Wellington Scoop and Retail https://wellington.gen.nz/wellington-scoop+retail Items tagged with Wellington Scoop and Retail. A celebration at Unity Books, and other favourite places http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=35167 Wednesday will be a day of celebration at Unity Books in Willis Street, marking the end of months of renovations. Bigger! Brighter! Even better! The new Unity Books has a wider, more welcoming facade, a lot more window space to entice pedestrians to stop, and a lot more space for browsing and buying. retail books business media Tue, 31 May 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=35167 Wellington Scoop 2011-05-31T00:00:00Z The disappearance of nine car parks, and the decline of a heritage shopping precinct http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=32436 n November 2008, road works were started to resurface and widen Riddiford Street in Newtown, from the southern end to the heritage shopping precinct at the intersection of John Street and Adelaide Road. The contractor put up a sign saying the work would take a month. But it took two and a half months, finishing about the middle of February 2009. cafe retail parking newtown restaurantsbars business transport places media Wed, 02 Mar 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=32436 Wellington Scoop 2011-03-02T00:00:00Z -41.3110524 174.7780368 Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand What went wrong with Wellington’s big overseas-owned bookstores? http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=32038 Reports this weekend have confirmed that the money troubles faced by the owners of the Whitcoulls and Borders bookstores are likely to leave empty retail spaces not only in Lambton Quay. The future could also be uncertain for Wellington’s other big Whitcoulls stores, in the Readings complex in Courtenay Place, at the airport, and in Queensgate, as well as others throughout New Zealand. books retail business media Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=32038 Wellington Scoop 2011-02-20T00:00:00Z If we’re so cool, why are Manners Street businesses so unhappy? http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=29202 Banners telling us that we are the “coolest little capital in the world” are on display throughout the CBD. But if we’re so cool, then why are Manners Street retailers so unhappy? manners-mall-bus-lane retail bus-lanes transport business media Thu, 11 Nov 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=29202 Wellington Scoop 2010-11-11T00:00:00Z Crime scene investigation: Miramar http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=23300 miramar retail places business media Sat, 03 Apr 2010 00:00:00 GMT http://wellington.scoop.co.nz/?p=23300 Wellington Scoop 2010-04-03T00:00:00Z -41.3133541 174.8196538 Miramar, Wellington, New Zealand