November 15, 2025
By Doug Stephens In 2015, I was invited to Bentonville, Arkansas to deliver a presentation to Walmart’s U.S. and global executive groups. The invitation came shortly […]
November 13, 2025
By Doug Stephens There’s been intense speculation about whether we’re on the verge of the AI bubble bursting. And while that’s not the most important question, […]
July 18, 2022
In the post-Covid era, the rethinking of risk offers profound competitive advantage, argues Retail Prophet founder Doug Stephens. If a single image has come to […]
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 […]
March 11, 2016
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 […]
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 […]
December 22, 2015
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 […]