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The omicron tsunami: are our businesses ready?
Retail

The omicron tsunami: are our businesses ready?

NZ businesses are looking to Australia for guidance on combatting absenteeism and essential supply shortages when an omicron outbreak occurs.

Brent Melville 13 Jan 2022
Forced divestment touted as only route to supermarket competition
Retail

Forced divestment touted as only route to supermarket competition

A leading food consultancy says a forced supermarket selloff could entice a new player to take on Foodstuffs and Woolworths – would Aussie retailer Coles be tempted?

Pattrick Smellie 11 Jan 2022
Wage and covid costs hammer Warehouse Christmas trading
Retail

Wage and covid costs hammer Warehouse Christmas trading

The cost of doing business was expected to be $35m higher.

Staff reporters 10 Jan 2022
Time to go where everybody knows your name
Retail

Time to go where everybody knows your name

The suburban local has found favour over the past couple of years as people working from home craved a friendly face.

Paul McBeth 07 Jan 2022