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DTC Disruptors – Learning from the new kids on the block
In our last piece, we explored the DTC disruptors leading the charge in our new retail normal. These incredibly agile retailers don’t...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Mar 14, 20197 min read
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DTC goes next level - Part one
Recently someone asked me what a DTC brand was? It gets bandied about a lot and they weren’t sure they really understood. Is Kathmandu a...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Mar 14, 20197 min read
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Pureplays Reinvent the Store
Originally published November 2018 Inside Retail Australia Guest writer: Pippa Kulmar: Co-Director Retail Oasis, Australia At the moment,...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Dec 10, 20184 min read
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The ultimate in convenience stores
I am still bruised and suffering from FOMO. Earlier in the year when we in NZ were either bunkering down through tropical storms of...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
May 8, 20183 min read
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Retail leaders step up please
We are living in a shake-up moment in history. One of immense opportunity for those retailers, mall owners and brands who can transform...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
May 8, 20184 min read
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Where's the party at?
This is my fourth year of reviewing the joy and distress that marks another year of my existence on this planet. #makingretailhappen...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
May 8, 20184 min read
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2018 Retail Employer of the Year – Winners Celebrated
Marija Barbarich is our guest writer this newsletter. Marija is Group Marketing Coordinator for Retailworld Resourcing (RWR). I highly...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Dec 18, 20173 min read
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Amazon and the rise of the marketplace (and guess who’s back?)
Amazon’s launch in Australia was a bit of a fizzer; but will it be second time around? Many Aussie retailers continue to be running...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Dec 18, 20174 min read
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Out: Ruthlessness In: Co-opertition
I wrote this piece in late October when I was doing my best attempt at a middle-aged Marigold Hotel experience with my husband (sans...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Dec 18, 20173 min read
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Tech innovation shaping retail for the better
Continuing the theme of technology this month, there are a number of new tech innovations that continue to drive retail, retailing and...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jul 18, 20174 min read
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What do you get if you put together a fluevog and six four hundred?
A few of my favourite things..... I have been so excited the last few days. Life is just fabulous. I have started meditating 10 mins a...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jun 14, 20174 min read
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The critical nature of the merchandise strategy
“In short, curation looks to provide customers with the best possible products instead of the most products possible.” I met recently...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jun 14, 20175 min read
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Heritage retail - new award - winning life for a museum shop
This story originally was published in Retail NZ Magazine April/May 12107 and has been republished with permission. Written by Courtney...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jun 13, 20175 min read
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Magical mystical retail wonderland - by Lisa Donaldson
On a recent retail research trip to Sydney we reviewed the much talked about Myer’s Wonderland - a creative project lead by Designworks,...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Jun 13, 20172 min read
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Have your cake and eat it too
This is my third year of reviewing the joy and distress that marks another year of my existence on this planet #makingretailhappen...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
May 15, 20174 min read
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A dollar each way
Believe it or not, but the other day I had to clip a retailer behind the ears because he believed that their business was still suffering...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Mar 15, 20174 min read
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Be the hub - insights into becoming the community cornerstone
One of the typical challenges in the development of a retailer’s network is how you can bring to life your brand proposition in a...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Mar 15, 20174 min read
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Pink fluffy unicorns dancing on rainbows
2016 seemed to me one of the quickest years in history. Many history making events happened (let’s not get into the wig-wearing Trump...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Mar 14, 20175 min read
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4 ways retail brands can increase staff engagement
I am delighted to have Andréa van der Meel, founder of SeekStock, an engagement tool that delivers real-time product insights from the...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Mar 14, 20175 min read
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Retail never stops and neither should you. Find out more about "selling to seduction - 5 key re
Retail is cut-throat and the landscape is shifting. Rapidly. There’s no such thing as a traditional retailer any more. At The Retail...
Juanita Neville-Te Rito
Oct 4, 20161 min read
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