Ecommerce

February 3, 2015

The Future of Retail Is The End Of Wholesale

By Doug Stephens Retail is facing a monumental problem that no one seems to want to talk about.  It’s that the entire economic model of revenue […]
December 31, 2014

Our Top 5 Posts of 2014

By Doug Stephens 2014 was yet another remarkable year for the retail industry.  Big box players like Target and Walmart continued the frantic search for their […]
December 11, 2014

The Future of Retail In The Age of Abundance

By Doug Stephens In an astonishingly short period of time (about two decades), the developed world has evolved from a scarcity-based retail economy to one of […]
November 21, 2014

Amazon Is Going To War With Walmart On Price. But Is It A Battle Either Can Afford To Win?

By Doug Stephens Amazon has begun making some very aggressive price moves in the grocery and consumer packaged goods categories, showing its clear intentions to hit […]
October 29, 2014

From Clicks to Bricks: Why Amazon Is Opening A Store

By Doug Stephens Amazon.com has announced that it will be opening it’s first brick and mortar store later this year, on New York’s iconic 34th Street. […]
July 24, 2014

5 Coming Crises In The Retail Market

By Doug Stephens If you’re a retailer, you may not be sleeping very well these days and that’s understandable.  Tectonic shifts in demographics, economics, technology and […]
April 15, 2014

The Near Future Of Ecommerce

By Doug Stephens   Last Cyber Monday, Amazon was logging sales at the dizzying rate of 426 transactions per second – a 39 percent increase over […]
December 4, 2013

Why Amazon Is “Droning” On About Delivery

By Doug Stephens Analysts and consumers alike are becoming increasingly accustomed to Amazon’s announcements of bold and daring new projects.  Most recently it was the Jeff […]
September 19, 2013

The End of The Beginning Of Ecommerce

By Doug Stephens Global ecommerce is set to top 1.2 trillion dollars this year.  And if that doesn’t seem astonishing, then consider that the figure represents […]