Three is the lucky number as Trilogy International’s first-half profit has tripled. The skincare and scented candle company’s net profit before tax in the six months to September 30 rose to $3.2 million from $984,000 a year earlier – an increase of 225 percent.
A parking spot for dogs is among the many changes implemented when centre manager Steve Ellingford decided he wanted Bayfair Shopping Centre in Papamoa to be the most accessible mall in New Zealand.
Shopping centres are diverging from the traditional Santa meet and greets into more creative Christmas celebrations. Mall festivities in 2015 so far have included augmented reality Christmas experiences, choirs outside stores and giant Christmas presents.
German carmarker Volkswagen has this year been rocked by a significant emissions scandal. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that Volkswagen had installed software in diesel engines which could detect when the engines were undergoing emissions testing and adjust their performance to produce deceptively
Black Friday is increasing in popularity within New Zealand, with keen bargain hunters seeking out sales and more retailers offering them than previous years. We look at which retailers are doing it and whether it will take off in the same way as other sales
A new online retailer named Dropit hopes punters and retailers will say yes to no reserve and sign up to take part in reverse auctions. Last week Dropit soft-launched its auction website, where items have no reserve.
David Jones may very well come to Auckland next, a retail expert says, but its choice of sites won’t necessarily be limited to the downtown CBD. First Retail managing director Chris Wilkinson says there are several sites around the city of sails the retailer could
Stampedes. Stabbings. Pepper spray used as a weapon. Children hospitalised after being trampled. Shoppers stepping over people in the throes of a heart attack. Gunfights at dawn in the parking lot. Retailers in the US and UK could be forgiven for a few nerves ahead
Around 17 years after it all began, Trade Me is on track to reach its one billionth listing in early December. To celebrate, its looking back at some of the seriously odd listings its had listed in almost a decade of business.
When Ben Goodale, managing director of justONE and .99, attended Retail NZ's Top Shop awards, he found abundant evidence that physical stores are here to stay.