A family-run business from Whitianga has won the People’s Choice award in Retail NZ’s Top Shop finals for the Central North Island. Christopher and Kylie Pickford run the variety store with Christopher’s parents, Shirley and Geith Pickford.
Once used as a way to keep children busy, colouring books are now experiencing demand from a different demographic – adults. They are some of the bestselling items in Kiwi stores, and five of Amazon’s top 10 books in June were adult colouring books. We
Retailers came from as far as Rotorua, Gisborne and Whitianga to attend the Top Shop awards for the Central North Island in Hamilton on Thursday night – and some were rewarded for the trip, including Specsavers, Liquorking and Rebel Sport.
Kiwi consumers are feeling a whole lot better about the economy than their Australian neighbours across the ditch, MasterCard reports. However, New Zealand may just look good in comparison to Australia’s dire situation, as BNZ is reporting a grimmer outlook.
Apparently, bad things happen in threes. Iconic New Zealand women’s clothing retailer Jean Jones joined high-end womenswear chain Identity and midmarket chain Shanton Fashions in financial strife when it was put into liquidation by shareholder vote on July 31.
Kathmandu’s shareholders have been waiting to hear how they should respond to a surprise takeover attempt from privately-held Briscoe Group since June. Briscoe then announced it had accumulated a 19.9 percent shareholding in Kathmandu, and presented a share offer in cash and scrip shortly afterwards.
This quirky, clock themed display was spotted at Parker & Co Eyewear in Newmarket. If you've got or seen a great store display, why not show it off on The Register? Just email a picture and a short explanation of the store to sarah.dunn@tangiblemedia.co.nz
An increasing number of shop vacancies are cropping up in Dunedin’s prime George St shopping precinct as national and internationally-branded stores head for the city’s malls and the suburbs. Bayleys researcher Goran Ujdur explains the research behind this trend.
March quarter retail activity was extremely strong, with a rise in real retail sales of 2.7 percent beating market forecasts. Columnist Felix Delbruck, a senior economist at Westpac, said at the time that this was the biggest quarterly lift since the data series begin in
The first new-look Spark stores have been rolled out in Sylvia Park and Albany, with more on the way for Spark Northwest and Queen St. Alongside a deeper design-led refresh, the stores will offer free Spark-branded water, virtual queuing, a safe phone-charging station and live