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John and Linda Stanley’s business last night was awarded The Belmont Small Business Awards 2012 Export Award. This award goes to the small business in Western Australia in recognition of their contribution to exporting. John and Linda’s two person business is unique in that it is not products they sell to overseas markets, rather they

August and September are always busy months in my life. It is the time of year that the airlines enjoy a lot of my company. This trip starts on the Gold Coast in Australia for a conference and then I move on to Chicago and the I.G.C. University workshops at the I.G.C. Trade Show. This

I will start with June which has been a busy month developing a “White Paper” entitled 20/20 Vision with Trevor Cochrane and Malcolm Scott on the future of garden retailing. Many small business are finding it difficult to see the way forward, hence the White Paper to give you some guidance on what to expect

In November I will be co presenting a TV food program called “Delish”. This is a fork to fork look at food. It will be shown in 60 Countries around the world. I will be presenting on the farm and then handing the food to the chef who will then prepare the food. I and

The ICSC, The International Shopping Centre Association have a great range of retail books available to their members. The books which are written by their members that are of value to you include: Green Tactics from Retailers and Shopping Centres Sustainable Retail Development Preparing a Budget for an Open –Air Shopping Centre The Library of

In April John visits Istanbul in Turkey as the guest of the European Shopping Centre Association. He will be the keynote speaker and will be talking on the changes in consumer vales and how this effects what shopping centre managers need to do in the coming years. This is John’s second trip to Turkey as

China, we all know it is the sleeping giant that has woken up and is now a force in the retail world, both as a supplier of retail products and as a place for retailers to consider. In late March John and Linda will spend a week in China looking at lifestyle retailing. John is

Everyone knows there is no silver bullet for success in garden retail. Success is achieved by cost effectively implementing hundreds of elements well and ongoing, with consistency. Success requires a sound business plan which incorporates – A clear vision and philosophy Developed and scaled to the market size and demographics for the existing economic climate

John will be one of the International speakers at the 2011 March Outdoor Lifestyle Exhibition and Conference in China. This will be the first time that John has worked on mainland China. John will provide a talk on how suppliers in China need to adapt their thinking when supplying products to the west as a