Warehouse creates New Zealand’s first online mall

August 5, 2019

The Warehouse Group has launched a one-stop online shop. It has been advertised as New Zealand’s biggest online mall.

Last Thursday morning a TheMarket was launched with over 1500 stores on it.

The new website cost $12 million to build.

Currently, just 9% of New Zealanders buy online, compared to 14% in the US, 18% in the UK and more than 20%in China.

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