2015 | Retail Prophet

December 22, 2015

Trend Forecasts Are Trending. And That’s A Problem.

By Doug Stephens Suppose for a moment there’s an asteroid heading for earth. You’d likely want to know a few things. How big is it, how […]

November 11, 2015

The Future Of Retail Might Get Under Your Skin

By Doug Stephens Early this year the staff at Epicenter, a Stockholm based high-tech company, were given a choice; they could either be issued […]

October 1, 2015

There’s No Such Thing As A Digital Experience

By Doug Stephens When you drive your car to work are you enjoying a combustion engine propulsion experience or simply driving your car? […]

August 17, 2015

Welcome To The Replenishment Economy

By Doug Stephens In 2009 Procter & Gamble began briefing its agencies on, what was at the time, a completely different and somewhat radical marketing strategy. […]

July 10, 2015

The Sharing Economy: A Return, Not A Departure

By Doug Stephens Sharing is getting a lot of attention and for good reason. Uber now has more drivers in New York City than Yellow Cabs. […]

June 9, 2015

The Real Problem With Retail

By Doug Stephens Every day our consumer behavior is being steadily reprogrammed by digital inputs. For the nearly 70% of us who own smartphones, this reprogramming […]

May 28, 2015

The Future Of Brands In A One-Touch World

By Doug Stephens Only a short time ago, the value that […]

April 2, 2015

The Fall Of The Retail Empire

By Doug Stephens Walmart is doomed. And they’re not alone. Macy’s, Tesco, Target and BestBuy – to name only a few – are also coming to […]

March 2, 2015