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August 16, 2011

The Income Gap: The Growing Chasm Between Server and Served

Review any retail sales training program written in the past 50 years and you’ll likely encounter multiple references to the word “rapport”.  Rapport, or the relationship […]
August 6, 2011

Has Augmented Reality (Finally) Come of Age

By Doug Stephens It’s been almost a year ago that I spoke with Maarten Lens-Fitzgerald, one of the co-founders of Layar and a pioneer in the […]
July 6, 2011

What Duane Reade’s New Store Concept Says About the Future

By Doug Stephens Retail concepts in Manhattan don’t always make the best examples for emulation elsewhere but there may at least be some strong directional cues […]
June 29, 2011

Avoiding Your Napster Moment

In a previous post I talked about how companies are often blind-sided by what I call Napster moments.  Napster moments are radical, game-changing innovations that can […]
June 27, 2011

Mobile Reality Check Part 2: Mobile Payment

In this segment, I’m once again joined by Gary Schwartz, CEO of Impact Mobile who offers an expert perspective on mobile payment technology.  We explore the […]
June 22, 2011

Is There a Viable Mobile Carrier Option Emerging?

By Michael P. Russell With the increased transition to and adoption of smartphones, the mobile ecosystem remains to be a very interesting space, with new and […]
June 17, 2011

Taking Search Right to the Shelf

If you’ve ever searched for a product on your mobile device that you wanted to find and buy right away, you know what you mostly get […]
June 15, 2011

Why Ron Johnson’s New Job With JC Penney Has Nothing To Do With Retail

By Doug Stephens It was announced today that former Apple Store visionary Ron Johnson was given the helm of JC Penney.  Among other achievements, Johnson is […]
June 6, 2011

Mobile Reality Check

Many of the headlines we read would have us believe that consumers are running rampant, begging for opportunities to browse, shop and even transact retail purchases […]