retail prophet
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. […]
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 […]
November 29, 2012
By Doug Stephens Barely a day goes by without at least a story or two about how online retailers are eating their brick and mortar counterpart’s […]
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 […]
October 31, 2012
I know of a chain of electronics stores with over 1000 locations. Right now, their share price is nose-diving, leadership is in disarray and the future […]
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 […]
May 11, 2012
By Doug Stephens Internet retail behemoth Amazon has turned a dangerous eye toward the luxury apparel market. Long regarded as more of a clearinghouse for commodity […]