The Modern Retail Podcast

Gabi Barkho, Melissa Daniels

spatterson@digiday.com

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Booking Overview

Interview-led retail industry coverage focused on changing consumer commerce, brand strategy, growth, and operational challenges, with recurring guests who are executives and founders of notable consumer brands. Strong candidates include retail and consumer-brand CEOs, founders, growth leaders, and executives with credible experience in international expansion, product development, omnichannel growth, or domestic manufacturing; booking difficulty is medium because guests generally need meaningful operating responsibility and a newsworthy business story.

Metrics

Episodes: 549

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 4.4/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

spatterson@digiday.com

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Host

Gabi Barkho - Senior reporter at Digiday and co-host of a podcast covering retail industry change, brand strategy, growth, and business operations.

Melissa Daniels - Senior reporter at Digiday and co-host of a podcast covering retail industry change, brand strategy, growth, and business operations.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
C-suite executives, founders, vice presidents, and senior operators at consumer brands, retailers, and commerce companies with direct responsibility for growth, products, distribution, marketing, or operations.
Required Achievements:  
Scaling a consumer brand or retail business, Launching products or expanding into new markets, Building direct-to-consumer and retail distribution, Developing distinctive domestic manufacturing or supply-chain strategies

Recent Guest Discussions

Joel Contartese - International Distribution, Cross-border Retail Challenges, Ingredient Regulations, And Localizing Branding And Flavors

Kat Cole - Product Expansion, Scientific Research, Scaling New Supplements, And Expanding Beyond Direct-to-consumer Retail

Thomas Neuberger - Domestic Production, Advantages And Challenges Of Manufacturing Products In The United States, And Consumer Interest In American-made Goods

Kristen Pumphrey - Domestic Production, Advantages And Challenges Of Manufacturing Products In The United States, And Consumer Interest In American-made Goods

Recent Topics

Retail, Brand Strategy, Ecommerce, Consumer Goods, Retail Marketing

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
The Modern Retail Podcast
:

How Bloom Nutrition is expanding internationally

July 18, 2026

For many U.S. retail startups, expanding international distribution is the ultimate goal to establish themselves as a truly global brand. In the era of digital storefronts and globalized social media presence, selling a product in foreign countries could pay off exponentially. But betting on this global growth means navigating all the friction that cross-border retail can bring.  Bloom Nutrition, which has been growing its energy drink line over the past year, is launching in multi...

Inside AG1’s product expansion playbook (RERUN)

July 11, 2026

Nutrition and supplement company AG1 famously built a $600 million business off of a single SKU. Then, in 2025, the brand made major leaps by introducing new flavors and a sleep supplement. CEO Kat Cole speaks with Modern Retail’s Melissa Daniels about how the brand grew its next generation of products from its own scientific research, and how it’s looking to scale through retail beyond its DTC roots.

P.F. Candle Co.’s Made in America strategy (RERUN)

July 04, 2026

In honor of July 4, this week the Modern Retail Podcast is revisiting an episode featuring P.F. Candle Company, which produces its candles in Los Angeles. Co-hosts Gabi Barkho and Melissa Daniels talked to founders Kristen Pumphrey and Thomas Neuberger about the advantages of and challenges of making products in the United States. Last year, the made-in-America debate was heavily tied to importing tariffs. But interest in American-made products is still high, as the founders highlight in the ...

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