Retailing in New Zealand is an important sector in the

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, as a channel for a large proportion of household spending and international visitor spending. The overall size of the sector has been increasing since the end of the

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, with retail sales increasing by 30% between 1999 and 2005. One contributing factor was the growth of larger stores with greater

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and

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, at the cost of smaller

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merchants. Another contributing factor was low price inflation, with the price of imported goods falling 12% during that period. By 2004, about 15% of New Zealand businesses were retail outlets. These businesses accounted for 19% of total employment and 7.5% of the

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with total sales of about $51 billion. Supermarket and grocery stores made up about 28% of non-auto sales and 16% of retail employees. The beginning of the

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had a major impact on the retail sector. Sales dropped 15% in the June 2020 quarter before increasing 7.4% in the September 2020 quarter. The sector recovered faster than originally expected. In 2021, BDO identified the key trends in the New Zealand retail sector to be rising staffing costs, increased online shopping, changing technology, and the need to improve efficiency without compromising customer experience.

Supermarkets and grocery stores

Sales values in the sector increased from $8.3531 billion in 2000 to $22.5867 billion in 2021. The number of businesses increased from 2,679 to 3,525. The number of employees increased from 46,700 to 62,600.

Foodstuffs

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, established in 1925, has 231 stores. *

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, established in 1963, has 142 stores. *

PAK'nSAVE PAK'nSAVE (stylised PAK'nSAVE, originally PAK 'N SAVE) is a New Zealand discount food warehouse chain owned by the Foodstuffs cooperative. It is one of the three main supermarket chains, alongside Countdown and New World. There are 56 store ...

, established in 1985, has 57 stores. *

New World Metro New World is a New Zealand full-service supermarket chain. Each store is independently owned and operated, and is part of one of two Foodstuffs' co-operatives (Foodstuff North Island and Foodstuffs South Island). Other independently owned an ...

, established in 2002, has four stores. * New World Fresh Collective, established in 2017, has one store.

Woolworths New Zealand

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, established in 1981, has 184 stores. 1981 * SuperValue, established in 1964, has 38 stores. *

FreshChoice FreshChoice is a franchise of locally owned and operated supermarkets across New Zealand. The stores are operated under franchise agreements with Wholesale Distributors Ltd (WDL), a division of Woolworths New Zealand Woolworths New Zeala ...

, established in 1995, has 33 stores. * Countdown Metro, established in 2019, has three stores.

Independent

Night 'n Day Night 'n Day is a chain of New Zealand grocery stores. The stores operate long hours, and sell a range of ready-to-eat products. Night 'n Day is the third largest grocery retailer in New Zealand. Since 2011, it has rapidly expanded its network ...

, established in 1984, has 51 stores.

Hardware, building and garden supplies

Sales values in the sector increased from $3,575.4 million in 2000 to $9,754 million in 2021. The number of businesses declined from 1,542 to 1,401. The number of employees increased from 13,000 to 23,800.

Home decorating

* Resene ColorShop, established in Wellington CBD in 1975, has 60 stores. *

Guthrie Bowron Guthrie Bowron is a franchise of New Zealand home improvement stores established in 1896. It sells a range of home decorating supplies, including paint, wallpaper, flooring, curtains and blinds. There are 51 Guthrie Bowron stores around New Zeala ...

, established in Christchurch CBD in 1932, has 50 stores. * ColourPlus, a franchise established in 1999 in

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, has nine stores. This is down from 26 stores in 2016, and 40 stores in 1999.

Garden centres

Palmers Garden Centre Palmers Garden Centre or Palmers is a chain of New Zealand garden centres. It has 12 stores, including three in Auckland, selling a range of plants and gardening equipment. The head office of Palmers is in Rosedale, Auckland. History Starting ...

, established in

Glen Eden, Auckland Glen Eden is a suburb of West Auckland, New Zealand, located at the foothills of Waitākere Ranges. Originally known as Waikumete, the suburb gained the name Glen Eden in 1921. The suburb is in the Waitākere Ward, one of the thirteen administ ...

in 1912, has 12 stores. * Kings Plant Barn, established in

Takapuna, Auckland Takapuna is a suburb located on the North Shore of Auckland, New Zealand. The suburb is situated at the beginning of a south-east-facing peninsula forming the northern side of the Waitematā Harbour. While very small in terms of population, it ...

in 1992, has eight stores, all within Auckland.

Fuel retailing

New Zealand has several petrol station chains and franchises which supply fuel for cars, motorbikes, trucks and boats. The sector has undergone significant consolidation between 2000 and 2021. The number of businesses almost halved from 1,245 to 660. The number of employees also halved from 12,400 to 6,200. Sales values in the sector increased from $3.4436 billion in 2000 to $7.642 billion in 2021. It reached a record high of $9.0095 billion in 2022.

Petrol stations

Z Energy Z Energy is a New Zealand fuel distributor with branded service stations. It comprises some of the former assets of Shell New Zealand and Chevron New Zealand. Shell left the New Zealand fuel distribution business in April 2010, selling its ope ...

has 227 petrol stations. It traces its origins back to 1912. * BP has 240 petrol stations. It began in 1946. * Mobil New Zealand has 167 petrol stations. It was established in Wellington Central in 1896. * GAS Petrol Service Stations has 127 petrol stations. It started in 1999. *

Gull New Zealand Gull New Zealand is a New Zealand petroleum distribution company and petrol station chain. It is the country's third largest fuel retailer, with 113 locations in New Zealand including 45 in Auckland. History Gull Petroleum began as a Western Au ...

has 113 petrol stations. It started in

Frankton, Hamilton Frankton is a central suburb of the city of Hamilton, New Zealand. It is the site of the city's passenger railway station, a major industrial-commercial stretch of State Highway 1, and a commercial shopping area. Frankton Borough Council was fo ...

in 1999. *

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has 78 stations. It started in 1998. *

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has 70 stations. It was established in 1947. * Allied Petroleum has 69 petrol stations. It began in Wigram, Christchurch in 1993.

Pharmaceutical and other store based retailing

Sales values in the sector increased from $2,507.7 million in 2000 to $6,049.1 million in 2021. The number of businesses has declined from 6,423 to 5,772. The number of employees increased from 19,000 to 23,600.

Pharmacies

Chemist Warehouse Chemist Warehouse Group (trading as Chemist Warehouse, Chemist Warehouse New Zealand, My Chemist, My Beauty Spot) is an Australian company operating a chain of retail pharmacies both locally and internationally. The company is Australia's largest ...

is a franchise of 30 discount pharmacies; its first store opened in Glenfield, Auckland in 2017. *

Unichem Alliance Boots GmbH was a multinational pharmacy-led health and beauty group with corporate headquarters in Bern, Switzerland and operational headquarters in Nottingham and Weybridge, United Kingdom. The company had a presence in over 27 countr ...

is a franchise of 278 community pharmacies, launched in 1981. * Life Pharmacy is a franchise of 65 upmarket pharmacies, launched in 1995. * Health 2000 is a chain of

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stores established in 1993. It has 51 stores.

Variety

* Sunny's Variety Stores is a chain of five

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, established in

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in 1995.

Department stores

Sales values in the sector increased from $2,556.1 million in 2000 to $5,774.6 million in 2021. The number of businesses decreased from 18 to 12. The number of employees has fluctuated from 18,700 to 19,700.

National chains

The Warehouse The Warehouse Group (TWG) was founded by Stephen Tindall in 1982, and is the largest retail group operating in New Zealand. It is a corporate group that consists of The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Torpedo7, Noel Leeming, 1-day and TheMark ...

has 90 stores. It is part of

The Warehouse Group The Warehouse Group (TWG) was founded by Stephen Tindall in 1982, and is the largest retail group operating in New Zealand. It is a corporate group that consists of The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Torpedo7, Noel Leeming, 1-day and TheMark ...

, and opened its first store in

in 1982. *

Farmers A farmer is a person engaged in agriculture, raising living organisms for food or raw materials. The term usually applies to people who do some combination of raising field crops, orchards, vineyards, poultry, or other livestock. A farmer mi ...

has 58 stores. It is owned by

James Pascoe Group The James Pascoe Ltd Group of Companies is a privately owned New Zealand retail group with holdings across New Zealand and Australia. JPG owns and operates chains Pascoes the Jewellers, Stewart Dawsons and Goldmark (all jewellers); department ...

and opened its first store in 1909. *

Harvey Norman Harvey Norman is a large Australian-based, multi-national retailer of furniture, bedding, computers, communications and consumer electrical products. It mainly operates as a franchise, with the main brand and all company-operated stores owned ...

has 44 stores. The first store opened in

Wairau Valley, Auckland Wairau Valley is a suburb of Auckland, New Zealand. The area is predominantly light industrial/commercial. The Northern Motorway passes to the east, and the Wairau Park shopping complex extends to the north. The valley is drained by the Wairau C ...

in 1997. *

Kmart Kmart Corporation ( , doing business as Kmart and stylized as kmart) is an American retail company that owns a chain of big box department stores. The company is headquartered in Hoffman Estates, Illinois, United States. The company was inc ...

has 21 stores. It is owned by

Wesfarmers Wesfarmers Limited is an Australian conglomerate, headquartered in Perth, Western Australia. It has interests predominantly in Australia and New Zealand, operating in retail, chemical, fertiliser, industrial and safety products. With revenue o ...

, and opened its first tore in

Henderson, Auckland Henderson ( mi, Ōpanuku) is a major suburb of West Auckland, in the North Island of New Zealand. It is west of Auckland city centre, and west of the Whau River, a southwestern arm of the Waitematā Harbour. The suburb is located within the H ...

in 1988. *

EziBuy EziBuy is a New Zealand and Australian multi-channel retailer. It sells clothing, homeware and gifts through a multi-channel model in both countries. Products can be purchased through catalogues, and four retail stores around New Zealand. The reta ...

has six stores. It was established in

Palmerston North Central Palmerston North Central is the central suburb and central business district of Palmerston North, on New Zealand's North Island. State Highway 3 passes through the area along Rangitikei Street, Main Street East, Grey Street and Princess Street ...

in 1978.

Regional department stores

Ballantynes J Ballantyne and Company Ltd, trading as Ballantynes is a Christchurch, New Zealand-based department store operator. Established in 1854, it is New Zealand's oldest department store. Ballantynes is also a member of the Intercontinental Group of ...

is a Christchurch-based chain of two department stores established in 1854. *

H & J Smith H & J Smith Holdings Ltd, branded as H & J Smith and known colloquially as ''H&J's'' or ''Smith's'' is a company which operates in the lower South Island of New Zealand. The company primarily operates in department stores, specialty stores and ...

is an Invercargill-based chain of three stores established in 1900. *

Smith & Caughey's Smith & Caughey Ltd, trading as Smith & Caughey's, is a chain of two mid-sized, upscale department stores in Auckland, New Zealand. One of the oldest surviving retail businesses in New Zealand, it was established in 1880 by Ulster-born Mari ...

is an Auckland-based chain of two stores established in 1880. * David Jones has had a store in

Newmarket, Auckland Newmarket is an Auckland suburb to the south-east of the central business district. With its high building density, especially of retail shops, it is considered New Zealand's premier retailing area, and a rival of local competitor Auckland CBD. ...

since 2019. It previously had a store in Wellington CBD between 2016 and 2022.

Defunct stores

* Arthur Barnett was established in

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in 1903. It had five stores by 1992, but was taken over by

in 2015. * D.I.C. was established in

in 1884 and had 16 stores by 1988. It closed in 1992. *

Kirkcaldie & Stains Kirkcaldie & Stains (known as ''Kirks'') was a mid-sized department store in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1863 by John Kirkcaldie and Robert Stains with a capital of £700. The first store was opened on Lambton Quay. In 1868 ...

was established on

Lambton Quay Lambton Quay (once known as The Beach) is the heart of the central business district of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Originally, as the name implies, it was the high-water line of the foreshore, and sometimes the sea would roll ...

in Wellington CBD in 1863. It closed in 2016. * DEKA was a chain of department stores established in 1988 through the rebranding of Woolworths and McKenzies stores. It had 61 stores in 2000. The stores were closed or rebranded as

stores in 2001.

Electrical and electronic goods retailing

Sales values in the sector increased from $1,385.4 million in 2000 to $4,626.2 million in 2021. The number of businesses increased from 1,029 to 1,269. The number of employees increased from 5,100 to 8,600.

Electronic goods

Noel Leeming The Warehouse Group (TWG) was founded by Stephen Tindall in 1982, and is the largest retail group operating in New Zealand. It is a corporate group that consists of The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Torpedo7, Noel Leeming, 1-day and TheMark ...

has 71 stores. The first store opened in Barrington, Christchurch in 1927. * Lightingplus, established in 1982 in

Ponsonby, Auckland Ponsonby is an inner-city suburb of Auckland located 2 km west of the Auckland CBD. The suburb is oriented along a ridge running north–south, which is followed by the main street of the suburb, Ponsonby Road. A predominantly upper-middle ...

, has 33 stores. *

Smiths City Smiths City is a New Zealand retail chain selling furniture and home appliances. It was originally founded by Henry Cooper Smith in 1918 as City Market initially involved with auctioning grain and product. History Early history In 1918, Henr ...

has 23 stores. There are no stores in Auckland. Its first store opened in Christchurch CBD in 1918. *

JB Hi-Fi JB Hi-Fi Limited is an Australian consumer electronics and home appliances retail company. It is publicly listed on the Australian Securities Exchange. Its headquarters are located in Southbank, Melbourne, Victoria. The company has 316 stores ...

has 14 stores. It opened its first store in

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in 2007. * Bond & Bond has 24, including 18 in Auckand, until its closure in 2013. The first store opened in

Silverdale, Auckland Silverdale is a village approximately 30 km north of Auckland in the North Island of New Zealand. It is located on the north bank of the Weiti River and lies to the west of the Whangaparaoa Peninsula. State Highway 1 passes to the west o ...

in 1875. *

Dick Smith Electronics Dick Smith Holdings Limited (formerly Dick Smith, Dick Smith Electronics or DSE) was an Australian chain of retail stores that sold consumer electronics goods, hobbyist electronic components, and electronic project kits. The chain expanded succ ...

closed in 2016. It had 62 stores at the time. It went through several changes of ownership. Dick Smith Holdings (2013-2016) *

Hill and Stewart Hill and Stewart was a chain of appliance and electronics stores in Auckland, operating between 1951 and 2010. History 1950s-1980s The company was founded by war veteran St John Hill and his business partner John Stewart in Auckland CBD in 195 ...

operated between 1951 and 2010. It had six stores around Auckland as of 2009.

Telecommunications

The three major companies in the New Zealand telecommunications industry operate retail stores.

Spark New Zealand Spark New Zealand Limited is a New Zealand telecommunications company providing fixed-line telephone services, a mobile phone network, internet access services, and (through its Spark Digital division) ICT services to businesses. It was know ...

has 63 stores.

Vodafone New Zealand Vodafone New Zealand Limited is a New Zealand telecommunications company. It was a subsidiary of the London-listed company Vodafone Plc until 31 July 2019, when its sale to a consortium comprising Infratil Limited and Brookfield Asset Manageme ...

also has 63 stores.

2degrees 2degrees is a New Zealand telecommunications provider. Its mobile network launched on 4 August 2009 after nine years of planning. 2degrees offers prepaid and pay-monthly mobile services as well as fixed-line phone and broadband services. 2degree ...

has 59 stores.

Clothing, footwear and personal accessory retailing

Sales values in the sector increased from $1,811.1 million in 2000 to $3,942 million in 2021. The number of businesses increased from 2,442 to 2,865. The number of employees increased from 15,000 to 21,000.

Clothing

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has 167 stores: 45

Just Jeans Just or JUST may refer to: __NOTOC__ People * Just (surname) * Just (given name) Arts and entertainment * ''Just'', a 1998 album by Dave Lindholm * "Just" (song), a song by Radiohead * "Just", a song from the album ''Lost and Found'' by Mudvayne ...

stores, 28

Jay Jays Jay Jays is an Australian apparel chain store that was founded in 1993, and is owned and operated by the Just Group. The chain has over 200 stores located in Australia and New Zealand. Jay Jays focuses on clothing for younger people. History ...

stores, 19 Jacqui E stores, 19

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stores, and 11 Portmans stores. *

Cotton On Group Cotton On Group is Australia's largest global retailer, known for its fashion clothing and stationery brands. As of 2020, it has over 1,500 stores in 18 countries employing 22,000 people across seven brands: Cotton On, Cotton On Kids, Cotton O ...

has 91 stores: 28

Cotton On Cotton On Group is Australia's largest global retailer, known for its fashion clothing and stationery brands. As of 2020, it has over 1,500 stores in 18 countries employing 22,000 people across seven brands: Cotton On, Cotton On Kids, Cotton O ...

stores, 23 Cotton Body stores, 25 Cotton On Kids stores, and 15

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stores. Its

Supré Supré is an Australian fast fashion women's wear chain owned by the Cotton On Group. Known for fashion items and basics at an affordable price point, the Supré product offering is aimed at the youth market. History Supré was founded by reta ...

chain had 19 stores until its closure in 2020. * Hallensteins Glassons has 75 stores: 41

Hallenstein Brothers Hallensteins Glassons is a New Zealand fashion company based in Auckland, with stores in New Zealand and Australia. Brands Hallensteins Brothers Hallenstein Brothers (often shortened to Hallensteins) is a men's fashion, street and lifestyle ret ...

stores, and 34 Glassons stores. *

Barkers Barkers or Barkers Men's Clothing is a New Zealand menswear fashion brand and retail chain. It has 31 stores around the country, including 13 in Auckland. It was established in Auckland CBD in 1972, and is headquartered in Grafton, Auckland. The ...

has 63 stores: 31 Barkers Mens Clothing stores and 32

Max Fashion Max Fashion is a United Arab Emirates, UAE fashion brand under the banner of the United Arab Emirates, UAE based Landmark Group. That was opened by Micky Jagtiani The brand was first launched in May 2004, in the Middle East in United Arab Emira ...

stores. * Bendon Lingerie has 36 lingerie stores. *

Retail Apparel Group Retail Apparel Group is an Australian and New Zealand clothing retail company, wholly owned by the Foschini Group. Brands Tarocash Tarocash is a men's formal wear brand established in 1987. There are 103 Tarocash stores in Australia. There are ...

has 33 stores: 11 Tarocash stores, nine Johnny Bigg stores, eight yd. stores, and five Connor stores, * Country Road Group has 19 stores: 11 Country Road stores, and eight

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stores. *

Pepkor Pepkor is a South African-based investment and holding company with business interests in Africa, Australia and Eastern Europe. It manages a portfolio of retail chains focused on the value market selling predominantly clothing, footwear and text ...

has 60 Postie stores. *

Rodd & Gunn Rodd & Gunn (Rodd and Gunn) is a New Zealand manufacturer of clothing footwear and accessories. It was founded in 1946 in New Zealand by Jim Jarvis. By 1995, the label had been acquired by the Australian firm Action Downunder. The firm outf ...

has 28 stores * Huffer has 13 stores. *

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has 13 stores. * H&M has nine stores. *

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has seven stores. *

Under Armour Under Armour, Inc. is an American sports equipment company that manufactures footwear, sports and casual apparel. Under Armour's global headquarters are located in Baltimore, Maryland, with additional offices located in Amsterdam (European hea ...

has six stores. *

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has three stores. * Zara has one store. * Pumpkin Patch had 48 stores in 2010, but all physical stores had closed by 2017.

Shoes

* Hannahs, established in 1868, has 70 sites branded as Hannahs and Number One Shoes. * Overland Footwear Group, established in 1948, has 63 stores branded as Merchant 1948 and Mi Piaci. *

Accent Group Accent Group is an Australian and New Zealand footwear and clothing retail, wholesaling and distribution company. It has more than 700 retail stores, along with 19 brands, and more than 20 online platforms. The company is listed on the Austral ...

, established in 1988, has 60 stores branded as

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The Athlete's Foot The Athlete's Foot (TAF) is a global retailer of athletic inspired lifestyle and streetwear — footwear, apparel and accessories. Its global headquarters are located Stans, Switzerland and US headquarters in Atlanta, Georgia. In 1971, David L ...

, Timberland ,

Dr. Martens Dr. Martens, also commonly known as Doc Martens, Docs or DMs, is a German-founded British footwear and clothing brand, headquartered in Wollaston in the Wellingborough district of Northamptonshire, England. Although famous for its footwear, Dr ...

, and

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. * Shoe Clinic is a franchise of 19 sports shoes stores. * Smith's Sports Shoes is a franchise of 14 sports shoes stores, established on Dominion Road, Auckland in 1949. *

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has 13 outlets. * NOVO Shoes have 13 outlets. * Maher Shoes has six stores.

Jewellery

Michael Hill Jeweller Michael Hill International Ltd. is a speciality retailer of jewellery in North America and Oceania. As at 30 June 2018, it operates 312 stores in Australia, New Zealand and Canada. The Group employs approximately 2,600 permanent employees. The c ...

is a chain of 55 stores, founded in

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in 1979. * Pascoes the Jewellers is a chain of 41 stores, established in 1906 in

. * Goldmark Jeweller is a chain of 12 stores established in 2007. * Walker & Hall is a chain 11 stores. It was established in 1899. * Partridge Jewellers is a chain of seven stores, established in Wellington CBD in 1877.

Motor vehicle and parts retailing

Quarterly sales revenue in motor vehicle and parts retailing sector increased from $1.5565 billion in the first quarter of 2000 to $3.8335 in the first quarter of 2021. The number of businesses increased from 468 to 834. The number of employees increased from 16,100 to 19,800, but continues to fluctuate each year.

Motor vehicle parts

New Zealand has two main chains of

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sell a range of

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automotive accessories The automotive aftermarket is the secondary market of the automotive industry, concerned with the manufacturing, remanufacturing, distribution, retailing, and installation of all vehicle parts, chemicals, equipment, and accessories, ''after'' the ...

power tools A power tool is a tool that is actuated by an additional power source and mechanism other than the solely manual labor used with hand tools. The most common types of power tools use electric motors. Internal combustion engines and compressed air ...

and engine oils.

Repco Repco is an Australian automotive engineering/retailer company. Its name is an abbreviation of Replacement Parts Company and was for many years known for reconditioning engines and for specialized manufacturing, for which they gained a high ...

has been operating in New Zealand since 1981 and has 81 stores.

Supercheap Auto Supercheap Auto is an Australian automotive parts and accessories retailer. It was founded in 1972, operating as a mail-order business and opened its first store in Brisbane in 1974. It now has 300 stores across Australia and New Zealand. H ...

opened its first stores in New Zealand in 2003 and now has 46 stores in the country.

Recreational goods retailing

Sales values in the sector increased from $1,531.8 million in 2000 to $2,858.8 million in 2021. The number of businesses increased from 2,034 to 1,821. The number of employees increased from 9,600 to 10,400.

Sporting goods

Rebel Sport Rebel (formerly Rebel Sport) is an Australian sport equipment and related apparel chain. History Rebel Sport was established in 1985 with its first store in Bankstown. After being listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in 1993, it was p ...

is a chain of 41 stores, established in Panmure, Auckland in 1996. * Stirling Sports is a franchise of 60 stores, established on Dominion Road, Auckland in 1964. *

JD Sports JD Sports Fashion plc, more commonly known as JD Sports or JD, is a British sports-fashion retail company based in Bury, Greater Manchester, England. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange and is a constituent of the FTSE 100 Index. Pentlan ...

has a store at Sylvia Park, Auckland; it opened in 2021.

Books and toys

Paper Plus Group The Paper Plus Group is a group of three brands in New Zealand. The group is a three brand co-operative franchise business model. Two of the stores, Paper Plus and Take Note, sell books, stationery, cards, magazines and giftware, while Office Sp ...

owns two bookstore franchises.

Paper Plus The Paper Plus Group is a group of three brands in New Zealand. The group is a three brand co-operative franchise business model. Two of the stores, Paper Plus and Take Note, sell books, stationery, cards, magazines and giftware, while Office Sp ...

began as National Stationers in 1983 before rebranding as Paper Plus in 1990; it has 91 stores. Take Note was established in 2001 through the rebranding of Top Line and Paper World stores; it has seven stores. *

Whitcoulls Whitcoulls is a major New Zealand book, stationery, gift, games & toy retail chain. Formerly known as Whitcombe & Tombs, it has 54 stores nationally. Whitcombe & Tombs was founded in 1888, and Coulls Somerville Wilkie in 1871. The companies mer ...

, established in 1888, has 53 stores. * Toy World is a franchise of 26 toy stores, founded in 1976. *

Unity Books Unity Books is an independent New Zealand bookseller. It has a flagship store in Wellington, and a location in Auckland with separate adult and children's bookshops. The business was founded by Alan Preston in 1967. Wellington store In 2012, the ...

, established in Wellington Central in 1967, has stores on Wellington's

Willis Street Willis Street is a prominent street in the central business district of Wellington, the capital city of New Zealand. Along with Courtenay Place, Manners Street and Lambton Quay, the lower reaches of Willis Street form part of the "Golden Mile" ...

and Auckland's

High Street High Street is a common street name for the primary business street of a city, town, or village, especially in the United Kingdom and Commonwealth. It implies that it is the focal point for business, especially shopping. It is also a metonym fo ...

. *

Borders A border is a geographical boundary. Border, borders, The Border or The Borders may also refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Film and television * ''Border'' (1997 film), an Indian Hindi-language war film * ''Border'' (2018 Swedish film), ...

had five stores, before in closed in 2011. Its first store opened in

in 2000

Stationery

Warehouse Stationery The Warehouse Group (TWG) was founded by Stephen Tindall in 1982, and is the largest retail group operating in New Zealand. It is a corporate group that consists of The Warehouse, Warehouse Stationery, Torpedo7, Noel Leeming, 1-day and TheMark ...

is a chain of 67 stationary stores. The first store opened in 1995. *

Smiggle Smiggle is an Australian-based retail store chain that sells stationery and related accessories. It was founded in Melbourne by Stephen Meurs and Peter Pausewang in 2003 and acquired by the Just Group in July 2007. As of February 2016, the chain ...

is chain of 22 novelty stationary stores. It was established by

in 2008 *

Typo A typographical error (often shortened to typo), also called a misprint, is a mistake (such as a spelling mistake) made in the typing of printed (or electronic) material. Historically, this referred to mistakes in manual type-setting (typography). ...

is a chain of 16 novelty stationary stores. It is owned by the

. * Office Spot is a brand of stationery stores. Its original store, opened in Ashburton in 2007, is the only one still operating.

Non-store and commission based retailing

Non-store retailers are businesses that have no permanent physical

retail stores, and exclusively sell their products exclusively through online stores, market stores, telemarketing, door-to-door sales and vehicles. The number of businesses in the sector dropped to 1,299 businesses in 2003. The number of employees dropped to 1,450 in 2004. Since then, with the rise of

e-commerce E-commerce (electronic commerce) is the activity of electronically buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. E-commerce draws on technologies such as mobile commerce, electronic funds transfer, supply chain manageme ...

, the number of businesses has consistently increased. By 2021, the consisted of 2,937 businesses, with 3,350 employees and sales volumes of $2.3 billion.

Furniture, floor coverings, houseware and textile retailing

Sales values in the sector increased from $1,318.8 million in 2000 to $2,767.5 million in 2021. The number of businesses increased from 1,485 to 1,734. The number of employees has increased from 7,000 to 9,100, except for a decline following the

Global Financial Crisis Global means of or referring to a globe and may also refer to: Entertainment * ''Global'' (Paul van Dyk album), 2003 * ''Global'' (Bunji Garlin album), 2007 * ''Global'' (Humanoid album), 1989 * ''Global'' (Todd Rundgren album), 2015 * Bruno ...

Furniture and floor coverings

Some retailer specialise in furniture, such as Nood Furniture (15 stores),

Freedom Furniture Freedom is a major furniture and homewares retail chain operating in Australia and New Zealand. The chain was previously owned by marathon runner and race car driver Warren Higgs. It is currently owned and operated by Greenlit Brands. The firs ...

(14 stores), and

Nick Scali Furniture Nick Scali Furniture is a publicly listed, manufacturing Australian company that retails and imports furniture such as lounges, dining tables, coffee tables, chairs and entertainment units. Nick Scali Furniture was founded in 1962 by Nick D. Sca ...

(five stores).

and

sell a combination of

household appliances A major appliance, also known as a large domestic appliance or large electric appliance or simply a large appliance, large domestic, or large electric, is a non-portable or semi-portable machine used for routine housekeeping tasks such as cookin ...

. Department store chains like

and

also sell furniture.

Houseware and textiles

Briscoes Briscoe Group is a New Zealand retail chain. It has 84 stores throughout New Zealand trading under the Briscoes Homeware, Living & Giving, and Rebel Sport nameplates. History The Briscoe Group originally started out as the early version o ...

is chain of 47 homeware stores. It opened its first New Zealand store in

in 1862. * Stevens is a chain of 28 homeware stores. It opened its first store on Karangahape Road, Auckland in 1924. *

Spotlight Spotlight or spot light may refer to: Lighting * Spot lights, automotive auxiliary lamps * Spotlight (theatre lighting) * Spotlight, a searchlight * Stage lighting instrument, stage lighting instruments, of several types Art, entertainment, an ...

is a chain of 20 homeware stores. The first New Zealand store opened in

in 1996. * Living & Giving is a chain of 15 homeware stores. It opened its first store in

Mount Eden Mount Eden is a suburb in Auckland, New Zealand whose name honours George Eden, 1st Earl of Auckland. It is south of the Central Business District (CBD). Mt Eden Road winds its way around the side of Mount Eden Domain and continues to weave ba ...

in 1987. *

Lincraft Lincraft is a retail chain in Australia that specialises in the sale of homewares, including crafts, material, and patterns. As of October 2022, it has 48 locations around Australia and New Zealand. Lincraft (formerly Suzanne Silks) was nurtured ...

is a chain of six homeware stores. The first New Zealand store opened in 2005.

Liquor retailing

Liquor retailers can sell

beer Beer is one of the oldest and the most widely consumed type of alcoholic drink in the world, and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea. It is produced by the brewing and fermentation of starches, mainly derived from ce ...

wine Wine is an alcoholic drink typically made from fermented grapes. Yeast consumes the sugar in the grapes and converts it to ethanol and carbon dioxide, releasing heat in the process. Different varieties of grapes and strains of yeasts are m ...

and

cider Cider ( ) is an alcoholic beverage made from the fermented juice of apples. Cider is widely available in the United Kingdom (particularly in the West Country) and the Republic of Ireland. The UK has the world's highest per capita consumption, ...

like supermarkets and grocery stores, as well as

spirits Spirit or spirits may refer to: Liquor and other volatile liquids * Spirits, a.k.a. liquor, distilled alcoholic drinks * Spirit or tincture, an extract of plant or animal material dissolved in ethanol * Volatile (especially flammable) liquids, ...

and RTDs. Sales values in the sector increased from $820 million in 2000 to $1.9375 billion in 2021. The number of businesses increased from 468 to 975. The number of employees increased from 2,800 to 3,650.

Major buying networks

Metcash Metcash Trading () is an Australian conglomerate company headquartered in Wooloomooloo, NSW. Metcash is a distributing and marketing support in supermarket groceries, perishables, fresh produce, alcoholic beverages, hardware, and other consumer ...

Australian Liquor Marketers Australian Liquor Marketers is the liquor arm of Metcash. It distributes liquor to businesses around Australia and New Zealand, and runs a franchise of almost 2900 liquor stores operating as The Bottle-O, Cellarbrations, IGA Liquor, Duncans, Thirst ...

franchise network, based in

Wiri, Auckland Wiri is a mostly industrial-commercial focused suburb in Auckland, New Zealand. It was formerly part of Manukau City until the merger of all of Auckland's councils into the ' super city' in 2010. The area was named after the chief Takaanini ...

, includes 240 Liquor Centre and Liquor Spot franchisees and affiliates, and 114 The Bottle-O and

Merchants Liquor Australian Liquor Marketers is the liquor arm of Metcash. It distributes liquor to businesses around Australia and New Zealand, and runs a franchise of almost 2900 liquor stores operating as The Bottle-O, Cellarbrations, IGA Liquor, Duncans, Thirst ...

franchisees. *

Foodstuffs Food is any substance consumed by an organism for nutritional support. Food is usually of plant, animal, or fungal origin, and contains essential nutrients, such as carbohydrates, fats, proteins, vitamins, or minerals. The substance is ingest ...

' franchise network includes 147

LiquorLand LiquorLand (sometimes referred to as Liquorland) and Henry's Beer, Wine & Spirits (sometimes shortened to Henry's) are franchises of independently owned bottle shops around New Zealand, operated by Foodstuffs. The stores sell a range of beer, w ...

franchisees around the country, and 16 Henry's franchisees in the central and lower South Island. Former franchise brands include Birds Liquorsave (1991-2005), The Mill (1993-2015), and Duffy & Finn's (2006-2011). * Thirsty Liquor's franchise network includes 106 Thirty Liquor stores and 59 Black Bull liquor stores.

Other franchises

* Big Barrel is a network of 43 stores. It is based in Tamatea, Napier, which opened its first store in Marewa, Napier in 2003. * Super Liquor is a franchise of 40 stores based in

, founded in the late 1970s in Ilam, Christchurch. * The Trusts / West Liquor is a non-profit chain of 22 stores in West Auckland established in 1971. * Liquor King is a franchise of 19 stores based in Freemans Bay, Auckland, which was established in 1995 and owned by

Lion The lion (''Panthera leo'') is a large Felidae, cat of the genus ''Panthera'' native to Africa and India. It has a muscular, broad-chested body; short, rounded head; round ears; and a hairy tuft at the end of its tail. It is sexually dimorphi ...

until 2021.

Specialised food retailing

Sales values in the sector increased from $572.6 million in 2000 to $1.7483 billion in 2021. The number of businesses increased from 2,310 to 2,982. The number of employees increased from 8,000 to 11,100.

Bakeries

Bakers Delight Bakers Delight is an Australian-owned multinational bakery franchise chain, with franchisors in Australia, New Zealand, Canada and the United States. There are 20 stores in New Zealand, including 13 in Auckland alone. History Bakers Delight w ...

has 20 bakeries in New Zealand. The first New Zealand store opened in Pakuranga, Auckland in 1995.

Specialist food retailers

* Vetro is a franchise of six

Mediterranean food Mediterranean cuisine is the food and methods of preparation used by the people of the Mediterranean Basin. The idea of a Mediterranean cuisine originates with the cookery writer Elizabeth David's book, '' A Book of Mediterranean Food'' (1950) ...

stores, which has been run out of Ahuriri, Napier since it was founded in 1999.

References

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