Technology

September 24, 2024

Are body cameras the future of retail loss prevention?

Doug spoke recently with CTV’s Your Morning about the rise in usage among retailers, of body cameras, worn by staff to deter rising levels of theft. […]
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 […]
April 13, 2023

The Key to Winning the AI Arms Race? Human Creativity.

  By Doug Stephens Companies across the global retail sector are poised to become the beneficiaries of a historic windfall: an unprecedented boost to the bottom-line […]
February 6, 2023

The Metaverse Crash Is Exactly the Moment to Take the Metaverse Seriously

Many of the high-flying concepts and companies that led the charge into the metaverse and web3 have come crashing down to earth. Ironically, this makes it […]
May 13, 2021

Doug Stephens In Conversation with Neha Singh | #ResurrectingRetail Virtual Launch

With billions of us housebound and hungry for distraction from lockdown, the pandemic became the inflection point for the erasing of lines between retail and recreation.
May 6, 2021

Doug Stephens in Conversation with Christina Fontana | #ResurrectingRetail​ Virtual Launch

Christina Fontana has been at the forefront of that New Retail revolution. Dubbed by some as Alibaba’s Fashion Empress, Christina is Head of Fashion and Luxury for Tmall, Europe and U.S., Alibaba Group.
February 9, 2021

How The Gaming World Is Changing Retail

In 2019 Netflix CEO Reid Hastings sent an internal memo to shareholders addressing the competitive landscape and set out how Netflix would continue driving subscription and viewership.
October 22, 2020

#RetailProphetAMA: How Digital Will Transform Retail

Bad retailers will never run out of customers. History suggests that there is always a segment of the consumer population willing to trade down if they believe they can save a dollar or two. Some retailers, like long-beleaguered J.C. Penney, have spent decades proving this thesis.