Retail

June 17, 2024

The Future of Competitive Advantage

By Doug Stephens As you prepared for work today, did you do so with the belief that your company was working to save humanity? If you’re […]
March 7, 2024

AI is more creative than humans? Not so fast.

By Doug Stephens A recent study at the University of Arkansas pitted 151 human test subjects against Chat GPT-4 in a series of tests for creativity. […]
August 11, 2023

How to Win in Retail: Less Science, More Art

By Doug Stephens Over the last 20 years, technology has transformed retail. Mobile phones have become essential conduits for communication, entertainment and commerce. Technologies like augmented […]
January 30, 2019

January 2019 – In Review

We kicked off 2019 at NRF in New York City where we met with retailers and brands eager to understand the challenges they’re up against.  We […]
January 18, 2019

A Note to Millennials: It’s Not Your Fault

I was moderating a fireside chat at the National Retail Federation conference with Liz Thompson from Southeastern Grocers recently.  We were chatting about her company’s efforts […]
March 26, 2018

The Store is Media

  By Doug Stephens Something I’ve spent nearly a decade of my life passionately advocating and exploring is my deeply held belief that physical retail stores […]
March 14, 2018

Why Paid Memberships Are the New Loyalty

By Doug Stephens Spending on loyalty programmes is through the roof. In 2016, the consumer loyalty management market was valued at $1.93 billion. By 2023 that […]
February 2, 2018

Software Eats Retail

The following is an excerpt from Reengineering Retail: The Future of Selling in a Post-Digital World By Doug Stephens “Software eats retail.” This was technology investor […]
January 17, 2018

To Save Retail, Let It Die

By Doug Stephens In 2011, in what has now become retail folklore, Ron Johnson, one of the brains behind the Apple Store, was hired to resuscitate […]