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November 13, 2024

We Were Promised An Experience Economy. So, Where Is It?

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 […]
November 21, 2014

Amazon Is Going To War With Walmart On Price. But Is It A Battle Either Can Afford To Win?

By Doug Stephens Amazon has begun making some very aggressive price moves in the grocery and consumer packaged goods categories, showing its clear intentions to hit […]
March 26, 2013

Retail’s New Industrial Revolution

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 […]
February 21, 2012

The Future is Temporary: Retailing in A Pop-Up World

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 […]