Out of the 62 stores that remained when Dick Smith shut down earlier this year, just over a dozen have been re-leased to new tenants. Colliers national director of retail Leroy Wolland said there's a lack of demand for Dick Smith's former stores in smaller
Grey, old and ignored. This is the perception Richard Poole fought against when he founded his online magazine dedicated to those older than 50. And now ten years on, the job isn’t done, but the industry is starting to notice that he might have been
There's been a buzz on the internet over the last few days as the highly anticipated John Lewis Christmas ad appeared to have launched. However, the 86-second story about a snowman was not the work of the UK retailer, instead it was produced by a
To mark the arrival of the Vodafone xone business accelerator, Idealog is interviewing heaps of established New Zealand innovators, as well as the founders of the 10 startups selected by Vodafone to receive mentorship, funding and the potential benefits of working with a global network.
A couple from Rotorua have created the first ever range of te reo Māori speaking dolls in New Zealand in response to a gap in the market for toys that promote the language. Called Pipi Mā, there are four different dolls available that say a
After searching for over four years, fashion house brand World has finally found a perfect spot for its Queenstown store. We talked with World director and designer Benny Castles about the sixth addition to its stable (and its second store in the South Island) and
After the closure of seven stores in New Zealand, Pumpkin Patch’s receivers have announced they’re going to close 27 stores across the Tasman. KordaMentha receivers said the decision to shut down the stores was made to stabilise the wider business and improve the prospects of
A study by Contiki shows that young people are continuing place more importance on experiences than ever, with 50 percent of interviewees aged 18 to 35 saying it was a defining trait of their generation. They said their money is increasingly being spent on festivals,
Luxury legend Louis Vuitton has broken with tradition in commissioning local designer Ed Cruikshank to make furniture for its Queenstown store.
It has been 69 years since one of the world’s most successful clothing chains opened its doors in Västerås, Sweden – H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB. We look back at the history of what is now H&M and how it managed to have such a presence in almost