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Steve’s book, Forbes articles, and blogs provide valuable insight and direction for organizations who want to understand and respond to retail disruption by creating customer-centric, memorable and profitable growth strategies.

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REMARKABLE RETAIL

How to Win & Keep Customers in the Age of Disruption

In this expanded and completely revised 2nd edition of his bestselling book, retail industry veteran and thought leader Steve Dennis dissects the seismic shifts brought about by digital disruption and a global pandemic, while providing a provocative, pragmatic guide to reignite growth.

In the Press

Business InsiderWin or lose, Sears’ chairman may still come out on top

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CNNRetail’s Amazon antidote

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FortuneSears’ Seven Decades of Self-Destruction

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DigidayBest Buy’s blueprint

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The Wall Street Journal
Neiman Marcus Pushes Refinancing

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Barron’sLuxury Fashion Brands Make Push for Sustainability

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Steve’s Blog

Retail’s Escalating Commitment to a Failing Course of Action

Retail’s Escalating Commitment to a Failing Course of Action

Anyone who follows the machinations of the retail industry will know that many struggling retailers continue to put forth breathless pronouncements of their alleged transformations. Yet the department store industry in particular seems to be the poster child for...

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My Bold Retail Predictions for 2023

As I share my annual retail predictions I’m reminded of a joke a colleague of mine recently shared with me: Q. What’s the difference between God and a retail futurist? A. God doesn’t think he’s a retail futurist. So damn the humility and full speed ahead as I bring...

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Too Much Of A Goods Thing: Retailers Are Drowning In Inventory

Too Much Of A Goods Thing: Retailers Are Drowning In Inventory

Target is the latest retailer to reveal that it bought too much stuff and will need to take aggressive action to get its inventory levels back in line. These moves will include cancelling orders and hitting a lot of products with the old markdown gun. CEO Brian...

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Meet Steve


Steve Dennis has over 30+ years of experience as a strategic advisor, board member, general manager and C-level executive at two Fortune 500 retailers. He has worked with dozens of retail, luxury, technology and social impacts brands to inspire, catalyze and design more remarkable and profitable growth strategies.

Steve’s signature “tell is like it is” style and ‘8 Essentials of Remarkable Retail’ framework makes him one of the industry’s most in-demand thought leaders. He has delivered keynotes, led management workshops and consulted across six continents, sharing what it takes to win and keep customers in the age of Amazon, Alibaba, and digital disruption.

He is also a senior contributor to Forbes magazine and his insights are regularly featured in the media including Bloomberg/BusinessWeek, CNBC, CNN, Fortune, Harvard Business Review, USA Today and The Wall Street Journal, amongst many others.

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