Financial clouds lift for Hallensteins, Glassons and Storm
Hallenstein Glasson has emerged from a difficult year with a half-yearly profit of $8.638 million – nearly 40 percent more than what it made this time last year.
The stories behind Michael Hill’s Super Bowl spots
Stoppress' Damien Venuto finds out about the real stories that gave inspiration to the Michael Hill Super Bowl spots and learns more about how advertising agency Colenso BBDO is building platforms—rather than creating campaigns—for clients active in international markets.
AMI “insures” a good in-store experience
When it comes to the in-store experience, insurance stores aren’t what pops into mind straight away as a retail leader. AMI Insurance plans to change that with its new store fit out, which focuses on creating a new face-to-face experience for customers.
Has slave labour been implicated in Kiwi cat food supply chains?
A report into slavery in Indonesia by the Associated Press has linked potential human rights abuses to cat food brands Iams and Fancy Feast.
The Chippery fish and chips shop swaps grease for glamour
Good old Kiwi fish and chips are typically considered an oily affair, featuring a bunch of battered fish and some chips hastily chucked into a takeaway newspaper wrapping. Dale Keith, owner and head chef of The Chippery, opened his stores to change up the formula
ANZ goes its own way with planned mobile wallet upgrade, still talking with Semble
ANZ releases new goMoney app which turns mobile phones into a mobile wallet, beating the yet-to-be-released Semble app to the punch.
Scents and sensibility at Lush Cosmetics
People may know Lush as the store that leaves people with powdery moustaches from sniffing one too many bath bombs. Or perhaps you recognise it as the source of the scent that wafts into your nostrils when you’re 100 metres down the street. Elly Strang
New Zealand shoppers continue to spend twice as much online on goods from overseas vendors than at home.
BNZ reported in its monthly Marketview digest today that the growth rate of spending at international sites had eased in recent months, but remained up 13 percent on February 2014’s rate.
Toni&Guy hair products launched in New Zealand
Iconic British hairstyling brand Toni&Guy arrives in New Zealand this week. The “super premium” brand’s introduction to the Kiwi market has been handled by PHD Group, which took the editorial team from NZME. fashion masthead Viva to London Fashion Week for the occasion.
Retail is the new black
The CEO of retail specialist agency Hotfoot, Juanita Neville-Te Rito, shows us what it looks like when a store gets it right.