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		<title>Trends for Shopping Centres</title>
		<link>http://www.johnstanleyretailguru.com/2010/08/trends-for-shopping-centres/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Aug 2010 00:44:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently a keynote speaker at the W.A. Property Council Conference that was held in WA, the topic was the future of shopping centres.
I have attached my presentation to enable you to see where I took my stance on the subject, but it was interesting to hear the views of other speakers. In reading [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Food Movement is Moving</title>
		<link>http://www.johnstanleyretailguru.com/2010/07/the-food-movement-is-moving/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Jul 2010 07:43:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On the last Sunday evening of July, 2010 one in four Australians were tuned into their TV, not to watch a sports program, but to watch a cooking program. It was the finals of Masterchef, a series to find the best amateur chef that has generated more profit than any other lifestyle program Australia. At [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Farmers Markets Oregon style</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jul 2010 02:07:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One of the things that hits me us as we travel up the west coast of the USA is how much more organised the marketing of markets is compared to most parts of the world. There seems to be a lot more cooperation between markets to build the pie for everyone.
Oregon could be classed as [...]]]></description>
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		<title>700 Markets &#8230; California is a Place for Farmers Markets</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Jul 2010 03:17:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Yes, 700  markets are scattered across the State, there are 140 markets in the LA basin alone!
Linda and I spent a Saturday morning at one of them, the Pasadena Market at Sierra Madre Blvd, in downtown Pasadena with the market manager, Gretchen Sterling.
Gretchan operates four markets in the area for the City Council. Stall holders [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Product to Shopper Experience</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 06:11:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The changes in retailing seem to be happening at a faster pass than ever. Keeping up can be a real challenge. A new word seems to be creeping into the retail vocabulary &#8230; &#8217;shop centric&#8217;.
I first noticed the word in reports coming out of mainland Europe, but what is shop centric all about? It is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Going Green &#8230;. It is Happening</title>
		<link>http://www.johnstanleyretailguru.com/2010/06/going-green-it-is-happening/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jun 2010 01:33:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Since the Copenhagen Conference just before Christmas 2009 the politicians have been very quite about the environment. This may make you think that the issue is also off the retailers agenda and trade is going on as it was before.
This is far from the case. Whilst politicians have decided they have more urgent things to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>OOOBY</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 02 Jun 2010 05:06:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[No, this is not a creature from an alien planet, it is a new marketing concept coming out of New Zealand.
It stands for: Out Of Own Back Yard and is a social networking community that is connecting food producers and consumers for trade and ideas sharing.
OOOBY will organise sales at a farmers market  where people [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What do you use your Phone for?</title>
		<link>http://www.johnstanleyretailguru.com/2010/06/what-do-you-use-your-phone-for/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Jun 2010 07:10:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[You may think the primary purpose of your phone is to answer phone calls. This is now a minor part of the benefits of owning a phone.
If, like me, you do a lot of travelling to foreign parts, the challenge is often understanding the menu or finding a toilet. Many times I have sat in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lessons from America</title>
		<link>http://www.johnstanleyretailguru.com/2010/05/lessons-from-america/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 May 2010 05:55:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[David Evans, CEO of the SPOS Group reported in Inside Retailing on his thoughts on what retailers can learn from USA retail trends.
His comments were as follows:

Consumers are moving from impulse spending to informed purchases. They want the information next to the product and do not want to be harassed by a salesperson.
They are shopping [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Buyers Remorse</title>
		<link>http://www.johnstanleyretailguru.com/2010/05/buyers-remorse/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 21 May 2010 04:01:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Stanley</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A shopping cart turned over in a pool of blood on a book cover, you may think this is the next exciting novel. It is in fact the cover of Alan Fairnington&#8217;s new book called &#8220;The Age of Selfish Altruism, Why New Values are Killing Consumerism&#8221;.
The book was reviewed in the Age newspaper by David [...]]]></description>
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