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HARVEY NORMAN SHOPPERS WILL BE GREETED BY A FAMILIAR FACE AT CORIO ADVERTISING FEATURE

IAN Meyer can remember the day Harvey Norman first opened in Geelong 23 years ago. It was a big deal for the region, with the one-stop-shop for all things homewares and electrical becoming a convenient retail destination for all local consumers.

Fast-forward to today and Ian is now the proprietor of the Corio store’s electrical department.

Ian’s history with the retail giant is as deep and ingrained as his love for the Geelong Cats Football Club.

He has been with Harvey Norman for more than 15 years, working at a number of different locations. He’s enjoyed positions at Hoppers Crossing, Waurn Ponds, Watergardens, Chadstone and Springvale. For the past 10 months he has proudly been the proprietor of Harvey Norman Ararat.

Now back on home soil, Ian is looking forward to getting in store, which is such short drive from his Norlane home, and providing his trademark friendly brand of customer service to the region.

“I can’t wait to help make the Corio store an environment and destination that people want to come and shop with us at,” Mr Meyer said.

Prior to working for Harvey Norman, Ian worked at Candy Footwear in North Geelong and he said that now that he was back in the northern suburbs, he was also looking forward to bumping into plenty of familiar faces; having been a former student at local schools including Rosewall Primary, St Francis Xavier, Corio North High and Corio Technical School, where he has many fond memories.

“I also played football and basketball as a junior in the Corio area,” he reminisced.

“I can remember going watching the Geelong Supercats when they were in the NBL and even before then when Cal Bruton and James Crawford were playing for Geelong.

“And so great were the days of playing little league at Shell Oval for the under 9 Blues.”

Ian’s interest in the electrical industry began when he purchased his first Commodore 64 computer. Back then the Commodore 64, also known as the C64 or the CBM 64, was an 8-bit, 65kilobyte RAM home computer. Today, in the times of smart phones, laptops and notebooks, it would be difficult to come across a system with less than 64 gigabytes.

Since first falling in love with the wonders of technology, Ian has remained dedicated to keeping up with all of the latest offerings on the market and endeavours to help all of his customers find exactly what they are looking for, at the best possible price point.

He brings to the role not only his impressive knowledge, but also his attention to care.

“Visitors to the store keep coming back because of our customer service,” he said.

“I cannot wait to meet all of our Corio customers, new and old, and look forward to coaching my team to the best there is in class sales.”