April 5, 2012
By Doug Stephens It was only a matter of time before marketers developed a work-around to avoid the heavy lifting of great social media. Companies like Amex […]
March 30, 2012
Why Consumer Confidence deserves much less attention By Doug Stephens To say things have changed since 1967 is an understatement. Much of the technology we take […]
March 6, 2012
By Doug Stephens Celebrities have long been known to receive special treatment. The best seats in the house, front of the line access to the hippest […]
February 23, 2012
By Doug Stephens Bloomberg recently suggested that F-Commerce (as it’s come to be known) has been failure. They pointed to retailers like GAP and JCPenney […]
February 21, 2012
By Doug Stephens The concept of pop-up retail has been around for more than a decade. Vacant, a company out of Los Angeles, California is credited […]
February 12, 2012
By Doug Stephens As you read this post, you are digesting a form of content that represents a quickly diminishing proportion of the total web content […]
February 7, 2012
By Doug Stephens It was reported this week that behemoth online retailer Amazon is planning to open a brick and mortar store location in its home market […]
January 23, 2012
One short year ago, the hype around daily deals was electric. In the analyst community, you could barely get through a day without hearing something about […]
January 3, 2012
By Doug Stephens Amid the sounds of tearing gift wrap and popping champagne corks, ailing giant Sears Holdings Corp. announced over the holidays its intent to close […]