STEEPLE stands for the various factors a firm needs to consider within the external environment it operates in – Social, Technological, Economic, Ethical, Political, Legal and Environmental. It is an analytic framework for examining factors in the firm’s external environment that could affect or influence business objectives and strategies

SOCIAL

Technological

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=98BIu9dpwHU&feature=emb_title

Economic

Ethical

Political

Legal

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2019-10-16/why-bill-gates-thinks-impossible-foods-and-beyond-meat-can-help-fight-climate-change-video

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2019/oct/24/retailers-cut-85000-jobs-in-past-year

https://www.businessinsider.com/forever-21-bankruptcy-rise-fall-retail-apocalypse-fast-fashion-2019-9