There’s nothing like hearing a success story to get you wondering whether that last shower thought you had could be the next iPhone. Considering Apple’s success (over 773 million iPhones sold) it’s more likely your invention idea is a dud. Here’s eight of the best
On Saturday, live bands played live in music stores around the country, retailers were stretched to capacity and vinyl addicts rejoiced. Was there some kind of music-oriented national holiday on Saturday? Unofficially, yes – it was Record Store Day.
Last year was the first significant rise in book sales in New Zealand, with Nielsen reporting a growth in book sales volume of 7.1 percent (5.3 million books sold). As part of our series on provincial retailing in Heartland New Zealand, Booksellers NZ CEO Lincoln
Following on from our 'Retail Yearbook' series over the summer, here's Russell Sinclair with more predictions for 2016. Sinclair carries out retail store appraisals through his company, Retail Services.
When it comes to power costs, upfront investment can pay dividends in the long term. Jai Breitnauer looks at the areas where financial – and environmental – sustainability margins can be easily achieved.
It's a hard life when you get to travel the world looking at retail inspiration, but retail expert and enthusiast Juanita Neville-Te Rito has done exactly that. She shares her picks for some of her favourite stores around the world, including a store she was
The new release from Frucor’s V range, ‘Morph’, is a fascinating substance. It’s opaque, grey-coloured and full of shifting sparkles which move inside the bottle when it’s shaken. The dangerous-looking (but completely safe) drink goes on sale in New Zealand on Monday.
Annah Stretton is the CEO of Stretton Clothing and the founder of RAW, a charitable trust that works with women recovering from domestic violence. She gave us the lowdown on her work in the community.
Training staff in customer service is one thing, but what the customer actually experiences can be quite another. We spoke with Garth Cook, learning and development manager at The Warehouse Group, and Kerry Maea, general manager operations at Hallenstein Brothers, about how retailers can maximise
Hallenstein Glasson has announced Di Humphries as the new CEO of womenswear chain Glassons. The ins and outs of the company will no doubt be quite familiar to her, considering she was previously the managing director of Glassons and an executive director of Hallenstein Glasson.