Trends
February 22, 2011
By Doug Stephens From the Wall Street Journal, February 22nd, 2011: “Wal-Mart’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings rose 27% as the retailer capitalized on strength in its international […]
February 17, 2011
By Doug Stephens The battle between bricks and clicks seems destined to end in a truce that blurs the lines between the two. The best attributes […]
January 15, 2011
One of the hottest topics at the 2011 National Retail Federation Conference was that consumers are increasingly using brick and mortar stores as mere showrooms to […]
January 13, 2011
By Doug Stephens If you’ve never attended the National Retail Federation conference in New York it’s truly a unique experience. A three day retail-a-thon, where delegates […]
January 12, 2011
By Doug Stephens Blogging live from the National Retail Federation conference in New York This morning I attended one of the opening super sessions of the […]
January 11, 2011
By Doug Stephens Blogging Live from the National Retail Federation Conference It’s day one at North America’s largest retail industry gathering, the NRF conference in New […]
January 9, 2011
By Doug Stephens Unfortunately, the future isn’t as simple as the headlines might have us believe. It can’t be neatly summed up in the words recession […]
January 4, 2011
By Doug Stephens The Good If you’ve been reading business media lately, you’d be inclined to believe in Christmas miracles. By some accounts, the positive holiday […]
December 15, 2010
By Doug Stephens When we talk about the future of the retail experience the conversation often turns to obvious trends in technology, media and consumer behavior […]