February 17, 2017
By Doug Stephens Apple co-founder Steve Jobs once said: “Design is a funny word. Some people think that design means how it looks. But of […]
December 30, 2016
By Doug Stephens Like individuals, retail companies tend to approach each new year by making resolutions to improve their performance. Among other things, these might […]
April 15, 2016
By Doug Stephens In July of 2015 the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival hit a milestone. Sales exceeded $84.25 million with 198,000 tickets sold […]
March 30, 2016
By Doug Stephens At an investor conference in March of this year, Macy’s CEO Terry Lundgren stated that while Amazon may be a threat in […]
February 9, 2016
By Doug Stephens Today’s retailers face a tsunami of problems but none, in my opinion, is more deadly than the pandemic of sheer consumer boredom that […]
January 22, 2016
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 […]
November 11, 2015
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
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
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. […]