Volcanic Ash, Flight Delays and the Polish Economy

May 17, 2010

The volcanic ash, has created more disruption in Europe for travellers than reported. Having been caught with 2 cancelled flights delays are now the norm. It seems that this uncertainty will remain with us for some time, so if you are travelling to Europe be prepared! Meanwhile, despite the economic uncertainty with the value of [...]

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Looking Back on 21 Years of Retailing in NZ

April 19, 2010

All enjoyed the celebrations undertaken last week by RCG in respect of its 21 years in business. Some photographs are included in this issue. What came out of last week is the one factor in business that relates to all of us and that is “loyalty”. Retailers rely on loyalty to ensure they continue to [...]

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RCG Celebrates 21 Years in Business

April 12, 2010

This week, RCG celebrates 21 years in business. Download the whole article Restaurant Brands New Zealand Limited operates the New Zealand outlets of KFC, Pizza Hut and Starbucks Coffee. Good management decisions have helped push up full-year profits at Restaurant Brands 70 per cent to $19.9 million. Its share price closed yesterday at $2.10, the highest [...]

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Petrol and Retail – Can they Work Together?

April 8, 2010

Easter is over for another year, and it seems that we all survived the lack of retail trading days available. How did it feel not to be able to go shopping on Good Friday and Easter Sunday? A bit bizarre though isn’t it that you can go out and have a drink at cafe or bar [...]

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Quarter Year Review

March 31, 2010

In two days we will be 25% through 2010, this is Easter week and daylight saving is also about to change to winter hours. There are only 9 months left of this year to achieve goals which we may have set ourselves at the start of 2010 !! This is supported by the feeling that there [...]

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The Beginning of the End for the Bad News

March 24, 2010

In some ways the last week could be the beginning of the end for the bad news. If you can make sense of that opening sentence, what we are saying is that the bad news must almost be at an end! The media generally undertook some excellent reporting on Strategic Finance, various frozen funds, and other [...]

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Retail Confidence

March 16, 2010

The past week was busy for a range of reasons. Briscoe’s came out with an 80% profit rise for the year ended January 2010, over the same period 2009. This was good news and showed a 7.3 per cent rise in sales for the same period. The results were kept reasonably quiet, not necessarily by [...]

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Fast Food and New Retailers in NZ

March 8, 2010

The difficulty reportedly being expressed by Allied Farmers, in its settlement with Hanover, begs the question as to the level of due diligence that is undertaken to satisfy all that is required in an acquisition.  In days gone by, a property purchase was undertaken with an understanding of the occupiers, the length of leases, the revenue achieved, and [...]

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Trust and Business

February 22, 2010

Those of us in business would expect to provide a level of service consistent with the fee paid for that service, and we would hope that we would get client support and appreciation accordingly. That’s the philosophy used at RCG over the past 21 years, and we have not diverted, even when at times this [...]

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Tax Changes – How will they Impact Retailers in 2010?

February 8, 2010

We have been following the media discussion on the Government’s potential changes to tax policy. We refuse to get involved in the debate until we know what is proposed – until then it’s simply supposition. However, whatever the outcome, the market will adjust to suit. Property will always be popular regardless of any taxation implications. [...]

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