Mitre 10 has reported the highest sales figures to date in its 41-year history. Its sales rose 8.7 percent to $1.13 billion in the year ended June 30. Mitre 10 chairman Martin Dippie said this showed Mitre 10 was the market leader in a competitive
Shoppers may one day pay to enter your store. MYOB’s ‘Future of Business’ report predicts as technology creates more online-assisted automation, the kind of human interaction afforded by bricks-and-mortar retail stores will become more and more valuable.
New Zealand’s best-known theme park now has a retail hub at its entrance. Architect and retail strategy company RCG has given the entrance to theme park a revamp, which features a brand new store hub and a café which visitors leave the park through.
Amidst the rugby madness that’s gripping the nation, Anchor has made a bold statement by turning its traditionally white milk bottles black. Considering how different this is from the usual bland milk packaging, we wondered, does packaging that has a point of difference equal more
Peter Chisnall is the country manager for MasterCard New Zealand. In his previous role at the MasterCard office in Melbourne, he played a key role in rolling out MasterCard’s latest digital wallet technology, MasterPass. The Register found out what innovations it can offer.
Jay Goodey is the founder of Onceit, an online store which offers consumers designer products at fire-sale prices, and retailers an opportunity to sell their outlet stock. It works with more than 300 suppliers from New Zealand and overseas, and boasts more than 250,000 users
Spark has recently won Red and Top Shop awards for its Albany and Sylvia Park store fit-outs. In this post, brought to you by Spark, head of consumer sales Greg Clark talks about the changes and challenges facing bricks and mortar stores, and how Spark
Nobody expects a fast fashion chain to be both inclusive of all walks of life and sustainable in its ideals, but H&M has surprised everyone with its ‘Close the Loop’ ad. People of almost every religion, size and gender are featured, looking sleek and stylish
Ryan Watkins is the managing director of GrabOne, New Zealand’s third-largest ecommerce website. The daily deals site employs over 100 staff and has 1.6 million members. The Register asked him to predict the future.
Tony Petrie is Countdown’s national online manager for its ecommerce store, which receives about 20,000 online orders each week. It has a database of 80,000 customers who regularly shop online. Countdown also wants to create a virtual retail mall by partnering with other companies to