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March 6, 2012

Is Klout the New Kredit Score?

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

F-Commerce Didn’t Fail. Advertising Did.

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

The Future is Temporary: Retailing in A Pop-Up World

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

Let’s Get Visual: Marketing in a post-text world

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

Why Amazon Needs Stores

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

Is The Deal Finally Done?

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

The One and Only Question Facing Sears

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 […]
December 16, 2011

Up the Amazon Without A Paddle

By Doug Stephens The recent launch of Amazon’s price check app was greeted with everything from retailer outrage to government sabre rattling!  Some even called it […]
December 7, 2011

“I Don’t Use It But I Totally Get It”

By Doug Stephens One thing I hear very often from C-level leaders of companies when I’m presenting on the topic of social business is “I don’t […]