I’ve just finished watching Sunday on TVNZ . The first story was about the recent spat between the Joneses Real Estate company, and the REINZ (Real Estate Institute of New Zealand). Chris Taylor of the Joneses talked about their flat fee structure. All of their agents are on salary so that, they say, effectively removes […]
I delivered a presentation last week in Auckland to clients of an advertising agency we partner with. Some of what we talked about was how businesses could use social networking sites to promote their brand. We don’t know of any New Zealand businesses doing this but it’s commonplace in the USA. The way we could […]
It’s a bright day for sock wearers of New Zealand. Norsewear, the outfitter of farmers based in Norsewood, southern Hawkes Bay, has been sold to Ben Nathan , ex-owner of Barkers Menswear. While some of the Norsewear workers in Norsewood and Wanganui will be losing their jobs the sock ‘department’ will continue knitting. As a […]
I’m not a naive person. I know that there are people out there in the corporate world that deserve huge salaries. But there is a limit. The case of the new chief executive for Telecom, Paul Reynolds , is a case in point. He’s being paid $1.75 million dollars, with the same amount in performance […]
I said in a previous post that I would write about the way that www.interest.co.nz rate the financial institutions that appear on their site. I need to point out that I’m not a financial expert – I’m just pointing out what I see as some fundamental inadequacies in their rating system. I also need to […]