retail prophet

March 11, 2016

The Future Is Bright

Little did we know, when we started Retail Prophet seven years ago, that we would be on the cusp of a retail revolution! Thanks so much […]
January 22, 2016

Retailing Through The Trough Of Disillusionment

By Doug Stephens It seemed that just a year or two ago the retail world was bracing for technology to turn it on its head. From […]
October 31, 2013

The Real Challenge With Big Data

By Doug Stephens It’s hard (read impossible) to go a day without hearing that big data is poised to revolutionize business.  The speed, volume and variety […]
October 25, 2013

Wanamaker’s Illusion And The Age of Dynamic Pricing

By Doug Stephens It is said that the first version of the modern price tag originated in the mid-1800’s at Oak Hall, the department store of […]
July 11, 2013

5 Immutable Laws of Social Marketing

By Doug Stephens 1. If your brand sucked before Facebook, it will suck on Facebook Mark Zuckerberg can’t make your brand fascinating if it’s not.  No […]
May 31, 2013

The Future of Business Starts With Saying…

By Doug Stephens Perhaps the most profound lesson we can take from history is that it has a tendency to repeat itself. In particular, history shows […]
May 16, 2013

Is Showrooming Retail’s Restless Leg Syndrome

By Doug Stephens Remember those ads a few years ago describing the little-known affliction called restless leg syndrome?  Few of us had ever heard of the […]
May 10, 2013

Incremental Change In Exponential Times

By Doug Stephens   Over the last holiday shopping season, Amazon was clocking in 306 transactions per second!  Photo app Instagram achieved a market value of […]
April 23, 2013

PODCAST: Why Mobile is Vital to the Future of Retail

By Doug Stephens If the web is the gasoline fuelling a new era of retail, then mobile is the flame that is set to completely ignite […]