2011-11-03 13:06:12 // Deirdre Robert
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Strategy Design & Advertising has announced a merger with long-standing Wellington-based Cue Design. The merger bolsters Strategy’s studio numbers to four — Wellington, Auckland, Christchurch and Sydney — with 80 staff across the four studios. And there are big plans afoot.
2011-09-08 17:44:25 // Willy Leferink
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New Zealanders have a tendency to catastrophise, writes Willy Leferink, but farmers aren’t dumb – it's not in their interests to abuse what their resources.
2011-08-11 10:10:00 // Andrea Rush
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New research puts the Maori economic base at $36.9 billion and Maori as the world's third most entrepreneurial indigenous people.
2011-08-03 10:11:55 // Idealog
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New Zealand companies need to start winning more government contracts in order to boost the economy by millions – but a focus on price above all else is negatively affecting results.
2011-08-01 09:09:50 // Esther Goh
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The media and entertainment industries need to sort out their digital strategies, warns PriceWaterhouseCoopers. But as always, it's a matter of figuring out how to make it pay.
2011-07-29 09:52:05 // Esther Goh
Farmers are welcoming news that the European Union has agreed to accept an annual quota of New Zealand grain-fed beef, which will quadruple our beef exports to the continent.
2011-07-25 10:01:12 // Idealog
The Financial Markets Authority has added to its leadership team, appointing three new staff to support chief executive Sean Hughes.
2011-07-13 16:51:10 // Esther Goh
The Productivity Commission is calling for public submissions as it launches an inquiry into the international freight transport sector.
2011-07-13 12:05:40 // Idealog
Despite our rising cost of living, New Zealand remains a competitive choice for expats, according to the Mercer Worldwide Cost of Living Survey 2011.
2011-07-12 11:29:30 // Idealog
Nestle, the world’s largest food company, has officially nabbed a £1 billion stronghold in the world’s second-largest economy.
2011-07-12 10:03:37 // Idealog
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Now that album sales are up for the first time in years, will they slide back into a gradual slump? Or does this mark some kind of turning point?
2011-07-11 09:18:42 // Jacqueline Rowarth
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Farmers occupy a strange position, writes Jacqueline Rowarth: recognised for their key role in the economy, yet blamed for rising food prices and environmental impacts.
2011-07-07 10:05:49 // Vincent Heeringa
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As milk powder prices peak, the TradeMe founder finds a new trick: dairying in Brazil. Que?
2011-07-04 13:52:44 // Sarah Robson
Recognising and rewarding outstanding leadership was the name of the game at the Sir Peter Blake Leadership Awards.
2010-12-02 14:42:44 // Anya Kussler
// Idealog #30: features
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The Les Mills gym empire is a very fit enterprise—good numbers, good effort, good attitude. So why is Phillip Mills suggesting some radical changes, not just for his company, but for the whole industry? Anya Kussler finds out. Plus turning at the top.
2010-10-07 06:00:00 // Jehan Casinader
// Idealog #29: features
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Companies used to merely yell at us: buy this! Now they want to know what’s inside our heads (and a hand with their marketing, please). But Jehan Casinader sounds a warning—most brands just aren’t worth the conversation.
2010-09-03 15:05:26 // Dwight Whitney
// Idealog #29: export
Generally country of origin is just one of a number of factors people take into account when electing to buy or not to buy—but, okay, a ‘Made in North Korea’ tag may be an instant turnoff unless you love the Dear Leader.
2010-06-24 12:31:42 // The Editors
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When self-confessed ‘bike nut’ Tim White came back from a couple of years in Canada he had a dream of setting up a different kind of bike shop. So he did and T. White’s Bikes is now getting its wheels on.
2009-08-12 15:25:39 // Chris Tobias
// Idealog #22: workshop
We’re in strange times, and they could get a lot stranger. How do you plan for the unknowable?
2009-07-28 10:26:21 // Matt Cooney
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Barry Colman invited a firestorm when he announced that the NBR would stop publishing all its content online for free, and instead would save some of its material for paid subscribers. A week later, how’s he doing?
2009-05-23 16:56:52 // Simon Young
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17 bold entrepreneurial projects are now years closer to success than a day ago, thanks to what has happened here today.
2009-02-16 10:28:52 // Vincent Heeringa
// Idealog #19: features
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When four old mates got together and started drinking french water, it got them thinking: why? Six years later their Antipodes brand is pioneering a premium glass-bottled water from new Zealand to the world, but it would never have happened without five inspired errors. By Vincent Heeringa
2009-01-21 09:21:26 // Rosie Bosworth
// Idealog #19: features
Some companies have a secret place, hidden from day-to-day business, where adventurous staff plan a radical makeover. Rosie Bosworth sheds light on the Black Room
2008-10-14 14:51:39 // Vincent Heeringa
// Idealog #17: now
Each year 70,000 New Zealanders leave our shores, says David Skilling—and in December he’ll join the exodus
2008-10-03 13:17:21 // Karryn Cartelle
// Idealog #17: features
Terrie Lloyd couldn’t speak a word of Japanese when he arrived in Tokyo, so he started a translation company. Now he’s at the head of a multimillion-dollar publishing and technology empire. Karryn Cartelle meets the Kiwis running Japan Inc
2008-08-22 10:27:39 // Simon Young
// Idealog #16: workshop
Want to know what’s special about your brand? Here’s how to innovate from that insight. Plus insight vs fact and five ideas to get more ideas
2008-08-01 15:07:44 // James Hurman & Mike Booker
// Idealog #16: features
Most Kiwis aren’t desperate to get rich. Even our entrepreneurs are happy with a boat, a bach and a beamer. Rejoice in their happiness: Mike Booker discovers our small business shouldn’t be bullied into growing, and James Hurman thinks growth is the wrong target anyway. Plus: will our SMEs save us?
2008-04-24 13:22:00 // Dwight Whitney
// Idealog #15: workshop
As the baby boomers start to retire, the ‘for sale’ sign will be slapped on Kiwi companies worth $24 billion. And succession planning needs to be part of your overall business plan. Here’s how to avoid a fire sale—or a business meltdown. Plus back in the saddle and buying the family silver
2008-02-22 12:25:50 // Simon Young
// Idealog #13: workshop
Great staff want to be part of their company’s success. Here’s how to get them on board. Plus the history of HR, how it’s done at Squiz and at More FM, keeping up the churn and what workers really want
