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Consumer Spending Reaches New Highs For The Month Of March As ‘normality’ Returns
Wednesday, 5 April 2023, 11:47 am | Worldline
AUCKLAND, 5 April 2023 – A month relatively uninterrupted by extreme weather events enabled consumers across New Zealand to get out and increase their spending in March, but retail conditions remain challenging, says Worldline NZ. Consumer ... More >>
Damp Start To The Year For Consumer Spending
Friday, 3 February 2023, 6:21 pm | Worldline
The stormy weather events that occurred across New Zealand in January led to a drop in consumer spending in several regions at those times and may have dampened spending more generally over the month – but a weakening pattern suggests wider economic ... More >>
Pre-Christmas Spending Is Up, But Patterns Are Mixed Across Sectors And Regions
Wednesday, 14 December 2022, 8:59 am | Worldline
New figures released by Worldline NZ today show consumer spending in the third week before Christmas Day was higher than the same time last year, but spending patterns were mixed across merchant sectors and regions. Consumer spending through Core Retail ... More >>
Consumer Spending Not As Weak As Feared
Wednesday, 5 October 2022, 11:33 am | Worldline
While recent consumer confidence surveys have forecast a drop in consumer spending, figures released by Worldline NZ today show that spending growth is actually continuing, albeit barely above the inflation rate. Consumer spending through Worldline NZ’s ... More >>
Kiwi Consumers Are Spending About The Same As Last Year, But Getting Less For Their Money
Tuesday, 5 July 2022, 11:11 am | Worldline
AUCKLAND, 5 July 2022 – New consumer spending data released by Worldline NZ today suggests Kiwis are spending about the same as they were a year ago but getting less for their dollar – while the first Matariki long-weekend provided a welcome boost ... More >>
NZ’s Tough Retail Environment Persists As Spending In May Barely Tops Year-ago Levels
Thursday, 2 June 2022, 4:38 pm | Worldline
Consumer spending figures released by Worldline today show the current tough environment for Kiwi retailers persisted in May. Consumer spending at Core Retail merchants (excluding Hospitality) in Worldline NZ’s payments network reached $2.873B in May 2022, just ... More >>
Another Busy Easter For Core Retailers, While Hospitality Sector Builds Momentum
Wednesday, 20 April 2022, 11:07 am | Worldline
Consumer spending through core retail merchants (excluding Hospitality) in Worldline’s payments network reached $652.6m for the seven days up to Easter Monday (18 April). This was 12% up on the same period in 2019, and similar to the growth seen during ... More >>
Hospitality Sector Spending Takes Gradual Steps Up In March As Border Rules Change
Tuesday, 5 April 2022, 4:35 pm | Worldline
As several changes to New Zealand’s border rules came into effect in March, spending in the Hospitality sector rose gradually but steadily across the nation. Data released by Worldline today shows that spending through Hospitality merchants increased steadily ... More >>
COVID’s Uneven Effects On Regional Spending
Thursday, 3 March 2022, 3:35 pm | Worldline
COVID-19 dampened spending across New Zealand in February, but less so outside of the major North Island centres and Canterbury According to data released by Worldline NZ today, consumer spending across New Zealand weakened in February as the Omicron ... More >>
Kiwis Do Valentine’s Day Differently This Year
Thursday, 17 February 2022, 8:47 am | Worldline
Canterbury ranks as NZ’s most romantic region as Kiwis spend up on flowers and jewellery but less on the traditional intimate night out Consumer spending on Valentine’s Day this year proved that New Zealanders are still a romantic bunch, ... More >>
New Year Retail Spending Continues Strong Pre-Christmas Growth Pattern
Wednesday, 5 January 2022, 6:07 pm | Worldline
End-of-year sales and New Year’s Eve celebrations continued to motivate Kiwi shoppers to spend up at core retailers in the final week of 2021 and the first days of 2022, lifting spending for the period above levels seen in the past two years. Spending ... More >>
Christmas Eve Still The Busiest Day Of The Shopping Year Across NZ
Friday, 24 December 2021, 10:56 pm | Worldline
Christmas Eve in 2021 held its position as the busiest shopping day of the year in New Zealand, but the number of transactions processed in the busiest hour was slightly lower than last year. While sales figures for the full day of retailing ... More >>
Adjusting To The New Normal
Monday, 13 December 2021, 2:06 pm | Worldline
Aucklanders have enthusiastically returned to cafés and bars since moving out of lockdown on 3 December, while momentum for pre-Christmas retailing continued to grow steadily amidst the national shift to the Traffic Light system. Spending through ... More >>
Kiwis Spend Up For Black Friday Sales
Wednesday, 1 December 2021, 7:57 am | Worldline
Worldline data shows strong start to Christmas retail season as extended Black Friday weekend sales rise above pre-Covid levels AUCKLAND, 1 December 2021 – New Zealanders are clearly warming to annual Black Friday sales trends, with Kiwi shoppers flocking ... More >>
Worldline Joins The Xero App Store To Help SMEs Get Paid Faster With Online EFTPOS
Friday, 12 November 2021, 11:58 am | Worldline
New service to provide an easy, low-cost option for businesses to accept payment of Xero invoices and improve cashflow AUCKLAND, 12 November 2021 – Worldline has today announced it has joined the Xero App Store providing a new integrated service ... More >>
Auckland Poised For Pre-Christmas Shopping Spree As Retail Spending Lifts
Thursday, 4 November 2021, 11:26 am | Worldline
Worldline data shows Kiwi consumer spending picked up in October despite COVID-19 influences COVID-19 lockdown factors continued to heavily influence the spending patterns of Kiwi consumers in October, according to New Zealand spending data released ... More >>
Building A Way Forward
Friday, 1 October 2021, 2:02 pm | Worldline
The Reduced Restrictions Under Alert Level 3 In Auckland Caused A Surge In Spending Across The City In September According To Payment Transactions Through Worldline (previously Paymark) But Spending By The End Of The Month Was Still Well Below Pre-Covid ... More >>
Worldline unveils new brand identity
Tuesday, 21 September 2021, 8:51 am | Worldline
Paymark, equensWorldline, SIX Payment Services, and Bambora become Worldline, streamlining and strengthening global offering Worldline today unveiled its new brand identity. More >>