TVNZ-NZ Marketing Awards: Mitre 10 wins Retail Award
To get customers through its doors, Mitre 10 became the first retail partner to offer in-store Airpoints Dollars redemption across all products. It was a risky move, but one that’s paying-off.
Black Friday takes bite out of Christmas holiday sales
Black Friday retail sales could be changing the shopping habits of consumers ahead of traditional pre-Christmas and Boxing Day holiday sales.
The London Eye: Inside the next generation of make-up
Jenene Crossan is the founder of Flossie, a business that helps to create smarter tools for retailing hair and beauty services. She’s also a Kiwi abroad and her series, The London Eye, details her experience of expanding her business and basing herself in London to
What are the benefits and risks of a cashless society?
The cashless society is coming – you can bet your last physical dollar on it, David Cohen says. The smart money says we may now be in the last decade before the penny finally drops. Many New Zealanders will have already had the experience, possibly even over the
Picking up the scraps: The companies leading waste minimisation
In New Zealand, we discard 15.5 million tonnes of waste each year, an absurd amount for a small, agrarian, country at the bottom of the earth. Partly, the problem lies in our recycling systems – only a meager 28 percent of it is recycled. But, new radical solutions are
2020 vision: What 2020 means for Dargaville retailers
In the final installation of our series looking at retail in seven New Zealand regions, we're examining Dargaville. Dargaville sits on the junction of State Highways 12 and 14, the gateway to the Waipoua Forest, home of giant kauri trees. Despite this, major tourism seems yet to
Container Door fined $54,000 over non-compliant bicycles
Ecommerce retailer Container Door has fallen afoul of the Commerce Commission after supplying pedal bicycles which did not meet mandatory product safety standards. Following a Commerce Commission investigation, it pleaded guilty to two representative charges under the Fair Trading Act 1986. Between 1 April and 23 November
2020 vision: How Cambridge retail will perform this year
As part of a series looking at seven regional centres to consider what regional retail looks like this year, we're considering Cambridge.The rural heartland town of Cambridge, in the Waikato, is taking off. Since the four-lane Cambridge section of the Waikato Expressway came to town
Steve Mills becomes Countdown’s new GM of Merchandise
Countdown has announced Steve Mills as the new general manager of merchandise. Mills is replacing the previous GM, Scott Davidson, who left the role at the end of 2019 to lead another Woolworths Group business, BWS, in Australia. Mills has been working with Countdown for 27 years and has
Read it again: Best of The Register’s retail fit-out stories
eak, we’re providing some reading material from our archives to keep you busy. This time, we’re looking at top fit-outs and premises. The fit-out section in NZ Retail magazine has profiled some brilliant retail fit-outs over the years. Here are some of our favourites: The sensational, subterranean Wine
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