July 24, 2014
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
By Doug Stephens Last Cyber Monday, Amazon was logging sales at the dizzying rate of 426 transactions per second – a 39 percent increase over […]
March 18, 2014
By Doug Stephens This is a just partial list of retailers who have closed or plan to close significant numbers of stores in the near […]
March 7, 2014
By Doug Stephens If our data is currency, who’s the bank? It’s a question that every brand and retailer should be giving serious thought to. Those […]
January 31, 2014
By Doug Stephens Like most people, at least a half-dozen times a day I consult Google for answers. Some of what I search for is trivial, […]
December 4, 2013
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 […]
November 26, 2013
By Doug Stephens Believe it or not, the average power drill is used for a total of 15 minutes over the course of its lifetime. And […]
October 31, 2013
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
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 […]