A-P Retail Stories

Salvatore Malatesta, founder, director, and genius, behind St Ali Coffee Roasters shares his experience of reinventing his business in 2020 and building for 2021. Gain great insights and advice from Melbourne’s “Coffee King”. Transitioning from a cafe operation into a sanitiser manufacturer, grocer, promoter, fashion designer, and so much more during an uncertain time

Australia’s restaurant king and celebrity restaurateur, Chris Lucas of the Lucas Group, tells us in no uncertain terms what it takes to make a successful restaurant, culture, city, and council.  Chris teaches us a valuable lesson in customer service, and how to maintain a loyal clientele. There are no ‘hold backs’ with this unfiltered and direct messaging on how to excel in business. 

Teage Ezard is the founder and creator of Gingerboy. We talk to Teage about the early days with Ezard in 1999 in Flinders Lane, the creation of Gingerboy, and the lessons and learnings gained throughout his career.

In this episode we talk to Kate and Cameron Reid about their journey from creating a business from scratch to being awarded the world’s number one croissant by the New York Times. There are some great lessons and learnings to take away from this new business success story.

With 35 years in the property law business, Ken Gray has worked with the biggest landlords and tenants in the country. His knowledge and experience spans all facets of property. We sit down with Ken to learn from his experiences and how we can apply it to what we do.