Bio

I am a business journalist who covers retail and consumer news for CNBC. I report on big-box retailers, grocers and drugstores, including Walmart, Target, Home Depot, Lowe's and Best Buy. I also appear on CNBC, other NBC affiliated stations, radio shows and podcasts. Send news tips to melissa.repko@nbcuni.com. I previously reported for The Dallas Morning News, covering publicly-traded companies like AT&T and Uber, venture-backed startups and tech innovations transforming industries. As a reporter, I have interviewed Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak in front of a 2,000-person audience and moderated panels at conferences, including Groceryshop, Shoptalk and South by Southwest. I have been interviewed by PBS NewsHour, KXAS-TV (the NBC affiliate in Dallas) and NPR syndicated shows, The Takeaway and the Texas Standard. I have reported on major national news stories, including the murder of U.S. Navy SEAL sniper Chris Kyle, the spread of Ebola in Dallas, the deadly 2016 ambush of five police officers in downtown Dallas and the engine failure and death on Southwest Flight 1380.