After much fanfare, the NorthWest shopping centre opened its doors to the public for the first time today. Large crowds of customers turned out to be first to step foot in the new mall. We take a look at customers’ reactions to the newest retail
The ‘Trade For New’ initiative launched today. It encourages customers to donate quality pre-loved jackets and fleece items to Kathmandu stores in exchange for a 10 percent off voucher. The clothing will be donated to be sold in Red Cross shops.
Twitter has testing ecommerce features for a while now (as has almost every other social media platform) but it has finally rolled out a “buy button” for retailers big or small. Brands are now able to sell digital goods, physical products or services all within
Overseas online GST is once again a talking point as The Warehouse Group and InternetNZ have come forward to share their views on the matter. The Warehouse Group is keen for a tax to be imposed on overseas online low-value goods, but InternetNZ is warier.
In addition to venomous fauna and teenage hoodlums, the chromatic pairing of black and yellow has come to typify Pak 'n Save in the Kiwi retail industry. However, this year, in a show of support for the New Zealand Breast Cancer Foundation (NZBCF), Pak 'n
An Italian architect and supermarket chain COOP Italia has created a digital supermarket of the future at the Milan Expo 2015 and it’s quite impressive. The store features robotic arms, digital displays beside food and even a canvas that can spray paint customers’ faces.
Glassons Albany has a new look store that splits the shop into aisles rather than its traditional wide open space. Glassons CEO Graeme Popplewell says the updated layout makes stores easier to navigate and more intelligent in the way they showcase product. Plus – we
Early in 2015, Google began a change that affects how websites are prioritised in search results when searching from a mobile device. The impact of this change is that websites that are not considered ‘mobile-friendly’ will be given a lower priority than sites that are.
Lewis Road Creamery's Peter Cullinane says the premium dairy brand he founded in 2011 has re-energised the white milk sector and now has over 50 percent of the organic milk market in New Zealand. Now Goodman Fielder has taken the cow by the teats and
Kathmandu is shutting its four UK stores and switching to an ecommerce strategically after a “disappointing” financial result. It reported a net profit of $20.4 million for the year ended July 31, a decrease of $31.1 million (51.6 percent) from the year previous. This was