Recession hasn’t curbed consumer choice for green products and services even if they cost little more, according to new US survey. Half the 1000 people surveyed by Green Seal and EnviroMedia Social Marketing say they are buying just as many green products; 19 percent say they are buying more, while 14 percent have reduced their green spend. Green advertising only influenced nine percent of consumers; brand loyalty 15 percent and product reputation 21 percent.
After a punishing economic cycle Kiwi businesses are emerging into something of a stabilisation period. Cautiously optimistic, past the worst, but with operating costs still biting and reinvestment held back. Why the next six months will define the recovery, and what business owners need to be doing in that period.
Close to one in 10 New Zealand employees changed roles inside their own company in the past three months, but pay across the market barely moved, new data shows.
The World Economic Forum recently released its annual Top 10 Emerging Technologies Report 2026, identifying what it sees as breakthroughs poised to reshape economies and societies within the next three to five years.
