February 1, 2013
By Doug Stephens Human beings are fundamentally resistant to change. Most of us would be happy carrying on with an as-is world that is largely free […]
December 31, 2012
By Doug Stephens 2012 was an absolutely remarkable year in the retail industry. We saw the meteoric rise and cataclysmic fall of companies like Groupon. We […]
November 14, 2012
By Doug Stephens Imagine a world without marketing. No really… imagine a world where no one tries to sell you anything. Not because they don’t want […]
November 5, 2012
By Doug Stephens I saw a tweet last week that caught my attention. It linked to an article that outlined a new line of retail store […]
June 14, 2012
By Doug Stephens There have always been two “shelves” in retail. The first can be found in the retail store and is where the product is […]
February 23, 2012
By Doug Stephens Bloomberg recently suggested that F-Commerce (as it’s come to be known) has been failure. They pointed to retailers like GAP and JCPenney […]
February 21, 2012
By Doug Stephens The concept of pop-up retail has been around for more than a decade. Vacant, a company out of Los Angeles, California is credited […]
January 23, 2012
One short year ago, the hype around daily deals was electric. In the analyst community, you could barely get through a day without hearing something about […]
January 3, 2012
By Doug Stephens Amid the sounds of tearing gift wrap and popping champagne corks, ailing giant Sears Holdings Corp. announced over the holidays its intent to close […]