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July 18, 2022

The Future of Retail in the New Era of Risk

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

The Future Of Retail And The Offline Escape

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

Want To Survive Amazon? Stop Thinking Like A Retailer

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

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 […]
February 9, 2016

Retail And The Economics Of Boredom

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

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 […]
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? […]