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Through his books, keynote talks, media commentary, and award winning podcast, Steve leverage his extensive leadership experience to provide expert commentary, keen insight, and provocative perspectives.

Steve’s Blog

My 2024 Retail Predictions: A Reckoning

For the last several years, I’ve made a list of annual predictions for the retail industry, which I share here, on Forbes, and on my podcast. And then, in what can sometimes amount to an act of self-flagellation, I take account of how I did. So without further...

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Shift Happens

I grew up in the outlying suburbs of New York City in the 1960s and ’70s. Like other middle-class kids from the area, I spent many a weekend being dragged around by my mother to go shopping at stores like Abraham & Strauss, Caldor, and Bamberger’s. On family road...

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Luxury Hits the Wall. What’s Going On and What’s Next?

Recent earnings reports from the world’s top luxury players have largely brought bad news. Moreover, a fair amount of uncertainty and chaos has been in the air all year as money-losing online-only players like Farfetch and YNAP have run into the arms of new corporate...

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LEADERS LEAP

Transforming your company at the speed of disruption

Aim higher. Move faster.

Make the leap to remarkable.

Coming April 23, 2024

Remarkable Retail 2021 Book Cover

Meet Steve


Steve Dennis is a strategic advisor, keynote speaker, and bestselling author. His latest book–Leaders Leap: Transforming Your Company at the Speed of Disruption– explores why so many transformations fail and what leaders must do to get their organizations back on the road to relevance.

During a storied and diverse career as a C-suite executive at two Fortune 500 companies–and most recently as a consultant and member of several boards–Steve has worked with dozens of brands to accelerate their journey to remarkable results.

As a sought-out keynote speaker, Steve has delivered inspiring talks on six continents, sharing his provocative and unique perspectives on what it takes to reignite customer growth in a world of constant change and shifting customer preferences.

Steve is the President of SageBerry Consulting. Prior to founding SageBerry, he was the chief strategy officer for the Neiman Marcus Group, where he also led the company’s customer insight, loyalty, and omnichannel marketing efforts. He is also a Forbes senior contributor and co-host of the Remarkable Retail podcast, which amplifies the themes of his first book, Remarkable Retail: How to WIn & Keep Customers in the Age of Disruption.

Steve received his MBA from Harvard and a BA from Tufts University.