Category Archives: retail survival

Location Based Shorts Ep 16 A FREE Route Optimisation trial for New Zealand deliveries, sales and service companies

Posted on June 16, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

Have you noticed that traffic in New Zealand cities seems to be worse at Level 1 of the COVID19 lockdown than it was even before the pandemic hit? Are you in the distribution, freight or service industries? Or perhaps you … Continue reading →

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Small Business Survival After the COVID19 Lockdown

Posted on April 20, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

So many small to medium businesses are going broke right now because of the COVID19 lockdown. All companies are paying rent, power, wages and paying back interest on loans used to purchase inventory, fittings and more, and the end is … Continue reading →

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Grocery Panic Buying and the Coronavirus

Posted on March 2, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

The grocery industry is going to be sorely tested over the coming weeks and months as people have begun panic buying of groceries, in response to the first person in New Zealand to get Coronavirus or Corvid 19. Our local … Continue reading →

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Would You Like Some Help Writing Your Business Blog or Story for 2020?

Posted on January 6, 2020 by Luigi Cappel

So many people tell me they need to write blogs, articles and other material for their website or other marketing output. They know customers want to do business with people and feel they have a relationship with them, and that … Continue reading →

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STOP. Before You Buy That Business, Talk to the Neighbors

Posted on October 2, 2018 by Luigi Cappel

I’ve just finished the draft of an eBook called ‘5 Top Mistakes People Make When They Are Buying a House’ and it struck me that there are many similarities when buying or locating a business. In this case I want … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to Countdown on their new Proximity Based Marketing App

Posted on November 11, 2017 by Luigi Cappel

For a number of years I’ve been prodding retailers to take advantage of location services on people’s smartphones with several blogs including some looking at the grocery industry. I was disappointed when they dropped their old app, but delighted to … Continue reading →

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Kiwi and Australian Retailers Need to do Change to Beat Amazon

Posted on September 19, 2017 by Luigi Cappel

Yesterday I saw a story on CNN about Toys R Us filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. It is big news for retailers and their CEO says they will survive by competing with Amazon and meeting customers needs with new store … Continue reading →

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Amazon is Coming to Australia and Retailers are Worried

Posted on September 15, 2017 by Luigi Cappel

They should be worried. As I discussed in my blog last week called The Blockbuster Effect, and countless previous blogs, you can’t expect, even at the bottom of the planet, to have the luxury of continuing doing business the same … Continue reading →

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The Blockbuster Effect

Posted on September 5, 2017 by Luigi Cappel

I was listening to the Zig Ziglar Show on the way home tonight Episode 481 with Mark Sanborn and had to pause when I heard the following statement which resonated so much with previous blogs I have written on the … Continue reading →

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Retail Isn’t Dead, It Just Needs to Keep Reinventing Itself

Posted on September 9, 2016 by Luigi Cappel

I read an interesting story this morning from the Business Insider, saying that Amazon is opening up over 100 Pop Up Stores around the US. The irony is inescapable that Jeff Bezos’ business that supposedly was the demise of many … Continue reading →

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