Mitre 10 launches new home improvement range
Mitre 10 has launched a Number 8 campaign to showcase the hardware company's bespoke range of home improvement products.
Amazon’s cashier-free store launches
For the last couple of years, the retail world has been tantalized by rumours of completely automated stores being developed, tested and trialled overseas. Now, these walk-in vending machines have become a credible reality with the launch of the first Amazon Go store in Seattle
New Zealand’s great disposable coffee cup conundrum
It’s 2018, and we’re still having a global debate about single-use, disposable items such as coffee cups, plastic straws, cheap wooden chopsticks, and more. Here in the Land of the Long White Cloud, the issue of what to do with disposable coffee cups – and
Banks Group sale pays off outstanding loans
Footwear chain Banks Group’s business sold to a group of investors led by the former owner’s son for 2.3 million in November. Now, the finalised sale means the group are able to pay off outstanding loans against the business.
Lush Perfumes latest release
Lush Cosmetics has released its latest fragrance collection, Lush Perfumes, with 28 scents now available, inspired by art, music, and memories.
Quantifying your intuition
The days of opening a cash drawer to record a sale and doing the bookkeeping in a literal book are long behind us. Caitlin Salter examines how retailers are recording more information about customers than ever before, and how they're using that data to help
Dean Cook departs Farmers for The Warehouse Group
Farmers' long-time head of marketing Dean Cook has left to join The Warehouse Group.
What’s in store for The Everything Store?
After years of persistent rumours, Amazon has confirmed its arrival in the Australian market. Is it coming to New Zealand next? If so, what should Kiwi retailers do? Sarah Dunn finds out.
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New Nespresso retail concept takes aim at queues
Coffee-pod retailer Nespresso has opened a new concept store in the Auckland suburb of Albany which aims for an immersive shopping experience. The boutique, which opened in December 2017, boasts an experiential design and virtual queuing system.
Expert advice for Amazon’s arrival
As part of a recent feature series on Amazon's Australian launch, our panel of retail experts - Massey University’s Professor Jonathan Elms; Sell Global’s Hamish Conway and Retail X’s Juanita Neville-Te Rito – each offered detailed advice on how retailers should adapt their offering