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It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... But what have we done?
Carnage in the Farmer’s toy aisle on the One Day Sale 25% off toys, Thursday 4 December If like me you watched the Black Friday madness...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Dec 11, 20145 min read


Subscribing to success
This week we are delighted to once again share some pearls of retail wisdom from NYC based raconteur and thought provocateur Jon Bird....

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Dec 3, 20143 min read


One retailer's trash is another retailer's treasure
Retailing excellence is centered around creating extraordinary, engaging experiences for shoppers. I recently read a survey by Wharton...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Nov 24, 20145 min read


Tasty morsels of retail magic
I’m sure you will have heard the fuss over a small independent New Zealand company which has taken New Zealand by storm, creating...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Nov 13, 20144 min read


Kink your think - connecting the connected part 3
Many a retailer is baffled about how to do things differently with “their lot.” It takes a brave, imaginative and clever soul to think...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Oct 31, 20145 min read


Standing out amidst the noise - connecting the connected part 2
Kiwis have well and truly embraced internet shopping. According to recent Neilson online shopping data, New Zealanders shopping online...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Oct 23, 20144 min read


Connecting with the connected
It is daunting trying to prioritise your approach as a retailer with today’s customer in their connected world. Especially with the...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Oct 16, 20144 min read


Surprise Christmas is coming
It’s utterly fascinating how Christmas creeps up on unsuspecting retailers. In a world of many uncertainties one thing you can predict...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Oct 1, 20145 min read


Transparency and simplicity: a retail round up.
Recently I have been surprised and delighted to see the return of round number pricing in retail. The more common practice is to price...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Sep 25, 20143 min read


A new twist on age old concepts
Last week I explored the deep, individual connections two Stockholm retailers had on the cycling category. This week, still in...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Sep 17, 20143 min read


The winner takes it all
Stockholm proved to be a surprising little pocket of retail brilliance and independent thinking that I certainly had not been prepared...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Sep 10, 20143 min read


Shopping in Portlandia
This week I am privileged to bring you the wise words from one of my favourite retail thought-leaders, Jon Bird. Jon has recently moved...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Aug 27, 20143 min read


Anti-big
In retail everything tells a story, and if you get the smallest thing wrong the spell can be broken. To entrench loyalty and gain share...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Aug 21, 20142 min read


It's all about me
And today I’m bringing you another chapter in fresh, delicious retail learnings and inspiration from the Westfield Retail Study Tour,...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Aug 14, 20143 min read


Paris: Top 5 store picks
This week I am delighted to bring you a blog from one of Australia’s most experienced retail marketing experts, Stephen Kulmar of ...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Aug 6, 20143 min read


Painting a picture worth a thousand words
Continuing the theme from last week’s blog on Storytelling, this week I am eulogising on the physical retail store and retailers who are...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jul 30, 20144 min read


Were you born to stand out
In retail everything communicates the story. Get the smallest thing wrong and the spell can be broken. To entrench loyalty and gain mind...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jul 22, 20144 min read


An alternative youniverse
It seems that the title of this weeks blog-Girls,girls,girls was a little too risque for some spam servers! So here’s our second...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jul 14, 20143 min read


Living all American dream
I’m back! Unfortunately I’ve spent a couple of weeks forced to ground with a prehistoric illness and had to wait for what possessed my...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jul 7, 20142 min read


Reflection on retail
This week our guest blogger is Briar Harland, whose command of marketing research and unrivalled ability to unearth business changing...

Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jun 11, 20143 min read
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