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Amazon and the rise of the marketplace (and guess who’s back?)
Amazon’s launch in Australia was a bit of a fizzer; but will it be second time around? Many Aussie retailers continue to be running...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Dec 18, 20174 min read
Out: Ruthlessness In: Co-opertition
I wrote this piece in late October when I was doing my best attempt at a middle-aged Marigold Hotel experience with my husband (sans...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Dec 18, 20173 min read
New world order. Mobile first or mobile only?
I have spent the last week hanging in my favourite part of the world (after New York), Waiheke Island. I have a gorgeous friend who...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Nov 23, 20174 min read
Tech innovation shaping retail for the better
Continuing the theme of technology this month, there are a number of new tech innovations that continue to drive retail, retailing and...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jul 18, 20174 min read
Vomit reality in the shopping cart
Check out the IKEA VR store here The Ikea virtual reality store was about bringing online shopping to life in a new, interactive way. An...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jul 18, 20174 min read
What we are reading this month - The new names disrupting beauty
The way we shop beauty has evolved. We use our Instagram vote to champion new lipstick colours, jump on Into The Gloss to discuss the...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jul 18, 20171 min read
What do you get if you put together a fluevog and six four hundred?
A few of my favourite things..... I have been so excited the last few days. Life is just fabulous. I have started meditating 10 mins a...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jun 14, 20174 min read
The critical nature of the merchandise strategy
“In short, curation looks to provide customers with the best possible products instead of the most products possible.” I met recently...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jun 14, 20175 min read
Heritage retail - new award - winning life for a museum shop
This story originally was published in Retail NZ Magazine April/May 12107 and has been republished with permission. Written by Courtney...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jun 13, 20175 min read
Magical mystical retail wonderland - by Lisa Donaldson
On a recent retail research trip to Sydney we reviewed the much talked about Myer’s Wonderland - a creative project lead by Designworks,...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jun 13, 20172 min read
Have your cake and eat it too
This is my third year of reviewing the joy and distress that marks another year of my existence on this planet #makingretailhappen...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
May 15, 20174 min read
A dollar each way
Believe it or not, but the other day I had to clip a retailer behind the ears because he believed that their business was still suffering...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Mar 15, 20174 min read
Bridging the gap between marketing and the broad table through it
I started my career in Marketing and with my natural curiosity, type-A personality, retailer-blood stream and desire to climb the...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Mar 15, 20175 min read
Be the hub - insights into becoming the community cornerstone
One of the typical challenges in the development of a retailer’s network is how you can bring to life your brand proposition in a...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Mar 15, 20174 min read
Pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows
2016 seemed to me one of the quickest years in history. Many history making events happened (let’s not get into the wig-wearing Trump...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Mar 14, 20175 min read
4 ways retail brands can increase staff engagement
I am delighted to have Andréa van der Meel, founder of SeekStock, an engagement tool that delivers real-time product insights from the...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Mar 14, 20175 min read
Retail never stops and neither should you. Find out more about "selling to seduction - 5 key re
Retail is cut-throat and the landscape is shifting. Rapidly. There’s no such thing as a traditional retailer any more. At The Retail...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Oct 4, 20161 min read
Colour me pretty
I think many of us can relate, both as consumers and customers, that there has been significant upheaval in the world of retail over the...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Oct 4, 20164 min read
New Shop Frontiers
There was a hilarious experience I distinctly remember within my time at a large big box national retailer. I was GM of Marketing at the...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Oct 4, 20162 min read
Bring yourself
Have you ever had that experience when you are staying in a hotel and you say “I love this bed (pillows/sheets/whatever) so much. I wish...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Oct 4, 20165 min read
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