Top Journalists in Retail Stores

Melissa Repko CNBC

Retail & consumer reporter at CNBC covering Walmart, Target, Home Depot, major grocers and spending trends. Specialties: Big-box, grocery, department stores; earnings; consumer trends; tariffs/price impacts.

Nathaniel Meyersohn CNN Business

Consumer/retail reporter at CNN Business focused on shopping trends and major retailers like Walmart, Amazon, Target and Costco. Specialties: Mass merchants, discounters, dollar stores; consumer behavior; retail labor; grocers.

Jordyn Holman The New York Times

Business reporter at The New York Times covering retailers and their shoppers; writes the Corner Office column. Specialties: Department stores, apparel & footwear, shopping culture; CEO/leadership interviews (Corner Office).

Sarah Nassauer The Wall Street Journal

Wall Street Journal retail reporter with a long-running beat on big-box chains and U.S. retail operations. Specialties: Walmart, Target, Costco; supply chain; store operations; pricing/inflation impacts.

Suzanne Kapner The Wall Street Journal

WSJ reporter covering the retail and fashion industries, including department and specialty stores. Specialties: Department/mall stores; specialty chains (Gap, Lululemon); fashion-retail strategy and turnarounds.

Anne D’Innocenzio Associated Press

Associated Press national retail writer covering trends, the consumer economy and hourly retail workers. Specialties: U.S. retail sales, labor and hourly workers, price/inflation impacts, national chains’ earnings.

Siddharth Cavale Reuters

U.S. e‑commerce and retail correspondent at Reuters reporting on apparel, department stores and shopping trends. Specialties: U.S. retail and e-commerce; apparel and department stores; rich-consumer trends; earnings.

Kate Taylor Insider (Business Insider)

Senior correspondent at Insider with deeply reported features on retail, restaurants and brand culture. Specialties: Fast food and retail; in‑depth investigations on brands and workplace issues; department & specialty retail.

Phil Wahba Fortune

Senior writer at Fortune whose recent features and analysis frequently spotlight retail strategy and leadership. Specialties: Retail leadership and strategy; wholesale/club models; deep features on major retailers (e.g., Costco).

Lisa Fickenscher New York Post

Retail reporter at the New York Post covering national chains and New York’s retail landscape. Specialties: Department/specialty retail; New York retail scene; corporate governance controversies and scoops.

Cathaleen Chen The Business of Fashion

Retail Editor at The Business of Fashion leading coverage of retail, DTC and store strategy. Specialties: Retail/omnichannel, DTC, department stores; fashion- retail M&A and tariffs’ impact.

Sheena Butler‑Young The Business of Fashion

Senior Correspondent at BoF covering workplace and leadership dynamics across fashion and retail companies. Specialties: Retail workplace, talent, DEI; executive moves; leadership culture inside fashion and retail.

Daphne Howland Retail Dive

Senior reporter at Retail Dive delivering daily coverage and analysis of store-based retail and specialty chains. Specialties: Department stores, specialty/apparel, bankruptcies & restructurings; store strategy and economics.

Cara Salpini Retail Dive

Senior editor at Retail Dive focusing on leadership, performance and category trends across store-based retail. Specialties: Athletic & beauty retail, executive changes, growth strategy; performance and turnaround coverage.

Caroline Jansen Retail Dive

Senior editor at Retail Dive covering home & specialty retail and broader store/e‑commerce trends. Specialties: Home improvement, DTC, e‑commerce, store strategy; producer of The Backroom retail podcast.

Jeff Wells Grocery Dive

Lead editor at Grocery Dive covering the U.S. grocery retail sector’s formats, players and strategies. Specialties: Grocery formats, omnichannel grocery, Amazon/Whole Foods, operations & merchandising.

Jon Springer Winsight Grocery Business

Executive editor at Winsight Grocery Business leading digital coverage of the supermarket industry. Specialties: Grocery retail leadership, M&A, competitive dynamics; supermarket and wholesale channels.

Dan Berthiaume Chain Store Age

Senior Editor, Technology at Chain Store Age covering retail tech, store operations and omnichannel innovation. Specialties: Retail technology, store ops, AI/automation, omnichannel; enterprise retail systems.

Marianne Wilson Chain Store Age

Editor‑in‑Chief of Chain Store Age with extensive coverage of store design, operations and retail tech. Specialties: Chain store operations, formats, C‑suite news; retail technology and payments.

Daniella Genovese Fox Business

Business reporter at Fox Business covering retail and broader consumer trends that hit storefronts. Specialties: Consumer/retail news, department & specialty chains, travel/real estate intersections with retail.