Coffers filling nicely, tills ringing loudly as RWC opens wallets
Paymark figures show the country is already reaping the benefits of extra Rugby World Cup spending, with a surge in transactions even before the opening ceremony. Read more »
Paymark figures show the country is already reaping the benefits of extra Rugby World Cup spending, with a surge in transactions even before the opening ceremony. Read more »
Restaurants and gift stores were the big winners during Mother’s Day week. But it’s not just the cockles of mothers that were warmed: some retailers and marketers will find plenty of comfort in figures that show spending on the Paymark network, which processes more than three quarters of all in-store electronic transactions in New Zealand, is up considerably on the same period last year. Read more »
< The figures released by Paymark for March read somewhat like a patch-work quilt of spending. While weekly growth was steady nationwide, regional and industry spending was more of a mixed bag. Read more »
In news sure to warm marketers’ cockles, the latest figures from Paymark, the network that processes over 75 percent of all electronic transactions in the New Zealand retail market, show that good old fashioned consumer spending is on the up. But the increased shelling out evident in some of the smaller centres is not being shared equally across the regions. Read more »
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