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April 11, 2013

Is It Time To Let JCPenney Die?

By Doug Stephens Ron Johnson is out and Mike Ullman is (back) in, and now the debate will begin anew over whether JCPenney can be saved.  […]
April 2, 2013

What Exactly Do You Sell?

By Doug Stephens       Here’s an incredibly simple test to see just how future-ready your business is. Try answering the following question. What exactly […]
March 26, 2013

Retail’s New Industrial Revolution

By Doug Stephens Earlier this year while at the National Retail Federation Conference in New York, I listened to Walmart U.S. President Bill Simon talk at […]
March 14, 2013

The Real Competition Isn’t Your Competitors

By Doug Stephens In the old age of business the goal for most companies was continuous improvement. The idea was to keep the engines of innovation […]
March 11, 2013

The Perils of Surveying the Unknown

By Doug Stephens For years my parents lived without air conditioning in their home or cars.  That seems almost unbelievable today, but they did so because […]
February 14, 2013

Faster, Better But Above All Cheaper

By Doug Stephens I came across this article today, examining the debate over whether Apple should create a line of cheap iPhones.  It seems Bank of […]
February 5, 2013

The Future of The Retail Store

By Doug Stephens Retail is dead! At least, that’s how Marc Andreessen sees it.  The entrepreneur and tech investor was recently quoted saying that all physical […]
February 3, 2013

Canada AM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpvEMWE-1jQ
February 2, 2013

Innovation Needs Adversity