I was recently approached, by Kerry Johnstone, Editor of Commercial Horticulture magazine in New Zealand about doing an article about me. Not about my work as such, but about my life and how I got to where I am now. So for those of you who are not aware of my path through life, here
By John Stanley It was 1985 when Billy Ocean made the above a classic “pop†song. Okay, it may show my age, but this quote is relevant to retailing in 2008. Over the last few years retailers have experienced economies around the world where consumers continued to have more money in their pockets, it was
By John Stanley The words “recession†and “change†seem to be bound around the retail world quite freely at present. But, at the same time this is a period of opportunity for small retailers to grow their business, as long as they are good neighbours. I was recently in Seattle, the home of the pioneer