICE (This Week in Consumer Electronics)

Senior editor reporting on the business of consumer technology retail—distribution, buying groups, and channel strategies. Specialties: Business of consumer tech retailing and e-commerce, CE/appliance channel news.

Tony Monteleone TWICE

Frequent TWICE contributor covering CE retail stories and channel developments relevant to electronics and appliance sellers. Specialties: Consumer electronics retailing, buying groups, experiential CE stores and integrator channel.

Nicole Silberstein Retail TouchPoints

Ecommerce Editor covering digital commerce strategies and technologies used by electronics and appliance retailers. Specialties: E-commerce strategy, omnichannel, fulfillment and marketplace trends that drive CE/appliance sales online and in-store.

Adam Blair Retail TouchPoints

Editor and veteran retail journalist covering strategy and store experience, often profiling innovations relevant to CE/appliance retailers. Specialties: Retail strategy, store experience, innovation and executive moves across retail sectors including CE.

Cale Guthrie Weissman Modern Retail (Digiday Media)

Editor-in-chief leading coverage of how retailers evolve—frequently reporting on marketplace and omnichannel moves in electronics/appliances. Specialties: Retail reinvention, marketplaces, Amazon strategy, DTC/omnichannel and retail media.

Tonya Garcia MarketWatch

Reporter/editor focused on retail and consumer companies, with regular coverage of big-box and specialty retailers that sell CE and appliances. Specialties: Consumer and retail earnings, category shifts, and brand strategies across mass/specialty retailers.

Jordyn Holman The New York Times

Business reporter covering consumers and retailers (now also writing Corner Office), with prior years on the retail beat. Specialties: Consumers and retailers, corporate strategy and culture, retail labor and shopper behavior.

Eugene Kim Business Insider

Chief Tech Correspondent covering Amazon’s retail, devices and cloud businesses, often breaking news with direct implications for electronics retail. Specialties: Amazon retail and AWS, marketplace dynamics, logistics and internal culture—core to CE distribution and sales.

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