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Retail

NZ consumers still opening their wallets; govt's cut beats forecast

Rebecca Howard | Fri, 10 Jul 2020

A solid jump in retail spending and higher-than-forecast sales tax revenue point to consumers being in good heart. Seasonally adjusted retail card spending jumped 16.3 percent in June compared to M...

Election 2020

ELECTION 2020: Boag quits Nats; confirms more patient leaks

Victoria Young | Fri, 10 Jul 2020

Long time National Party member Michelle Boag has quit the organisation and admitted she sent patient details to opposition immigration spokesperson Michael Woodhouse.Woodhouse, in a statement, said h...

Primary Sector

Emissions, water settings will put brakes on export plans - economists

Brent Melville | Fri, 10 Jul 2020

Greenhouse gas commitments and freshwater settings have tempered New Zealand’s export goals for the next decade, which would otherwise be a whole lot more ambitious, economists say. The government'...

Innovating under isolation: How businesses can recover and grow their customer base

Profit or Loss: The Dangers of Fake ROI

It's hard to know what is going to happen in the future. This virus and its effects are changing everything, so businesses need to take a careful look at their marketing.