I’m John Parkin. Retail to Revenue is built on over 25 years of hands-on retail experience — sales, warehousing, and the general management of multi-site retail operations.
Alongside this, I’ve spent more than 16 years working in digital marketing for retail businesses — designing, managing, and optimising Shopify stores, email automation, and ecommerce systems that support real-world operations, not just marketing metrics. Today that includes running the day-to-day ecommerce operation for one of New Zealand’s largest hobby retailers — a Shopify store with more than 60,000 products — across web, Klaviyo email automation, and advertising.
This experience is backed by formal training, including a Diploma in Digital Marketing, ensuring strategy is grounded in both practical execution and proven digital best practice.
The result is practical, scalable systems designed to improve revenue without creating operational complexity.