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The staff at Specsavers Gisborne have been named the best customer service team in the whole Asia-Pacific region. Just four months after the Gladstone Road store was named as Retail New Zealand’s overall customer service winner at its Top Shop Awards, the…
New Zealand manufacturer of soaps and body products, Soap Opera Productions Limited, announced today (November 16) that it has opened its first retail store in Hong Kong, Honeybunch Handmade, in response to strong demand for quality personal care products in…
Apple Inc. said Monday that its latest smartphones, the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus, will be available at the technology giant’s retail stores at 8 a.m. local time on Friday, September 25. The company also noted that more than 50 percent of existing devices…
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has opened a new $37m blending and packing plant in Indonesia. Said to be Fonterra’s first manufacturing facility in the country, the plant uses the company’s manufacturing design standards and technology. The plant is capable…
Connell Brothers (CBC), the largest specialty chemicals and ingredients marketer and distributor in Asia-Pacific, announced today that, effective September 1, 2015, it is appointed to manage the sale and distribution of Graminex(R)’s products in Australia and…
New Zealand restaurant idea Mad Group, says it has signed Memorandums of Understanding to enter Japan and the US. Mad Group runs the Mad Mex Mexican fast service restaurant idea and Ordinary Repair, which specialises in wholesome wraps, salads, smoothies and…
New Zealand-listed Cooks International Meals has signed a three way partnership settlement with Shenzhen-listed retail and property big BuBuGao Group to develop 30 Esquires Espresso shops in Hunan by 2020. The three way partnership cements China’s place as…
Woolworths has abandoned plans to enter the discount department store sector in New Zealand and has sold its 8.8 percent stake in New Zealand retailer The Warehouse Group for NZD86.9 million (USD65.5m), less than half the price it paid eight years ago.…
New Zealand-based outdoor clothing retailer Kathmandu on Friday announced the appointment of Xavier Simonet as the new CEO of the company. Simonet is currently the CEO of Radley, a London-based brand with a product range covering women’s handbags, luggage and…
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