Bio

Doug Stephens is one of the world’s foremost retail industry futurists. His intellectual work and thinking have influenced many of the world’s best-known retailers, agencies and brands including Walmart, Google, Home Depot, LVMH, BMW, Coca Cola and Microsoft. As a global influencer Doug has been called “the futurist that futurists follow”. Prior to founding Retail Prophet, Doug spent over 20 years in the retail industry, holding senior international roles. He is the author of three internationally bestselling books, The Retail Revival: Re-Imagining Business for the New Age of Consumerism (John Wiley & Sons 2013) and the international bestseller, Reengineering Retail: The Future of Selling in a Post-Digital World (Figure 1 2017) and Resurrecting Retail: The Future of Business in a Post-Pandemic World (2021). Doug is also the nationally syndicated retail columnist for CBC Radio, a featured columnist for The Business of Fashion and sits on multiple academic and corporate advisory boards including the David Sobey Centre for Innovation in Retail & Services at St. Mary’s University. His unique perspectives on retailing, business and consumer behavior have been featured in many of the world’s leading publications and media outlets including The New York Times, The BBC, TechCrunch, The Wall Street Journal and Fast Company. Doug speaks regularly to major brands and organizations across North and South America, Europe, Asia, The Middle East and Australia.