The weather is known to have an effect on retail sales, but it’s hard to measure just how big of an impact the changing of seasons really has. We talked to senior economist Benje Patterson about the economical effects of New Zealand’s often turbulent weather
Pagani has drawn fire from the public over a job listing restricting candidates to those with specific measurements. Is this discriminatory? Tania Howard from recruitment company Talent Seed says no, but suggests how Pagani could have minimised consumer fallout by wording the advertisement differently.
ecostore has become one of the first businesses in New Zealand to work towards being certified as child labour free. The company has begun the accreditation journey with social enterprise Child Labor Free, which audits companies’ supply chains to check there is no child labour
The social media platform started providing direct sales support and services to New Zealand advertisers from the start of this month, marking an increased investment in the Kiwi market. Twitter head of communications Nathan Burman shared statistics showing 37 percent of Twitter users in New
The latest data from Nielsen shows ecommerce has truly entered the mainstream. New Zealanders now buy 18.2 million items each year, to the value of $4.6 billion, and this figure is expected to rise to $4.8 billion by the end of this year.
Global research indicates that plus size fashion is a growing market. Plus size womenswear retailers K&K Fashions opens its 21st store nationwide in the Wellington CBD today.
The company behind New Zealand’s first mobile wallet has announced today that it is expanding into public transport. The expansion is part of Semble’s plan to become a one-stop mobile shop for every card in a person’s physical wallet, CEO Rob Ellis says.
NZ Retail Magazine's issue 737 cover girl and Dry & Tea owner Amy Sznicer is the guest speaker at IdealogLive this month. Sznicer will be sharing her expertise on leadership, high performance and entrepreneurship.
A hospitality industry report has found there are parallels between retail and hospitality in the modern-day challenges they are facing. This includes globalisation, depopulation of rural communities and increasing customer demands.
The executive chairman of property, design and research specialist agency RCG, Paul Keane, explores whether airport retailers can survive in this current climate.