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Moa Group eyes wider beer market
By Victoria Young Sept. 25 (BusinessDesk) - Moa Group is banking on beers sold in bars and eateries to help it move into the black, and will now look at other categories beyond craft products. The unprofitable brewer-turned-restaurant-owner has done a licensing deal to brin...
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Loyalty scheme members not exclusive customers, fuel inquiry hears
By Gavin Evans Sept. 24 (BusinessDesk) - Users of fuel loyalty schemes are price sensitive and shop around to ensure they are getting the best deals available to them, the Commerce Commission heard today. While the AA Smartfuel scheme has about 2.6 million members, only ab...
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Spark's wobbly world cup start raises stakes for live-streaming - analysts
By Paul McBeth Sept. 23 (BusinessDesk) - Spark New Zealand will face greater scepticism from sporting bodies and the wider public about its ability to stream live sports after falling back on Television New Zealand for the All Blacks' first match in the Rugby World Cup over th...
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An algorithm dunnit: anatomy of Spark's mid-match surrender
By Pattrick Smellie Sept. 23 (BusinessDesk) - It had all been going so well. Friday night's Rugby World Cup opening ceremony and first match, Japan vs Russia, rolled down the international telecommunications cables to New Zealand so seamlessly for Spark Sport that freshly d...
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