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If you want to sell, you need women - Melissa Clark-Reynolds
Retail

If you want to sell, you need women - Melissa Clark-Reynolds

Women dominate on Facebook and Instagram. They shop on their mobiles. So why aren't they on our boards?

Flight Centre halves NZ workforce, pins hopes on domestic demand
Retail

Flight Centre halves NZ workforce, pins hopes on domestic demand

Travel agent says further government support is needed, as parent posts A$662 million loss.

Countdown earnings rise 10.7% on fatter margins, bigger sales
Retail

Countdown earnings rise 10.7% on fatter margins, bigger sales

Lockdown pantry-stocking helped drive Woolworths' New Zealand earnings up by more than 10 percent as it managed to fatten margins despite the added cost of operating in a covid-19 environment.  NZ supermarket sales, through Woolworths’ local brand Countdown, rose 9.1 percent t...

Dan Brunskill 27 Aug 2020
Office Max closing all 14 retail stores
Retail

Office Max closing all 14 retail stores

OfficeMax is shutting down its chain of 14 retail stores at the end of October and shifting to online trading only. This will mean 55 jobs will be lost, managing director Kevin Obern said.In an email to customers it said it made the difficult decision to close its retail network...