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Sean Cao

Sean Cao is an experienced general news writer. He has years of experience at a local newspaper and currently works as a journalist for multiple B2B titles, covering retail and business news.

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wine bottles

Glengarry Wines splits store portfolio in partial sell-off 

Inside Bunnings store

More Bunnings stores turn on facial recognition tech

inside The Warehouse store

The Warehouse Group posts sales decline, says consumer confidence under pressure

Mary Devine

Foodstuffs South Island CEO Mary Devine to step down 

NPD fuel station

NZ fuel retail merger creates ‘value-driven business’

Pak’nSave Mill St

Supermarkets found guilty of fake discount promotions 

Abe's Bagels product

George Weston Foods buys Abe’s Bagels

LV purses

Louis Vuitton NZ sales slip, but profit rises

a woman uses HP laptop

HP seeks extension to resale price maintenance exemption

nitrous oxide canister and balloon

Retail NZ backs clampdown on nang sales 

sand toy products

Parents plan legal action over Kmart’s asbestos sand toys

fuel nozzles at gas station

Card spending data masks massive increase in fuel spending 

businessman planning

Most NZ businesses remain in ‘survival mode’ – report

Chemist Warehouse store sign

Chemist Warehouse’s plan to undermine independent pharmacies revealed

Four Square storefront

Taupo Four Square owner fined for exploiting staff 

Noel Leeming storefront

The Warehouse lifts profit in H1, flags higher costs due to Middle East war

Briscoes Rebel Sport store

Briscoe Group trials facial recognition in-store 

roadblock

Lower Hutt retailers facing crisis due to long-term road rebuild 

man pumps fuel into car

ComCom satisfied – for now – with fuel company pricing in Iran war wake

a shopper checking a product

Middle East war erodes New Zealand consumer confidence