Posts by Mark McGeachen

The impact of the national lockdowns on retailers is unprecedented and dramatic, with many customers seeing their revenues plummet to near zero.  As we approach a point where stores are again able to open, for many the ability to record customers visiting the store will be a key requirement. AdvanceRetail have responded by releasing a…

Paper Plus Group is New Zealand’s largest book and stationery retailer with over 115 stores nationwide and has remained an iconic retail brand within the NZ market since first starting in 1983.  It operates as a co-operative franchise group, owned by the members with a central support office.  In 2003 Paper Plus selected AdvanceRetail to…

Dynamic Business editor James Harkness talks with Frost & Sullivan’s ANZ managing director, Mark Dougan and AdvanceRetail CEO Mark McGeachen. Read the full story here.

While credit card information has been the focus of a lot of attention, retailers also need to ensure that customer personal data is adequately secured.  In this RetailBiz article a panel of industry experts – including AdvanceRetail CEO Mark McGeachen – discuss the important of security in the retail industry. Read the full article here.

Convenience & Impulse Retailing report on a recent media event where the security of customer data was a hot topic. The panelists included AdvanceRetail CEO Mark McGeachen, and the article can be read here.

In this article from Australian Gift Guide a panel of industry experts including AdvanceRetail CEO Mark McGeachen discuss the state of online and in-store shopping, and the security challenges facing retailers. Read the article at Australian Gift Guide here

Your customers are changing – are you ?  In this article from the May 2015 edition of Jeweller magazine, Mark McGeachen discusses the changing face of consumer shopping journeys, the important of an omni-channel approach to retailing, as well as the advantages that a bricks and mortar presence offers.

Pandora’s Brien Winther talks to Jewellery World magazine about the rollout of the AdvanceRetail SmartStore solution to Pandora stores.

In this video post respected industry journalist Alex Zaharov-Reutt interviews AdvanceRetail CEO Mark McGeachen. See the interview below.

iTWire looks at AdvanceRetail and the latest project with Pandora Jewelry – Read the article here