By Doug Stephens I can still recall reading Joseph Pine and James Gilmore’s seminal 1999 book The Experience Economy. Like so many of my colleagues in […]
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 […]
By Doug Stephens Like individuals, retail companies tend to approach each new year by making resolutions to improve their performance. Among other things, these might […]
By Doug Stephens Today’s retailers face a tsunami of problems but none, in my opinion, is more deadly than the pandemic of sheer consumer boredom that […]
By Doug Stephens For the holidays I took my friends, clients and business colleagues cookies. I bought them from a small coffee house and bakery in […]
By Doug Stephens Generosity: noun~ Willingness to give or share; unselfishness All successful relationships are underpinned by generosity. The willingness to give or share without expectation […]