About Us
The Future is Bright
We are one of the world’s foremost retail industry consultancies. Our intellectual work has influenced many of the world’s best-known retailers, agencies and brands.
Doug Stephens
Founder, Retail Prophet
Doug Stephens is one of the world’s foremost retail industry futurists. His intellectual work and thinking have influenced many of the most widely known international retailers, agencies and brands including Walmart, Google, Estée Lauder, BMW and LVMH.
Prior to founding the consultancy Retail Prophet, Doug spent over 20 years in the retail industry, holding senior International leadership roles. Doug is the author of three internationally bestselling books: Resurrecting Retail: The Future of Business in a Post Pandemic World (2021), Reengineering Retail: The Future of Selling in a Post-Digital World (2017) and The Retail Revival: Re-Imagining Business for the New Age of Consumerism (2013). He sits on multiple corporate and academic advisory boards.
His unique perspectives on retailing, business, and consumer behavior have been featured in many of the world’s leading publications and media outlets including The New York Times, The BBC, TechCrunch, The Wall Street Journal and Fast Company.