Agri tourism Borneo reflections
Linda and I had the opportunity to attend the SE Asia Agrotourism Conference held in Sawark,B orneo.The media asked us to do a short segment for the radio.You can watch and listen here
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How does a Town become a Ghost Town ?
That was the question I was asked when I presented recently on ABC Nightline, the national radio programme in Australia. I was invited onto the programme because of my E Book and workshop entitled “Ghost Town ,Clone Town, Home Town”. As a business consultant I define a “Ghost Town” as a community where at least
Inspiration drives businesses
I joined forces this month with Lisa Christie from Virtual Edge, a merchandising and display company in New South Wales, Australia to present a merchandising and display workshop for the future in Sydney. Lisa mentioned that a well displayed store can increase its profit by a factor of two based on three strategies. You start
International Roving Workshop attracts delegates from 6 countries
In early February 40 farmers from around the joined John and Linda Stanley, John Stanley Associates on a roving workshop around the northern part of the UK. Delegates arrived at Manchester Airport from Czech, Canada, Australia, Ireland, Scotland and the USA. This tour was more than a look and see, each stop included a one
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Bundle Retailing – Today Tonight
John Stanley talking about bundle retailing on Channel 7’s Today Tonight.
Local business is 2012 Export Award Winner for West Australia
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
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Where is John Stanley?
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
The Future of the Garden Centre Industry
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
TV Presentations
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
ISCS Bookstore – A Wealth of Retail Knowledge
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