Gabriela Barkho

Gabriela Barkho

Gabriela Barkho is a senior reporter at Modern Retail. Send her story tips and ideas to gabriela@modernretail.co.

Gabriela Barkho

Gabriela Barkho is a senior reporter at Modern Retail. Send her story tips and ideas to gabriela@modernretail.co.

  • Poshmark introduces livestream shopping tool for sellers

    Poshmark is finally joining the livestream shopping trend with its new feature, Posh Shows. According to the company, the new tool was created with sellers in mind, and is geared at increasing their engagement and sales on the platform.

  • The RealRealFollowing deep cost-cutting, the RealReal outlines a path to profitability

    After months of cost-cutting, The RealReal is starting to inch closer to profitability. But its annual loss was still well into the nine figures, the company reported during its fourth quarter earnings call on Tuesday. After announcing layoffs and store closures, the luxury resale startup outlined the measures it's taking...

  • Why J.Crew is revamping its rewards program

    J.Crew is the latest retailer to overhaul its rewards program to make it more enticing for shoppers to use often. Through its new J.Crew Passport program, the company is taking a page out of subsidiary Madewell's playbook by offering tiered rewards for its most loyal customers.

  • As the e-commerce boom subsides, Etsy’s growth is slowing down

    Etsy's pandemic-induced sales bump appears to be coming to an end. The company’s net income came in at $86.1 million, down 40.1% compared to a year ago. Furthermore, Etsy sales increased by a lesser-than-expected rate, jumping about 5.2% from year-over-year. This marked the first time the company grew by just...