Reporting and analysis on retail, e-commerce, and consumer trends in New Zealand, updated continuously by our newsroom.
ASX-listed Flight Centre Travel Group will buy two local travel firms for an undisclosed sum, expanding its footprint in New Zealand and making it one of the country’s biggest travel management groups. The Brisbane-based company on Monday said it had agreed…
New Zealand’s Commerce Commission has agreed to launch a review of the nation’s NZ$2.7 billion ($2 billion) mobile market in the coming year. The competition regulator has been asked by New Zealand telecommunications commissioner Simon Bridges to evaluate why…
Swedish fast fashion chain, Hennes & Mauritz AB (H&M), has confirmed its second store in New Zealand will open on September 9. Located at The Crossing in Christchurch’s CBD, the new location follows the opening of H&M at Sylvia Park Shopping Centre in…
Hawaiki Submarine Cable, the company building a subsea cable between Australia, New Zealand, Hawaii and the mainland US, has commissioned the construction of the New Zealand cable landing station. New Zealand electrical engineering and construction company…
Sneaker company Asics New Zealand has opened its first retail store in Auckland – one of only nine concept stores for the Japanese brand. Covering 203sqm over two levels, the store houses the nation’s only 3D foot-mapping system. “If you walk into the store…
The first stage of the NZ$130 million Five Mile Retail Centre development at the gateway to Queenstown has opened, after the site’s conversion from an abandoned construction project into a state-of-the-art shopping precinct. The 14,000sqm site is now home to…
International retailers are continuing to fuel a race for space in the Pacific region, with over 90 groups seeking to roll out stores in Australia and 50 retailers eyeing New Zealand, according to a new CBRE report. According to the property firms research,…
New Zealand is among the world’s stand out digital economies, according to the Digital Evolution Index 2017 launched yesterday by The Fletcher School at Tufts University and Mastercard. The research tracks the progress countries have made in developing their…
Cosmetics brand, Mecca Maxima, will open its first Auckland store in the first week of August. The 263sqm beauty emporium will stock over 50 global brands in makeup, skin, hair and fragrance categories. It will have 12 stations for makeup applications and…
New Zealand skincare company Trilogy has set up a cross-border e-commerce flagship store on Alibaba’s T-Mall platform. Trilogy has been exporting to eight countries across Asia, raking in NZ$4 million (US$2.9 million) in sales last year, almost double from…
Consumers from Australia and New Zealand significantly prefer making purchases via desktop, despite browsing traffic continuing to move towards smartphones, according to the latest research from Adobe. In its latest report, the software multinational…
Wellington’s fashion scene continues to grow as H&M (Hennes & Mauritz) opens in Queensgate Shopping Centre, Lower Hutt, later this year. The fashion retailer made waves in 2016 when it opened its first store in Sylvia Park shopping centre, drawing in crowds…
New Zealand’s Spark has contracted Nokia to upgrade the operator’s core infrastructure in preparation of 5G, ultra-fast broadband and the IoT. Spark will expand the capacity of its wireless network, which is primarily based on a Nokia IP/MPLS network, with a…
New Zealand will be trying to win over other members this weekend when TPP ministers get together in Hanoi on the sidelines of an APEC meeting. New Zealand is increasingly optimistic that the 11 remaining countries of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) will…
New Zealand wholesale operator Chorus has commenced the second phase of the Ultra-Fast Broadband (UFB) initiative, which will involve the rollout of the national fiber network to 169 new areas including 18 towns. The build has commenced in the coastal town of…
New Zealand’s mobile operators Spark, Vodafone New Zealand and 2degrees have submitted a joint proposal to improve rural broadband and mobile infrastructure under two government programs. The operators have applied to be selected for the Rural Broadband…
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