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War And Weather Impacted NZ’s Consumer Spending Growth In March
Thursday, 9 April 2026, 8:22 am | Worldline
Worldline NZ’s Chief Sales Officer, Bruce Proffit, says the weak spending growth over the month was likely influenced by the war in Iran’s impact on fuel prices, with some additional regional effects from wet weather. More >>
Consumer Spending Increases Again In February, As Auckland Sees Highest Growth Lift In Two Years
Thursday, 5 March 2026, 7:57 pm | Worldline
Worldline NZ’s Chief Sales Officer, Bruce Proffit, says it is encouraging to see the positive consumer spending trend that began at the start of the year continuing into February. More >>
Consumer Spending Lifts Slightly In January, While Dips Seen In Regions Hit By Extreme Weather
Thursday, 5 February 2026, 9:59 am | Worldline
Underlying core retail spending through Worldline on this Wednesday was down -5.6%, from $125m on Wednesday 22 January 2025, compared to $118m on Wednesday 21 January this year. More >>
Kiwis Spent More On Food And Less On Other Goods In December, While Boxing Day Sales Were Quieter
Monday, 12 January 2026, 6:40 pm | Worldline
“The annual figures point to a tough retail sector last year, with extra spending appearing to be largely the result of higher prices” says Worldline NZ’s Chief Sales Officer, Bruce Proffit. More >>
Christmas Eve Once Again Takes The 'Busiest Shopping Day Of The Year' Title
Wednesday, 24 December 2025, 2:30 pm | Worldline
Christmas Eve (24 December 2025) has once again taken out the title of 'Busiest Shopping Day of the Year', with the peak hour for transactions (563,303) recorded between 12.00 – 1.00pm today. More >>
Spending Lifts In Third Week Of Slow December As Retailers Look Forward To Pre-Christmas Day Surge
Monday, 22 December 2025, 6:46 pm | Worldline
Combining the three merchant groups, annual growth of Core Retail spending through Worldline NZ’s payments network in the first 21 days of December was highest in Whanganui (+2.7%) and Otago (+1.9%). More >>
Consumer Spending Patterns Mixed As Retailers Approach Peak Pre-Christmas Shopping Days
Wednesday, 17 December 2025, 8:00 pm | Worldline
As is traditional, we are expecting the peak day for total Core Retail transactions this year to be Christmas Eve, but we’ll see if that hold up in the ongoing challenging economic environment. More >>
Black Friday Was Busy But Not Up On Last Year
Tuesday, 2 December 2025, 4:42 pm | Worldline
Worldline NZ’s Chief Sales Officer, Bruce Proffit, says while Black Friday sales brought out many shoppers, the pattern across the weekend was consistent with spending on non-food goods, which ran below year-ago levels over other weeks of November. More >>
Consumer Spending Lifts Again As Winter Wanes, But Summer Will Be True Test Of Wider Pickup
Thursday, 4 September 2025, 8:04 pm | Worldline
Worldline NZ’s Chief Sales Officer, Bruce Proffit says while there is little change of note in the August spending patterns, annual growth rates remain positive, albeit modest. More >>
Kiwis Spent More On Food But Less On Other Consumer Products And Services In July
Wednesday, 6 August 2025, 6:58 pm | Worldline
Meanwhile, spending growth in the three largest regions – Auckland/Northland, Wellington and Canterbury – remain amongst the weakest nationally at +1.6%, +2.2% and +3.4% respectively. More >>
Worldline NZ Figures Mark First Quarter Of Consumer Spending Growth Since March 2024
Thursday, 3 July 2025, 8:36 am | Worldline
Core Retail spending had lifted above year-ago levels in April and May, and the continued modest annual growth in June will mean the just-completed June quarter will be the first quarter of annual growth since early 2025. More >>
Introducing Direct Pay – The Future Of In-person Payments Has Arrived In New Zealand
Monday, 16 June 2025, 8:10 am | Worldline
With instant account-to-account payments powered by open banking APIs connected to all four major New Zealand banks, Direct Pay slashes surcharges, eliminates chargebacks, and ensures overnight settlement. It’s a win-win for merchants and customers. More >>
Spending Growth Edges Up Nationwide And Stops Falling In The Auckland/Northland Region
Thursday, 5 June 2025, 2:50 pm | Worldline
Worldline NZ’s Chief Sales Officer, Bruce Proffit says while the national consumer spending growth rate remains modest, it was encouraging to see the month start with generally positive figures. More >>
School Holidays And Long Weekends Change Regional Spending Patterns In April
Monday, 5 May 2025, 3:07 pm | Worldline
Worldline NZ’s Chief Sales Officer, Bruce Proffit says a key influence on consumer spending patterns in the month was the Easter public holidays, which fell fully within April this year, and also within the April school holiday period. More >>
Consumer Spending Remains Slow Across NZ And Yet To Respond To Declining Interest Rates
Thursday, 3 April 2025, 9:48 am | Worldline
Worldline NZ’s Chief Sales Officer, Bruce Proffit says the Core Retail sectoral mix remains biased towards more spending on groceries and less on hardware, furniture and notably, hospitality. More >>
Valentine’s Day Spending Blooms Within An Otherwise Tough Month For The Retail Sector
Wednesday, 5 March 2025, 1:32 pm | Worldline
The small positive growth rate seen in January did persist into the first week of February but we then saw spending drop on last year amongst Core Retail merchants in Worldline’s network for the following three weeks. More >>
January Sees Modest Positive Spending Growth Across NZ, But Is Highest Outside Big Cities
Wednesday, 5 February 2025, 1:25 pm | Worldline
Worldline NZ’s Chief Sales Officer, Bruce Proffit says the rise might be modest, but positive annual growth will be appreciated by merchants. More >>
Low Spending Growth In 2024 Shows Consumers Still Adjusting To Inflation And Post-Covid Economy
Monday, 13 January 2025, 2:59 pm | Worldline
Annual figures released today by Worldline NZ show consumer spending growth in 2024 was the slowest it’s been in half a decade. Consumer spending through Core Retail merchants (excluding Hospitality) in Worldline NZ’s payments network reached $36.30B ... More >>
Boxing Day Spending Up On Last Year, But Pre-Christmas Spending Is Slightly Down
Friday, 27 December 2024, 12:29 pm | Worldline
Consumer spending processed through all non-food Core Retail merchants (ie. Core Retail excluding Hospitality, Food and Liquor) in Worldline NZ’s payments network on Boxing Day reached $67.7m, which is up 13.1% on Boxing Day 2023. More >>
Worldline NZ Update | Christmas Eve Officially The Busiest Shopping Day Of 2024
Tuesday, 24 December 2024, 3:43 pm | Worldline
This year, Christmas Eve has taken out the title of 'Busiest Shopping Day of the Year', with the peak hour for transactions (607,299) recorded between 12.00 – 1.00pm today. More >>
