Cheaper groceries matter, but durable competition also depends on sites, wholesale access, supplier terms, data and the ability of new retailers to scale.
Tag: Cost of living
New Zealand’s wage problem will not be fixed by productivity slogans
Weak wage growth is not only a household-budget problem. It is a warning that New Zealand still has not turned work into enough bargaining power, investment or productivity gains.
New Zealand’s baby question is becoming a cost-of-living question
A personal story about delaying children points to a wider New Zealand question: what happens when housing, food and care costs reshape family formation?