Retail with bricks and mortar stores can still thrive with changing consumer habits and ability for us as buyers to source anywhere and everywhere.
Liz Oldfield talks to Rachel Klaver about how Milly's Kitchen, a gorgeous and well known shop in Ponsonby, Auckland is growing and evolving. She talks about needing to adapt her marketing, why people want quality, and how to establish yourself as a trusted supplier for people who can choose anywhere to shop.
Independent retail can thrive, and is thriving in some areas. It's all about getting the recipe right.
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17:19
The Business of An Artistic Life - An interview with Evie Kemp
Evie Kemp is a New Zealand based creative who's able to take her talents and apply them to a huge range of applications from prints, to interiors, fabric design, and products
Her style is big on colour and maximilism, creating a cacophony of style whereever she lays her hands, and creates.
She regularly works both independently, and with brands, to create something completely different - from textile design, prop making and sourcing, interior design and styling, to content creation and communication.
Evie has built her business through her use of Instagram, showing her personality, creativity and authenticity in each post.
In this podcast she talks about how she's shaped her business, and how diversification has helped her stay engaged and focussed.
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25:49
You Need To Hear Her Roar - an Interview with Shelly Davies
Superstar trainer in how to communicate like a real person (instead of creating emails using corporate speak), Ambassador in Badassery, Motivational powerhouse and straight shooter from way back - Shelly Davies is so worth listening to! Her story of her coming to understand her own power, and standing in her own truth is incredibly inspiring.
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21:14
Helping Them Get On The Ladder - An interview with Campbell Hastie from Go2Guys
Campbell decided to focus on helping first home buyers during the GFC, when people were struggling, losing jobs, and things looked dark. Was it a crazy move? Or completely the right one?
Campbell is an amazing story teller, passionate about helping first home buyers, and gives a real eye into the magic of really knowing who you work with best, and sticking to it.
Well worth being inspired by!
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25:48
Business Styled Hey Way - an interview with Stylist Caitlin Taylor
Cait runs a successful personal styling company helping women feel better in the clothes they're in. With her fashion background, mixed with her down to earth style (and the fact she's living the realities of style vs life with two young children!), Cait has carved out a business that reflects her personal style for her clothing, her values, and her family.
We talk about how she's had to refine and make changes to her business, especially after her family grew, and what business lessons she's learned along the way.
Hear stories of other small business owners as they explain the turning points that lead them to make changes that positively altered the course of their business, and/or their life.
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