Following Westpac's proposal to close 19 banks in mostly provincial areas, First Union says ANZ is considering closing five of its branches. The branches are located in Palmerston North, Milton, Ngaruawahia, Otorohanga and Te Aroha.
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 Rosie Keddell, a New Zealand field hockey player who competes for the national women’s team, the Black Sticks.
In a regular series about Beauty Bliss’ journey from clicks to bricks, Toni Cox shares the latest from Beauty Bliss land. This time, she covers stock management.
New World has released its latest collectible miniatures, but this time it’s not tiny plastic Nutri-Grain packets, cooking oil or Super Wine biscuits. Instead, it’s taken a more sustainable turn and has launched Little Garden, enabling kids to collect miniature seedling kits.
There have been a lot changes, wins and losses in the retail industry as of late. Director of property, design and research specialist agency RCG Paul Keane considers the latest developments, including Dick Smith's senior management blunders and where it went wrong.
As Christchurch continues to develop, decisions need to be made about what kind of city emerges from the rubble. Retail NZ has been advocating on behalf of retailers - here's acting chief executive Scott Fisher with a report on how it's going.
While the total revenue of Cotton On group worldwide soars past AU$2 billion, country manager Mark Singleton is preparing to dive 192 metres off Auckland’s Sky Tower for charity. Twenty seven bosses and community leaders are doing the same as part of the Graeme Dingle
Henry Oliver's new best friend will dance, do push-ups, and the downward-facing dog. Oh, and it will line-up for an iPhone7 too.
The owner of the Mad Butcher Silverdale store has been put into liquidation, making it the seventh franchisee to go under in the last 18 months. We talked First Retail managing director Chris Wilkinson about why the chain is floundering in the current market.
An influx of pages pretending to be New Zealand retailers or shopping centres have popped up on Facebook trying to lure people into entering fake competitions. Westfield, Bunnings and Noel Leeming have all been affected by the impostor pages and have had to issue caution