April 11, 2013
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
February 2, 2013