Rotorua's Bond + Bond store will close its doors in just over three weeks.
The Warehouse Group yesterday announced it would shut down the Bond + Bond electronics chain and merge it into the larger Noel Leeming network. The Warehouse bought the Noel Leeming Group, which operates Bond + Bond, for $65 million in December.
The Rotorua Bond + Bond in Central Mall is one of 12 stores that will close nationwide. Eight others will be turned into Noel Leeming outlets while four will be combined into expanded Noel Leeming stores.
John Journee, chief executive of the Noel Leeming Group, said Bond + Bond staff across the country were given the news yesterday.
He said all eight non-management staff in Rotorua had been offered comparable jobs at Noel Leeming, which is right next door in the Central Mall.