![]() ![]() The Warehouse's corporate headquarters are located in North Shore, New Zealand.Īpart from its 240+ retail locations, it operates 2 distribution centres located in Wiri and in Rolleston, New Zealand as well as 13 online stores. As of January 2015, The Warehouse employed over 12,000 people in New Zealand. The Warehouse operates discount retail department stores selling a broad range of non-grocery and grocery products. The Warehouse also started closing jewellery counters in July 2021. In May 2021, The Warehouse Group announced that fireworks would no longer be sold at The Warehouse stores. ![]() įrom early 2021 all Warehouse stores across the country stopped selling physical media including DVDs, Blu-Rays, CDs, and Vinyl Records. On 21 December the Warehouse Group announced that it was in a "confident enough position" to repay its NZ$67.8 million COVID-19 wage subsidy to the Government. First Union general secretary Dennis Maga has criticised the company for using COVID-19 as an excuse to lay off hundreds of workers and to reduce the incomes of thousands of employees. On 20 July 2020 the Warehouse COO Pejman Okhovat announced that it could cut between 500 to 750 jobs as part of a proposed restructuring of the company. The company also announced that it would be closing down six stores including The Warehouse stores in Whangaparaoa, Johnsonville, Dunedin, the Warehouse Stationery in Te Awamutu, and the Noel Leeming stores in Henderson and Tokoroa. In June 2020 the Warehouse Group announced that it would be laying off 1,080 jobs as a result of the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic in New Zealand. In 2019, TWG launched TheMarket, a new online marketplace selling local and international brands. In 2018, TWG purchased the Appliance Shed brand to create the Noel Leeming Clearance Centre brand. In July 2017, TW Group announced that it intended to sell the Financial Services division, acquired in 2014, to SBS Bank for a reported $18 million by September. ![]() In 2014, the group purchased the New Zealand-based branches of Australian retail chain The Good Guys, turning their five NZ based stores into their various retail brands. That same year, the TW Group launches The Warehouse Group Financial Services after the takeover of Diners Club NZ. In 2014, TW Group Buys R&R Sport and SchoolTex. 1 Fitness, Shotgun Supplements, Shop HQ (pet.co.nz & .nz), and Insight Traders. Also in 2013, TW Group Purchases Torpedo7, No. In 2013 TW Group holds Click Madness, a one-day online only sale across all brands in the group. Later that year, The Warehouse announced it is buying electronics retailer The Noel Leeming Group for $65 million. In 2012, The Warehouse ceased its instore pharmacy offer. In 2010 the Warehouse opened a store in Gisborne, New Zealand, the first large format store since the opening of The Warehouse Sylvia Park in 2006. In 2009, the first smaller-concept store, The Warehouse Local, opens in Mosgiel. In 2008, Warehouse Extra stores were converted to the standard format. In 2007, the company celebrated its 25th birthday and marked the occasion by releasing 13,000 balloons, causing concerns from environmentalists. In 2006 the Warehouse began selling alcoholic beverages in selected stores and launched a new set of stores branded 'The Warehouse Extra' at Sylvia Park, Auckland, which included full grocery as well as a pharmacy, bakery and photo processing. In 2005, Warehouse Australia was sold to Catalyst Investment Managers and Castle Harlan Australian Mezzanine Partners for A$92 million (NZ$99m). That same year, the Warehouse brand was relaunched with new lower-case logo, announced its plan to enter the liquor market and that it would end operations in Australia by Christmas. In 2005, a lab store launched in the Hamilton suburb of Te Rapa. In 2003 the Warehouse Australia brand was launched. Also in 2000, the group acquired Clint's Crazy Bargains and Silly Solly's in Australia. In 2000, it was added to the NZSE 10 index. In 1996, a distribution centre opened on the North Island. ![]() In 1994, Warehouse was added to the New Zealand Exchange, under the symbol TWH. The first Warehouse group store opened in North Shore, Auckland in 1982. All stores in Australia used this logo until they were renamed in 2008. No stores in New Zealand use this version anymore. ![]()
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