Doug Stephens, the mastermind behind Retail Prophet, is an influential futurist and keynote speaker. Listed as one of the top 10 retail influencers of 2019, Doug is the author of "Resurrecting Retail: The Future of Business in a Post-Pandemic World”. An expert on branding, he can revolutionise how a business projects itself to the digital world. Host of the Retail Prophet podcast, it is top-rated on iTunes. Doug has presented to several Fortune 500 companies, providing cutting-edge predictions on the future of retail, consumerism and buyer behaviour.
Following a 20-year-long career in prestigious retail roles, Doug assumed responsibility as Founder of Retail Prophet. Renowned for his knowledge of the retail industry, clients such as Google, Walmart and BMW, have often turned to Doug’s expertise. Retail Prophet has become the go-to consultancy firm, due to their accurate ability to predict future retail trends. Highly regarded on the speaking circuit, Doug is renowned for his humorous, visually engaging and always entertaining presentations that offer relevant strategies tailored to his audience.
In 2013, Doug released his first book, "The Retail Revival: Reimagining Business For The New Age of Consumerism". A hit with critics and readers alike, the book argues that the current sustainability and popularity of the retail sector is due to the "unique social and economic conditions" of the 21st century. Doug's radical ideology is considered fact by many within the industry, who view the speaker as an authority on the subject. His second book, "Reengineering Retail: The Future of Selling in a Post-Digital World", was published in 2017. It identifies the rapid growth of e-commerce, and explores "new economic model[s] for the retail industry".
A common figure in the media, Doug has been featured in elite publications such as Forbes, Toronto Star and Canadian Business. One of the most popular speakers on the circuit, Doug holds the key to some of business' most critical issues, both in traditional forms and the new, advanced digital age. An expert in e-commerce, he can transport his audience to the future of retail, an unprecedented insight very few are privileged to.
Books
Reengineering Retail: The Future of Selling in a Post-Digital World
Resurrecting Retail
The Retail Revival
How to hire Doug Stephens
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Doug Stephens' official speaker topics are listed below:
- The most important metric in retail: making sense of the next decade of consumption
- Re-engineering retail: the future of selling in a post-digital world
- Millennial shoppers: connecting with a new generation of consumers
- Big data and the retail revolution
- The future of consumerism
- The retail archetypes of the future
- The art of retail
- The psychology of trauma: how to re-engage the post-pandemic consumer
- Leading through crisis: lessons from the frontlines of disaster
- The future of brick & mortar retail in a post-pandemic world
- The future of supply chains
- The future of consumerism
- 2024 - Launched a YouTube series called Fast Forward
- 2024 - Appeared in a segment on CTV Your Morning
- 2024 - Invited to speak at the Automotive Industry Association Conference
- 2024 - Invited to speak at the CADA Summit
- 2024 - Delivered a keynote address at MICAM Milano
- 2024 - Invited to speak at the National Association of Music Merchants
- 2024 - Delivered the keynote address at the Retails Council of Canada Store 2024 Conference
- 2022 - Author of "Resurrecting Retail: The Future of Business in a Post-Pandemic World"
- 2022 - Advisory Board Member, Ithaca College
- 2020 - Board of Advisors, Interlace Ventures
- 2018 - Author of "Reengineering Retail: The Future of Selling in a Post-Digital World"
- 2017 - Host of the Retail Prophet Podcast
- 2016 - Board of Advisor, David Sobey Centre for Innovation in Retail & Service
- 2015 - Contributor, The Business of Fashion
- 2013 - Author of "The Retail Revival: Reimagining Business for the New Age of Consumerism"
- 2012 - Retail Columnist, CBC Radio Canada
- 2011 - Retail Technology Contributor, App Central TV
- 2009 - Founder & President, Retail Prophet
