Countdown’s commercial strategy saves customers $70m
Since repositioning itself as a supermarket focused on low prices, Countdown says it’s saved its customers over $70 million on more than 1000 products through its ‘Price Lockdown’ initiative.
Since repositioning itself as a supermarket focused on low prices, Countdown says it’s saved its customers over $70 million on more than 1000 products through its ‘Price Lockdown’ initiative.
Smiths City Group has appointed Roy Campbell as its chief executive, replacing long-serving managing director Rick Hellings.
American contemporary artist Sam Van Aken has used grafting to create a hybridised tree which bears more than 40 kinds of stone fruit.
United union national director Mike Treen has snubbed McDonald’s latest employee contract offering, which guaranteed 80 percent of rostered hours to workers. He says the offer is “PR spin” that doesn’t solve the problem at hand with zero hour contracts.
Ben Goodale is managing director of creative retail agency .99 and leading 1-1 agency, justONE. He discusses the impact of the digital revolution on traditional retailers.
Two more major fast food chains in New Zealand have followed Restaurant Brands’ lead in abandoning zero hour contracts for employees. Takeaway retailers have been under pressure from Unite Union, whose national director said last week if Restaurant Brands could stop the contracts, so could
A new variant called “Coca-Cola Life” will be available across New Zealand from this month onwards. The product is the first from Coke’s Kiwi range to contain stevia, a plant-based sweetener. It has 35 percent less sugar than standard Coca-Cola.
Retail spending using electronic cards continued to rise in March, hitting $4.7 billion. All retail industries except fuel were affected.
Retail NZ and Booksellers NZ have taken action to close the GST “loophole” which lets low value goods from overseas pass through customs free of charge.
Spending this year for the three days of Easter (Monday wasn’t included) was down 3.4 percent, compared to the year previous. BNZ notes that though it looks like a tough week for retail, the report includes the Easter weekend and Good Friday, where not much