Doug Stephens

Doug Stephens
Born 17 April 1964
Vancouver, British Columbia
Residence Toronto, Ontario
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Retail & Consumer Futurist, Speaker, Business Advisor, Author
Website
Retailprophet.com

Doug Stephens (born April 17, 1964 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a Canadian futurist, keynote speaker, author and business advisor on the future of retailing and consumerism.[1]

Retail Prophet

Following a twenty-year career in retail, including the leadership of New York City’s iconic Janovic store chain, Stephens founded Retail Prophet, a consultancy specializing in the forecasting and articulation of future trends in retailing and consumer behavior.[2][3]

The Retail Revival

In 2013 Stephens authored the book The Retail Revival: Reimagining Business For The New Age of Consumerism.[4] The book presents the case that the unique social and economic conditions leading to unimaginable growth in the retail and consumer goods sectors through the latter part of the twentieth century are giving way to radically altered demographic, economic and technological realities, yielding a new, more demanding yet vastly more positive and sustainable retail landscape.[4]

Media

Stephens is a regular contributor on the CTV tech TV series App Central TV,[2] co-hosted by Amber Mac and a business contributor for CBC Radio.[5] He has written feature articles for Advertising Age and been quoted in Forbes, Profit Magazine, Canadian Business, The Globe & Mail, Toronto Star and a variety other U.S. and Canadian [6][7] He speaks internationally to both private and public sector organizations, and is represented as a speaker by The Lavin Agency.

References

  1. ↑ "Doug Stephens". UNTETHER.talks. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "App Central - Contributors - Doug Stephens - CTV". Ctv.ca. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  3. ↑ "CSC 2011 - Keynote - Doug Stephens". Campusstores.ca. 2011-11-16. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Doug Stephens (11 March 2013). The Retail Revival: Reimagining Business for the New Age of Consumerism. Wiley. ISBN 978-1-118-48967-3.
  5. ↑ "Audio". Cbc.ca. 2010-11-24. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  6. ↑ Deborah Aarts (2010-12-06). "What to sell in a sluggish economy". PROFITguide.com. Retrieved 2012-12-20.
  7. ↑ Andrea Woo. "Why we spend and what makes us do it". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2012-12-20.

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