Nathaniel Meyersohn - Reporter, CNN Business
Nathaniel Meyersohn
Reporter, CNN Business
Nathaniel Meyersohn is a consumer reporter at CNN Business. He covers shopping, consumer trends and major retailers like Walmart, Amazon, Target and Costco.
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Target sounds the alarm bell on holiday shopping
Nov 20, 2024
Target is expecting a surprisingly weak holiday shopping season, a potential warning sign for the retail industry.
As Americans bargain shop, six-figure earners flock to Walmart
Nov 19, 2024
Walmart’s business is surging. Customers making more than $100,000 a year are fueling the growth.
Tropicana fans are ditching the brand after a bottle redesign
Nov 18, 2024
Tropicana customers are in revolt over an orange juice bottle redesign. Again.
The real reason Starbucks is bringing back self-serve milk and sugar
Nov 14, 2024
Starbucks customized drinks overwhelmed workers. Now it wants you to add your own sugar and milk
Red Lobster and TGI Fridays are closing. Here’s what’s moving in
Nov 11, 2024
In Woodbridge, Virginia, LongHorn Steakhouse will take over an old TGI Fridays. In Watertown, New, York, a former Red Lobster is being converted to a Northern Credit Union bank. And Chick-fil-A is taking over a shuttered Red Lobster in Naples, Florida.
Stores don’t sell your favorite product anymore. That’s on purpose
Nov 8, 2024
Levi’s, Dollar General, Hasbro, Starbucks and other companies are cutting down their choices.
Soda is making a comeback
Nov 1, 2024
Consumers are turning away from pricier Starbucks coffee, McDonald’s Big Mac meals, Doritos chips, Monster energy drinks and Heineken beer. But they can’t stop guzzling Coke and Dr Pepper.
Starbucks is going retro to make customers feel welcome again
Oct 31, 2024
Starbucks is bringing back hand-written names in Sharpie on cups and self-serve stations with sugar and cream to try to win back customers.
McDonald’s has a plan to win back customers after visits plunge
Oct 29, 2024
Americans around the country avoided McDonald’s last week after an E coli outbreak that left dozens of people sick after they ate Quarter Pounder hamburgers.
Consumers reach their breaking point, forcing retailers to shutter stores at a worrying pace
Oct 25, 2024
Family Dollar has announced 677 store closings this year. Walgreens is closing 259. Big Lots is closing 360. LL Flooring is shutting down entirely.
Abercrombie’s worst nightmare is back. But its customers have moved on
Oct 23, 2024
Abercrombie & Fitch has spent years trying to scrub the memory of longtime former CEO Mike Jeffries and the associated sexualized marketing campaigns with shirtless male models that he crafted.
America revolted against Tostitos and Ruffles. Now they’re making big changes
Oct 16, 2024
PepsiCo, the maker of popular chip brands Lay’s, Doritos and Ruffles, is increasing snack sizes at a time when sales have lagged.
Why your drug store is closing
Oct 16, 2024
Walgreens is closing 1,200 stores. CVS is closing 900. Rite-Aid is closing 500. What is going on with America’s drug stores?
Two of America’s most prominent Black business leaders have a warning for companies abandoning DEI
Oct 15, 2024
Ken Frazier and Ken Chenault said companies retreating from DEI will limit equal opportunities for disadvantaged Americans.
About
Nathaniel Meyersohn is a consumer reporter at CNN Business. He covers shopping, consumer trends and major retailers like Walmart, Amazon, Target and Costco.
His coverage highlights include a 10-month investigation into armed robberies and violence against workers at Dollar General and a series of articles on the struggles of retail and grocery store workers in the pandemic. Enterprise stories on Costco’s $4.99 rotisserie chicken strategy and the fast-growing German supermarket chain Aldi were CNN Business’ most-read articles of the year in 2019.
Prior to joining CNN Business, Meyersohn worked on CNN’s investigative team and at BuzzFeed News.
He graduated from Emory University in Atlanta with a degree in southern history.
