Kathmandu’s chief executive Xavier Simonet is being credited with a profit turnaround by the retailer. Its annual profit has jumped 64 percent to $33.5 million for the year until July 31, up from $20.4 million the year previous.
Offering a cornucopia of choices can feel like you're doing the customer a favour, but sometimes, it can instead lead to analysis paralysis. TRA consultant Emily Franklin-Smith explains how an overabundance of options can overwhelm.
In a series of articles run in The Register's print magazine, NZ Retail, Sarah Dunn considers the practical realities of launching a boutique retail operation. To help visualise this, Dunn made up an imaginary retail proposition called Scribble Kitty - it's a utopian palace combining
The finalists for New Zealand's Best Workplaces Survey 2016 have been announced, and retailers lead the charge in several of the categories. The Warehouse, Naveya and Sloane and Overland Footwear are among the finalists recognised in New Zealand's largest study of workplace and employee engagement.
Raju Vuppalapati is chief executive of Australian apparel company R.M.Williams. Specialising in boots, the retailer has taken its outback chic around the globe. We asked Vuppalapati about R.M.Williams’ plans for New Zealand.
Local retail organisation GoRetail have decided that Gore shop doors will stay closed on Easter Sunday. Carvin Streetwear owner Chanelle Purser explains their reasoning.
Opening a boutique retail store is a bucket-list item for many people, but the reality is more complicated than many prospective retailers imagine. The Register editor Sarah Dunn dares to dream. The first installment covers leasing, site inspections and other aspects of finding retail premises.
As regular readers will know, The Retail Collective's Juanita Neville-Te Rito is a shopper of unusual talent. Here, she considers how her love for shopping dovetails with her enthusiasm for loyalty programmes.
When one of North Island chain The Tile Depot’s key suppliers began producing a range of bold, eco-friendly wallpapers, the chain saw an opportunity to branch out. The chain has today released its first line of wallpaper into all 14 stores.
With so much diet related information available online, The New Zealand Food and Grocery Council hopes to make food literacy simple for New Zealanders as well as tackle obesity with a new consumer-facing website.