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Warehouse to boost retail as career choice
Mark Powell, chief executive of retailer Warehouse Group, says he hopes to eventually see someone promoted to his role who started out in the Red Shirts in Schools programme aged 16.
Mark Powell, chief executive of retailer Warehouse Group, says he hopes to eventually see someone promoted to his role who started out in the Red Shirts in Schools programme aged 16.
An Auckland mother whose baby drank expired infant formula has lashed out at the Warehouse for stocking the out-of-date product.
Police have been contacting known 1080 opponents in a bid to find the person behind a threat to contaminate New Zealand's baby formula stocks.
The Warehouse and Foodstuffs are reassuring customers they are doing everything they can to boost security in their stores.
The final chapter in a long-running New Zealand retail battle played out this week when Woolworths offloaded its shares in The Warehouse Group.
Rich-listers David and Anne Norman have snapped up Australian supermarket operator Woolworths' stake in The Warehouse Group.
The operator of Farmers and Whitcoulls has more than doubled its shareholding in The Warehouse but says it will not make a takeover bid for the retailer.
Police in Waitakere are investigating after The Warehouse in Henderson was held up at gunpoint early this morning.
The Warehouse Group chairman says the company remains committed to its strategy amid criticism that its growth push has failed and major changes need to take place at the board and CEO level.
Warehouse chief executive Mark Powell says it will be "a very difficult ask" for the group to beat last year's profits after it announced weaker-than-expected sales.
Warehouse shares have plunged today after it said profits for the first half of the financial year are likely to be down 20 per cent.
A survey of portable cots for sale in New Zealand has uncovered potentially fatal safety defects - including folding mechanisms that could trap a child's neck.
Retailers are hoping positive economic conditions will offset a blustery and wet start to the spring and summer period.
NZ's largest listed retailer, affirmed its expectation for a rise in annual earnings even as sales lag heading into the key Christmas trading period.
The Warehouse lifted first-quarter sales 3.5pc, opening more Noel Leeming stores, and widened margins at its dominant 'Red Shed' unit.
Higher wages and a specialised degree are among the initiatives helping change the perception of retail from a boring job to a high-flying career, says Warehouse boss.
A Warehouse security officer who was sacked for allegedly calling a customer an "arrogant p****" has won her job back.
I had an unusual experience at The Warehouse last weekend that told me something had changed for the better.
Warehouse Group investors await evidence that the retailer will get a return on the hundreds of millions of dollars spent overhauling stores.
NZ's largest listed retailer, The Warehouse, expects earnings to rise this financial year following an 18 percent drop in 2014.
Warehouse Group's profit warning last week has raised concerns about the outlook for both its core business and the success of its acquisition strategy.
David and Anne Norman have nabbed a strategic stake in the country's largest listed retailer, Warehouse Group.
The Norman family, has taken advantage of a slump in Warehouse shares to nudge its holding up to 5.15 per cent.
New Zealand's largest listed retailer cut its forecast for annual earnings as warmer autumn and winter weather crimped sales and margins.