Secret shopper is a chance for retailers to hear New Zealand shoppers' thoughts on their best and worst retail experiences, most-wanted products and more. This edition features Benny Castles, Kiwi fashion house World's director and designer.
The Retail Collective founder Juanita Neville-Te Rito has been following the Dick Smith hearing in the Supreme Court of New South Wales with interest, and believes many lessons from it are applicable to Kiwi retailers.
Running your own retail business can be an exercise in anxiety. Executive general manager of NZI Travis Atkinson suggests how insurance can help retailers alleviate some worries.
Gotta catch ‘em all. If you don’t know this phrase, then perhaps you’re dead – please check your pulse. Hotfoot general manager Fiona Kerr queries the wisdom of investing heavily in fads like Pokemon Go.
As part of our series that explores the retail industry's greatest moves of the past year, we talked to JLL national director of sales and leasing on the year that was in retail property, and asked for some predictions for 2017.
As part of our series that explores the retail industry's greatest moves of the past year, we asked First Retail managing director Chris Wilkinson all about the industry's highs and lows of the past year, as well as as some predictions for 2017.
And just like that, 2016 is nearly over. As always, it’s been a riotously busy year in retail, and The Register’s posted nearly 900 stories as our team attempts to keep up. As editor Sarah Dunn packed up her workstation and headed for the beach,
Westgold butter is made on the West Coast. The product has been export-only since the brand was launched by parent company Westland Milk Products in 2004, but this year, it’s been rolled out to Kiwi consumers. Just as it was gaining momentum in supermarkets, the
Small towns and big earthquakes don’t mix. The November 4th magnitude 7.8 quake devastated Kaikoura and surrounding areas on the South Island’s East Coast. As well as creating widespread devastation, its aftermath has resulted in a persistent financial burden for local business owners.
Global fast fashion giant H&M has announced the location of its third New Zealand store. It will open in The Crossing shopping centre in Christchurch's CBD in 2017. This means it will open ahead of the second store it announced at Commercial Bay in downtown