

The distribution centres could still have a small retail space ‘upfront’, displaying the products available ‘outback’, either physically on shelves or in catalogues, digital kiosks, or both. Customers would be able to order their groceries online and choose click and collect, or mid-sized delivery trucks could group and deliver a number of orders to designated pick up points, perhaps near Kiwibank parking lots.

Second, being a distribution centre also aligns with constantly growing online retailing trends. For example, some could be sited in rural communities and in the regions where options and access are the most limited and where green-grocery staples would be grown nearby. This would reduce fixed costs and would mean large warehouses could be set up in lower cost real estate areas. Firstly, the Kiwishops would be more warehouse and distribution centres than actual retail shops. What do you think? Click here to comment. Set up correctly, the Kiwishop idea has even more potential to impact positively the morale and well-being of our nation. This idea follows a model similar to our state-owned Kiwibank which, you may recall, came about through the need to address similar competition issues in the banking sector, or rather lack-of-competition issues. However, there is third option described and that is the idea of a ‘Kiwishop’.
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The commission has come up with some good ideas on how to bring this situation to an end by, essentially, making it easier for competitive entry and legislating retailer business practice. OPINION: The Commerce Commission’s much needed report on the duopoly of the supermarket sector in New Zealand has brought outrage and anger at the contribution this system makes to our high cost of living and the effect this has on well-being in our vulnerable communities. The Commerce Commission's radical proposal for a state-sponsored grocery chain is similar to Kiwibank, which was created to address a similar lack of competition in the banking sector Business Subsidies not soft drinks: The brave new world of Kiwishop
