Credit: Collette Devlin, Fairfax News
Storbie has been featured on stuff.co.nz. Shane and Chris talked to Collette Devlin about Storbie’s Wellington conception, growth in New Zealand and future plans to expand overseas. It’s an exciting time for the team, recently named as a Deloitte Fast 50 Wellington Rising Star, along with the launch of the first online marketplace for the Hamilton CBD. Read the article here. (more…)
Storbie was totally chuffed to be named as a Deloitte 2015 Fast 50 Rising Star at the Wellington & Lower North Island awards last night! You can see all of the regional winners and rising stars here.
Why do competing businesses the world over cluster together in the same place? Go to New York’s Fifth Avenue and you’ll find Saks, Abercrombie & Fitch and Gucci all vying for your attention. Head down to the waterfront in Auckland and you’ll find a line-up of restaurants complete with an eager maître d’ trying to entice you in.
Less glamorous but equally relevant, if you are looking to tile your bathroom in Wellington, you’ll head down to the ‘tile mile’ at the bottom of Ngaio Gorge where you’ll find a whole swag of tiling businesses parked right next to each other.
The reason for this is that when competing or complementary businesses band together in a cluster, whether that be Fifth Avenue, the Auckland Waterfront or even the tongue-in-cheek ‘tile mile’, everyone benefits from increased sales. The best of these clusters become brands in their own right. (more…)
Credit: Colin Taylor, NZ Herald
Storbie has been featured in an article which looks at how online shopping is changing the retail landscape, as retailers must evolve in order to service the ‘omni-shopper’. Storbie’s development of the Hamilton Central marketplace is a leading example in the evolution of retail which sees a merge between the physical and online worlds. (more…)
Credit: Retail News
Retail News has shared Shane’s insights into why retailers need to build an online presence in order to support their physical stores. Shane explains that with easy-to-use online tools, retailers can focus efforts on increasing visibility and using smart marketing tactics to increase sales, online and offline. (more…)
Credit: Narelle Henson, The Waikato Times
Hamilton will be the first city in New Zealand with an “online CBD” and we’re excited to be the team developing it! Check out the article in The Waikato Times featuring our new brand, Storbie. (more…)
