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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

As many readers will be aware our TV program on our member site is a must watch program for the new trends around the world. John travels to 30 countries a year and is constantly picking up new ideas. These ideas can come form the most unexpected places. For example, John was working in New

John and Linda went to Eastern Europe to work with retailers for the first time in October. There trip took them to Poland, Hungary and Czech. As a result of that they have already been back to Poland and Hungary to do follow up work. In January they will be back in Hungary again to

John Stanley Associates have been awarded the 2010 Small Business Export Award of the Year in Western Australia .This is the first time the company has put in for the award and the result came as a surprise. We work in 30 countries around the world and at present the growth is coming from the

John and Linda Stanley, the owners of John Stanley Associates are having a year of awards. Belmont Small Business awards announced last week that their company John Stanley Associates had won the Belmont Small Business Export Award. This is the third recognition of their endeavours in the last twelve months. Twelve months ago the couples