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August 17, 2015

Welcome To The Replenishment Economy

By Doug Stephens In 2009 Procter & Gamble began briefing its agencies on, what was at the time, a completely different and somewhat radical marketing strategy. […]
July 10, 2015

The Sharing Economy: A Return, Not A Departure

By Doug Stephens Sharing is getting a lot of attention and for good reason.  Uber now has more drivers in New York City than Yellow Cabs.  […]
June 9, 2015

The Real Problem With Retail

By Doug Stephens Every day our consumer behavior is being steadily reprogrammed by digital inputs. For the nearly 70% of us who own smartphones, this reprogramming […]
May 28, 2015

The Future Of Brands In A One-Touch World

                            By Doug Stephens   Only a short time ago, the value that […]
April 2, 2015

The Fall Of The Retail Empire

By Doug Stephens Walmart is doomed. And they’re not alone.  Macy’s, Tesco, Target and BestBuy – to name only a few – are also coming to […]
March 2, 2015

Short-termism Is Killing Retailers

February 3, 2015

The Future of Retail Is The End Of Wholesale

By Doug Stephens Retail is facing a monumental problem that no one seems to want to talk about.  It’s that the entire economic model of revenue […]
January 24, 2015

LS Retail interview with Doug Stephens

December 31, 2014

Our Top 5 Posts of 2014

By Doug Stephens 2014 was yet another remarkable year for the retail industry.  Big box players like Target and Walmart continued the frantic search for their […]