Article – BusinessDesk

Feb. 15 (BusinessDesk) – Kirkcaldie & Stains, Wellington’s upscale department store owner, is mulling further property development while awaiting an offer for its unprofitable retail business. Read more »

Press Release – Distilled Spirits Association Of NZ Inc

The Government is being urged to tighten the spending powers of its new public health organisation, the Health Promotion Agency (HPA). Read more »

Press Release – Domino’s Pizza

Australasian pizza maker Domino’s Pizza Enterprises Limited (DMP) today announced a $12.6 million half year Net Profit After Tax, up 23% on the corresponding period last year. Read more »

Press Release – Statistics New Zealand

For the December 2011 quarter, compared with the September 2011 quarter (seasonally adjusted): Core retail sales volumes rose 2.9 percent, the largest increase since the series began in 1995. Total retail sales volumes rose 2.2 percent. Total retail … Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Feb. 15 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand retail sales grew more than expected as people bought more at supermarkets and spent more on petrol in the final quarter of 2011. Read more »

Press Release – Christchurch City Council

Book-lovers have the perfect chance to stock up their library with the Christchurch City Libraries book sale which starts at 9am on Friday 17 February. Christchurch City Council Libraries & Information Unit Manager Carolyn Robertson says the annual … Read more »

Press Release – Statistics New Zealand

Food prices showed no overall change in January 2012, but were up 1.0 percent on a year earlier, Statistics New Zealand said today. In January, higher prices for fruit and vegetables (up 3.6 percent) were offset by lower prices for meat, poultry, … Read more »

Press Release – Motor Industry Association

Improvements in vehicle fuel efficiency has seen the National Average Carbon Emission (NACE) figure for all new light vehicles registered in 2011, dropping for the first time below 200 grams to 197.1 grams – down 2.3% on 2010 (201.6 grams). Read more »

Press Release – Botany Town Centre

One little duck (2) and two fat ladies (88) bang on a drum (71) at the top of the shops (90). This sentence may sound like gibberish to most people, but thanks to Botany Town Centre and a local bingo revival, a trip to the shops will turn lucky … Read more »

Press Release – National Flower Promotion Group

And while red roses are synonymous with the day of love, flowers sellers throughout the country have also noted a trend towards arrangements of mixed blooms as Kiwis rush to place orders for flowers to declare true love and enduring affection. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Feb. 13 (BusinessDesk) – Argosy Property Trust, which is asking unitholders to approve corporatising its capital structure, has sold four Porirua and one Palmerston North properties. Read more »

Press Release – Customer Experiences

A popular and unique customer experience development guide available as a free download www.customerexperiences.co.nz is to finish in the next few days. Read more »

Press Release – New Zealand Police

Porirua Police are seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery that occurred at the Tawa Central Dairy last night. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Feb. 13 (BusinessDesk) – JB Hi-Fi’s New Zealand operations shone in the Australia-based electronic goods retailer’s otherwise lacklustre first-half results. Read more »

Press Release – Rob Salmond

13 February 2012 Plunket claims about corporate tax simplistic and misleading Casey Plunket’s claims (Chapman Tripp press release 10 Feb 2012) about the role that corporate tax plays in New Zealand are misleading, says Rob Salmond, author of The … Read more »

Press Release – Synlait

Canterbury milk powder manufacturer, Synlait Milk recently completed production of an innovative new milk powder designed to assist people with sleep disorders. The new product dubbed Synlait Night Milk is made by collecting milk produced by … Read more »

Press Release – UN Women National Committee for Aotearoa

What does The Warehouse have in common with Z Energy, Westpac, Skycity Entertainment, Price Waterhouse Coopers, Vodafone, Alcatel-Lucent and Heidrick and Struggles? Read more »

Press Release – Family First

Family First NZ is repeating its call for law changes to the Prostitution Reform Act in order to protect families and businesses from the unregulated activities of the sex industry. Read more »

Article – BusinessDesk

Feb. 10 (BusinessDesk) – New Zealand shares rose as Fletcher Building climbed to a four-month high on speculation its earnings will recover from their current slump as the rebuild of Christchurch drives construction activity. Read more »

Press Release – SAFE

Animal advocacy group SAFE congratulates Pepsi New Zealand for listening to customer concerns by withdrawing its ‘Bromitment’ competition prize that would send the winner to the running of the bulls event in Spain. Read more »