Countdown today named its head of data and analytics, Chris Fisher, as the new general manager for merchandise. Fisher came to Countdown in November last year from the UK, where he had run his business Atheon Analytics Ltd since 2006.
There’s recently been an influx of international retailers arriving on New Zealand’s shores and now, a Madrid-born retailer is bringing Spanish brands to Kiwis. His stores, which are called La Lola, will launch in Auckland and Christchurch and will stock sister brands from Zara which
Within five years of finding himself out of work as a lawyer in New Zealand, Tim Brown is running New Zealand’s newest daily deals site, Wishper. His story is a retail rollercoaster involving casual labouring jobs in Australia; Groupon; the modeling industry; retail supply, and
Strong transactional activity on electronic cards confirms that June 2015 was a strong close to a strong first half year. Business commentator Warren Head picks apart what happened.
Gift cards are such a success in the US that a company called Stockpile has started to sell stocks at retail stores using a card system. Each US$29.95 card bears a company’s branding and entitles the purchaser to US$25 worth of that company’s stock.
Social commerce is a concept that’s being tossed around a lot at the moment as companies seek to engage customers on their favourite sites. Facebook is the latest to get on board with this trend and has announced a plan to test social shopping within
Red Current Albany's colourful window display caught our eye last week and got us excited about summer. If you've got or seen a great store or mall display, why not show it off on The Register? Just email a picture and a short explanation of
Juanita Neville-te Rito, CEO of retail specialist agency Hotfoot, talks about different approaches to shopping and how retailers can leverage traditional gender roles in their marketing programmes.
The business world is a tough place, especially in the new millennium. These days, many small businesses only last about five years, and plenty of the old established ones are falling by the wayside. In this post, brought to you by Fusion5, we look at
A Palmerston North banker and coin collector known only as Jason has listed some of New Zealand’s new banknotes on Trade Me at a modest profit. Bidding started at $24 for a pair of brand new $10 notes, and had reached $30 by 5pm.