VMob has been hailed as one of the world’s most prominent innovation and technology businesses in Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Awards. The mobile personalisation business won the cloud platform innovation category award.
Retail and mobile are becoming increasingly interlinked, so cloud-based POS system Vend has brought the two together in store. It has teamed up with Apple to expand its services on iPhones and iPads, allowing shop assistants to freely move around stores and business owners to
It’s the end of the line for Wellington heritage department store Kirkcaldie & Stains as overseas retailer David Jones lines up to to take it over.
Eastgate mall was one of the hardest-hit shopping centres in the 2011 Christchurch earthquake, but in the face of adversity, it’s only gotten stronger. The mall has been reinvented as more than just a shopping centre – it’s now home to the town library, a
Total online spending in New Zealand has reached more than $3 billion, BNZ has announced, as overseas sales continue to grow. The bank’s quarterly update shows Kiwis’ international online spend continues to soar above domestic online spend, with international purchases up 14 percent from April
Fiona Kerr is an account director at retail specialist agency, Hotfoot and regularly gives thanks that shopping is all in a day’s work. This week, she samples the latest international retail brands to land on our streets.
Every year, venture capitalist Mary Meeker puts a State of the Internet presentation together to show how the online world’s developments are affecting human behaviour and businesses. We trawled through the 2015 version to pick out the trends affecting retailers.
The Warehouse Group founder Stephen Tindall has topped Metro magazine’s list of the 50 most influential Aucklanders – ahead of Prime Minister John Key and international pop star Lorde.
So apparently the world has gone mad for buttons – you know, those irresistible round things you can’t help but push. Some of the world’s biggest websites and mobile apps are getting in on the action and luring shoppers in with tantalising “buy now” buttons.
Mobile shopping isn’t the way of the future – it’s happening right now. Contributor Leigh Stockton looks at how New Zealand retailers and their customers have adapted to mobile technology, and how those behind the curve can learn from the early adopters.