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Ref: www.gov.ns.ca February 21, 2007 12:34 Consumers want more Nova Scotia products and they want to see retailers and government purchase more Nova Scotia goods. The findings of the 2,400-person survey were released today, Feb. 21, by the Women’s Institutes of Nova Scotia, with the support of the Department of Agriculture. “We know the importance […]

According to Small Business Trends blog, the top ten trends for 2007 are as follows: By Cheryl Russell, New Strategist Publications It is not easy to figure out what Americans do with their money. First, you have to ask enough people so that the answers are statistically representative. Second, those you ask must keep tedious

Over the last few years we have seen the growth of domestic landscape design,mainly driven by the Do It For Me Baby Boomer Generation. This is the generation that helped build the garden centre business over the last twenty years. They have now left garden centre to attract the Jones generation and Generation X. Both

By John Stanley In a world of constant change every organisation has to think outside the box and come up with new ideas to attract their cliental. As far as trade shows are concerned, in the modern world the retailer does not need to go to the show to discover new products or to place

Good ideas can appear any where. I was recently in an elevator at the Marriot Hotel in San Mateo in California and came face to face with the barman on the side of the elevator. Think about it, what happens to most people in an elevator, they stare up at the floor numbers passing by.

By John Stanley I recently read an article that stated that the number of coffee shop brands in the UK had doubled to over 2,500 brand outlets in eight years. I realize we are now in the �coffee culture�, but take Starbucks out of the list and how many retail coffee shop brands can you

By John Stanley In the last few weeks a number of events have caused me to focus on 2026. Twenty years into the future. Firstly, Linda and I became grand parents for the first time and this inevitably causes you to look at the future. While we awaited the great event, the �Australian� our national

Christmas 2006 has come and gone. Prior to Christmas there were the motivational articles to get your teams to increase sales over the busy period and we have now had the financial reviews on how successful the Yuletide trading was compared to other years, but what were the retail trends this last year and what

By John Stanley I recently read an article that stated that the number of coffee shop brands in the UK had doubled to over 2,500 brand outlets in eight years. I realize we are now in the �coffee culture�, but take Starbucks out of the list and how many retail coffee shop brands can you

By John Stanley On a recent flight to South Africa to work with clients I read Dr Paddi Lund�s excellent new book �The Absolutely Critical Non Essentials� If you have not read it, I recommend you should. For those that do not know Paddi and his story, he is a Dentist based in Brisbane, Queensland.