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Importers struggling to meet demand
A major banana importer says a world shortage has reduced its supply at a time of stronger demand from New Zealanders who have switched from expensive summer fruits.

Strip club's Cricket World Cup ambush
A strip club has received a slap on the wrist for an ambush marketing stunt during Saturday's epic Cricket World Cup clash in Auckland.

Graham McGregor: How to create new revenues
Many of your customers may be using your product or service to help them do things that you have never thought of.

Reap rural riches through rental return
The sale of Bunnings Cambridge, south of Hamilton in the Waikato, presents an opportunity to acquire a large, quality retail premises leased to a national company brand.

Graham McGregor: A simple marketing shortcut
Find someone in business that has a proven sales or marketing system which already works well and use it in your business.

New signs too hard to read
New signs peppering streets around Auckland's Dominion Rd may have to be "re-skinned" to make them easier for motorists to read, the city's transport authority admits.

Graham McGregor: How to boost sales in 2015
Is there a particular niche that it could be useful for you to focus on in 2015?

Kathmandu ends up in 'dog box'
Kathmandu lost more than a quarter of its market value yesterday after investors punished the outdoor retailer for poor Christmas and New Year trading that will result in a first-half loss.

NZME. launches events business
Media company NZME. is launching an event management business.

Kathmandu issues profit warning
Kathmandu's stock slumped 19 per cent to a two-and-a-half year low after the outdoor goods retailer said Christmas and January trading lagged behind expectations.

Property magazine targets Chinese
A big marketing drive is on to draw more Chinese people to NZ real estate and the businesswoman behind it expects a huge upswing in investment.

Number 5 - one of two on tasty menu
The distinctive three-level brick building housing the well-known restaurants Da Vinci's and Number 5, at 5 City Rd on Auckland CBD's Symonds St rise, has been put on the market.

Winery savours Fyfe's vision + video
Rob Fyfe thought life would be a lot quieter when he stepped down as boss of Air New Zealand but he has just taken up his latest role as strategic adviser to winery Craggy Range.

Graham McGregor: The forgotten marketing channel
One of the big trends today is for businesses to use mainly digital technology to communicate with customers and potential customers.

Kiwi rum upstart in trouble with Coke
Where there was smoke - and coke - there was fire for a Kiwi rum company, which used soft drinks giant Coca-Cola's prized trademark name.

Graham McGregor: Unfair marketing advantage strategy
What is your 'Unfair Marketing Advantage Strategy' going to be for 2015?

We've all gone chocolate milk mad
Every day we’re bombarded by marketing campaigns. Every now and then one becomes a runaway success. We go behind the scenes of the Lewis Road Creamery campaign.

Apps use taking over from calls, texts
Mobile phone users are increasingly turning to messaging apps and shunning traditional calling and texting.

Xero loss grows as staff hired
Cloud-based accounting firm Xero widened its first-half loss after spending more on staff and marketing.

Actor's daughter swindled $25K
The daughter of an Outrageous Fortune star has admitted to swindling cash from the marketing company where she worked - almost every week while in the job.