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Take a long hard look in the mirror
This week, with Retail Geek aka Juanita Neville-Te Rito away on the Westfield World Study Tour gathering insights and ideas for future...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jun 3, 20142 min read
The future of bricks and mortar retail? A brand centric customer driven experience.
So says this week’s guest blogger, Lisa Douglas. While the Retail Geek is winging her way over the globe checking out the latest retail...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
May 26, 20144 min read
Just make me happy
I spent many years working in the grocery industry and whilst it was a few moons ago I’m still passionate about the supermarket...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
May 16, 20144 min read
It's my party and I'll cry if I want to
This week I celebrated another birthday. It’s not one worth mentioning, it’s in that unspecific age bracket where you’re no longer young,...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
May 1, 20145 min read
How convenient
I recently read some research completed in Australia by Mi9 (cool name) on grocery shopping patterns. They found that today’s typical...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Apr 23, 20143 min read
Digital touch points - should you or shouldn't you
What role could or should, digital have in your physical retail environment? It’s a subject which has provoked me into passionate and...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Apr 9, 20144 min read
Making the complex simple
Recently my children’s PTA Committee asked school families to fill a cake box with delicious home baking for a local community event. I...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Apr 2, 20144 min read
The ebb and flow of retail rhythms
There are some interesting and essential rhythms in retail. Operating rhythms, customer rhythms, financial rhythms, HR rhythms, reporting...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Mar 26, 20144 min read
The heart returns to home retailing
Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma & West Elm storm Oz Homeware retailing has experienced a renaissance in the past 12 to 24 months, which is...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Mar 5, 20144 min read
What's all the fuss about
When I first heard about the “Boycott Countdown” campaign which started last week I was perplexed. What was all the fuss about?...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Feb 19, 20144 min read
Lessons from a lemonade stand
Whangamata Jan 2014 The quintessential Kiwi family holiday seems to include, at one time or another, running lemonade stand. So I was...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Feb 5, 20145 min read
Escape the middle
When retailers do what everyone else is doing they become the same as everyone else. And when everyone is doing the same thing there is...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jan 28, 20144 min read
Converting those who wander - something to ponder for 2014
This blog is a little meatier than usual, probably best consumed by hardcore retailers as opposed to those with a flirting interest, or...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Dec 17, 20135 min read
Tis the season to shop, shop, shop.
Only 2 weeks of shopping left until the fat man comes down the chimney. Really? Yes, really people. Those who say “my gosh where did this...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Dec 11, 20134 min read
Saving the world one dress at a time.
I’ve shopped this year, oh yes I have. Trekking from one side of the Tasman to the other, up and down the country and also half way...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Dec 3, 20133 min read
Exciting new chapters in the retail story
Few things upset me more than walking through a shopping precinct and seeing ugly, empty store fronts with “To Lease” signs hanging...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Nov 26, 20133 min read
Simply divine shopping experiences
Today let’s keep the blog simple and explore a couple of shopping experiences oh so perfectly aligned to a current retail trend I adore –...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Nov 18, 20132 min read
Figuring out the art of being chosen
Retail is the world’s largest business. It affects everyone. And it’s not always easy being a retailer. Take a good look around any...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Nov 8, 20133 min read
How Brisbane City has become a surprising retail Mecca and how to have a money back shopping trip.
I recently had the most amazing shopping trip in Brisbane. Yes, Brisbane. Not Sydney, or Melbourne. Brisbane. It comes as a shock to me....
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Oct 29, 20134 min read
Local Store Marketing. Seriously.
As a fresh university graduate in Brisbane (don’t hold the Aussie thing against me), I was proud to be a part of a team who pioneered...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Mar 28, 20133 min read
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