There’s a smart meter box on the side of 70 percent of New Zealand houses. You’d be forgiven if you thought it was smart because, well, it’s in the name. But the data that these little meters collect and communicate is only as smart as
Visa has been relatively dormant in the tech-driven payment space for a few years. Although its 2007 introduction of Visa payWave, using RFID technology, was a great step, the likes of Apple Pay and Google Wallet have more effectively improved the classic payment pain point.
Pumpkin Patch director Josette Prince’s resignation from the board has prompted the company to confirm its earnings guidence for the current financial year. Prince formally resigned last Thursday, citing other business and travel commitments as her reasons for stepping down.
It's that time of year again, the temperature drops and power bills rise as heaters and electric blankets come out in full force. It only seems fitting for electricity suppliers to launch a flurry of deals and campaigns to vie for the consumer dollar, a
A New Zealand buyers club may be unheard of by many, but it has been offering discounted prices to members for 20 years. Cherrytree is a wholesale buyers club, where members can buy almost anything for the wholesale price, plus a handling fee of up
Natalie O’Donnell and Karla Lewis launched Napier-based vintage and rockabilly clothing label Two Lippy Ladies in January last year. The founders, both lovers of the 1950s aesthetic, walk the talk and have heaps of fun, yet they are also on a serious mission.
What started out as an art installation in Wellington has turned into a thriving non-profit organisation serving the city’s most vulnerable. The Free Store operates like a shop, but instead of taking money, it simply hands out food to those who need it.
Five years on from the Christchurch earthquakes, the garden city is continuing to flower as hospitality enjoys another positive quarter despite an easing of growth in the retail sector.
Fast-fashion lovers have been waiting with bated breath for Swedish global giant H&M to announce an opening date for its Sylvia Park store. While that hasn’t yet happened, it was available for questions from New Zealand media this week, and offered a peek at its
Hell Pizza is dishing out pizza by the slice in its new store on Victoria St in central Auckland. That, and its electric new approach to delivery, is sure to satisfy the trending consumer attitude of “I don’t want it later, I want it now.”