by Chris | Mar 31, 2017 | business, eCommerce, New Zealand, online store
China’s eCommerce giant, Alibaba, has its eyes set in AU and NZ and it has its first office in Melbourne opened last month. How does this affect the retail landscape? For ANZ retailers, a local Alibaba presence would bring an opportunity to better reach...
by Chris | Mar 29, 2017 | eCommerce, New Zealand, online store
Kiwi retailers need to invest in both “brick and clicks” if they are to compete against the wave of international players setting up shop in New Zealand. The retail industry landscape has changed drastically over the past few years and businesses now need...
by Chris | Jul 27, 2015 | New Zealand, online store
Instead of spending more or less an hour going through aisles in the supermarket, more Kiwis are now doing their grocery shopping online. And because of that, Countdown is looking to expand its online grocery into something more like a virtual mall. The leading...
by Chris | Sep 9, 2014 | business, New Zealand
New Zealand startup 9 Spokes has won the 2014 IBM SmartCamp Sydney competition. 9 Spokes’ platform integrates data from popular SaaS tools and online business software and displays it in real time on a single dashboard, helping start-ups and smaller businesses manage...
by Chris | Sep 5, 2014 | business, New Zealand
Four of New Zealand’s most successful entrepreneurs are teaming up to share their secrets with Kiwi business owners across the country, thanks to the Building Smarter Business project. The 2degrees initiative, which launched Sept. 1, aims to equip businesses with...
by Chris | Sep 5, 2014 | business, New Zealand
National director of business and professional networking organisation BNI New Zealand Graham Southwell spoke with the New Zealand Herald recently about why people choose to start a business alone and what they can expect. Southwell said although people go into...