Tell us about your business
Taylor Road Homewares is a specialty homewares retailer offering exclusive products sourced from design led manufacturers globally. A number of these have companies have their own in-house designers in the categories we specialise in such as ceramics, tableware, cutlery and gifts. This year our Palmerston North store represented New Zealand at the International Homewares Show in Chicago and was awarded the prestigious Global Honoree Award against 23 other countries.
We now have two bricks and mortar stores in Palmerston North and Ponsonby plus
an online store taylorroad.co.nz and a distribution warehouse.
What happens with staff over Christmas?
Our current staffing is 14, giving us full time equivalent employees of nine covering seven day a week trading. These include our extra requirements for Christmas with one more starting full time next week. We are fortunate to have all year round peak staff who are fully trained and come in as relievers on weekends when we are busier. In the build up to Christmas they are able to work more hours. Our youngest daughter is employed all summer when she is home from university and our oldest, who is coming home from London for Christmas arrives next week and will also work through. Our middle daughter, Hannah, is in the business and manages our Ponsonby store.