my thoughts are to stay away. danger, danger, red alert, beep, beep, beep, radioactive warning, woof woof
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The circle of (business) life continues unabated, right?
The Warehouse killed off many small retailers, who couldn't keep up. Now the tired old lion of NZ retail has many hungry young challengers nipping at its heels - from the likes of Kmart with its vastly superior homebrand Anko range, to the likes of Aliexpress and Temu providing cheap plasticky garbage for even less.
The only thing I really do like about The Warehouse now is their homebrand coffee beans (apparently the reject Havana ones) which represent excellent value for money and taste good when freshly ground. But that's hardly the stuff that's going to resurrect the business.
Noel Leeming is a miserable place to shop owing to a very insipid range and typically poor deals (at least JB Hi Fi and PB Tech offer some more interesting products/choice when it comes to computers, headphones and other electrionics) and you can't so much as set foot in the stores where I live without being pounced on by multiple salespeople who I assume are desperate to make a sale to earn commission.
The big issue with a struggling retailer is their leases.
Wonder how badly Costco is eating The Warehouse's lunch ? ;)
Be fairly large bites I imagine ..