Value proposition

Retail Prophet is an advisor to some of the world's most respected brands in the exploration, imagination and articulation of cutting edge consumer-market strategies. We employ an extremely flexible approach based entirely on individual client objectives. Our work runs the gamut, from high-level executive sessions that rapidly expand and accelerate organizational thinking, all the way to preparing agency teams for very specific client pitches. Our advisory services clients include Fortune 500 brands, national retail chains, manufacturers, leading global marketing agencies, trade associations and government. All advisory work is underpinned with up to the minute research and insights.


About Doug Stephens
Retail Prophet Founder Doug Stephens is one of the world’s foremost retail industry futurists. His intellectual work and thinking have influenced many of North America’s best-known retailers, agencies and brands including Google, Walmart, Home Depot, Disney and Coca Cola.

Doug is the author of the groundbreaking books, The Retail Revival: Re-Imagining Business for the New Age of Consumerism (2013) and Reengineering Retail: The Future of Selling in a Post-Digital World (2017). He is also the syndicated retail columnist for CBC Radio and sits on the advisory boards of the Dx3 Digital Conference and the David Sobey Centre for Retailing and Service Excellence at Saint Mary's University.

Doug speaks regularly to major brands and organizations across North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East.

Business Strategy, Customer Experience Design, Product & Service Innovation, and New Media and Technology