New Zealand department store Farmers launched its Autumn/Winter 2016 collection on Friday in an Instagram-worthy Grey Lynn location. We spoke with Abby Mattock, advertising and marketing coordinator womenswear and Abe Villanueva, marketing category manager fashion to find out what the collection says about the company’s
A suburb on the North Shore of Auckland is experiencing a revival that may see it competing with the likes of Ponsonby Rd. While the main strip of Takapuna once looked rather tired, landlords are getting stuck into refurbishment to attract top tenants and a
A store in Copenhagen, Denmark called WeFood has become the first supermarket to sell exclusively ugly or expired food. The store gets its stock from larger supermarket chains throughout the region and sells them at markdowns of 30 to 50 percent.
When you're a company which was already 130 years old when New Zealand's Treaty of Waitangi was signed, how do you conduct yourself in 2016's retail market? At Frankfurt's Ambiente homewares fair in February, heritage tableware brands like Meissen, Royal Copenhagen and Kahla sought to
Dan Gillingham – designer, traditionalist and owner of furniture retail store The Earnest Workshop – says his ultimate goal is to “sell, but not sell out”. But how mutually exclusive are these positions for craftsmen and retailers such as he in this day and age?
As counterfeiters step up their game around the world, the need to verify products and their accreditation logos is increasing. So, in a bid to counteract the counterfeiters, and to promote New Zealand and its premium products to the world in a unique way, FernMark
Given that Ambiente is held in Europe, the homeland of Western tradition, it's not unusual for exhibitors to represent companies with hundreds of years of history to their name. The fair itself dates back to the Middle Ages. Therefore, one of the most prominent conversation
Umere, A Maori language group, is calling for the Government to mandate Maori signage at major New Zealand institutions, such as banks, airports and national retail chains. It says this will help Maori become better recognised as one of the country’s official languages.
Hotfoot CEO Juanita Neville-te Rito has declared 2016 the year of change for retailers. She talks about her experience at the NRF (National Retail Federation) Big Show Retail conference held in New York, and the key trends to watch out for.
With the changes going on over at fuel retailer Z Energy, we decided to have a chat to its head of retail, Mark Forsyth. He talks sustainability, how big the market is for self-service and what a service station of the future might look like.