Andrew Adam Newman

Senior Reporter, Retail Brew andrewadamnewman[AT]gmail[DOT]com

United States

Senior Reporter at Retail Brew, part of Morning Brew, covering consumer products, retail strategy, and marketing. Published more than 500 bylined stories for The New York Times on business, consumer culture, health, and public policy. I'm drawn to stories that make relevant things interesting—and interesting things relevant.

Portfolio
New York Times
07/14/2015
Women Who Dye Their (Armpit) Hair

The Internet is up to its armpits with women who dye their armpit hair, including Miley Cyrus, who displayed her pink underarms in a photo posted on Instagram.

Retail Brew
02/21/2023
We got waited on by a robotic server

It delivers food from the kitchen, returns with dirty plates for the dishwasher, and sings “Happy Birthday.” But it’s here to help servers, not replace them.

Retail Brew
Are you a "circular"?

Circulars both sell and buy used clothing. A new survey suggests they’re reshaping fashion.

Retail Brew
05/20/2022
How an Ohio saloonkeeper came up with the cash register

Saloon owner James Ritty suspected that his bartenders were putting payments in their pockets instead of the till. Working with his brother, he invented what would become the first cash register, and making its intention to thwart sticky-fingered employees clear, Ritty called it “Ritty’s Incorruptible Cashier.”

Retail Brew
How growing a beard went from a rejection of grooming to a grooming bonanza

There’s a new drugstore category that’s really growing and, fittingly, is about really growing: beard care. It would have been a challenge to find a single beard-care product in CVS or Target a decade ago, but, in most stores today, the facially hirsute are greeted with an assortment of beard oils, balms, shampoos, and conditioners.

Nytimes
07/15/2020
It's Long Past Time to Get That Beard Under Control

Good thing men are warming up to some new tools. Some men working from home and growing beards for the first time are coming to the realization that their facial hair is a tangle of waves and curls. But Matt Vilanova discovered how unmanageable his beard can be years ago.

Barron's
04/02/2015
How to Pick A Shaving Brush

Shaving brushes are soaring in popularity, part of a broader resurgence in traditional shaving practices.

Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen
Portrait of a Dog

Photographer Amanda Jones takes pictures of dogs - and her work is in high demand.

Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen
02/23/2006
Helms and Stein

What if retired Senator Jesse Helms could recite a lesbian love poem by Gertrude Stein?

Studio 360 with Kurt Andersen
10/20/2006
American Standard

A a new film currently in production called American Standard takes place entirely in New York bathrooms, public and private.