EziBuy

EziBuy Limited
Subsidiary
Industry Clothing Retail
Founded 1978
Headquarters Parnell, Auckland, New Zealand
Key people

Director: Simon Blair West

Founders: Peter & Gerard Gillespie
Products Clothes, Shoes, Accessories, Home Decor
Number of employees
 900-1000
Parent Woolworths Limited
Slogan Live Big For Less
Website

ezibuy.co.nz

ezibuy.com.au

EziBuy is a New Zealand-founded multi-channel retailer in Australasia. It sells clothes, homeware and gifts.[1]

History

EziBuy was established in 1978 by brothers Peter and Gerard Gillespie, and their friend John Robinson in Palmerston North, New Zealand. The business began as a catalogue retailer selling womenswear and menswear. The first catalogue was a simple folded, A3 black and white page which was mailed to a list of local organisations in 1978. EziBuy celebrated its 35th anniversary at their Palmerston North distribution centre.[2][3]

In January 2002, EziBuy purchased Myer Direct from Coles Myer.

In August 2013, EziBuy was acquired by Woolworths Limited.[4][5]

EziBuy is currently the largest[6] fashion and homeware multi-channel retailer in Australasia. The business mails over 23 million catalogues every year and processes more than 1.75 million orders annually.

Store and services

EziBuy operates on multi-channel business model. Customers purchase products via the website, from catalogues,[7][8] and also through retail stores across New Zealand.

Distribution centre

EziBuy’s distribution centre[9][10] remains in its Palmerston North, New Zealand.

Awards

References

  1. ↑ Company Overview of EziBuy Limited, Bloomsburg Business Week
  2. ↑ Big birthday present to Palmerston North, Stuff.co.nz, July 10, 2013
  3. ↑ Ezibuy’s 35 years in Palmerston North - TV News Video, TVNZ, July 3, 2013
  4. ↑ Woolworths buys EziBuy in $NZ350m deal, News.com.au, Aug 22, 2013
  5. ↑ Woolworths buys Ezibuy for $350m, The New Zealand Herald, Aug 22, 2013
  6. ↑ Woolies snaps up Kiwi retailer EziBuy, The Sunday Morning Herald, Aug 22, 2013
  7. ↑ "Kiwis still catalogue shopping from the couch - EziBuy". TVNZ. July 18, 2012.
  8. ↑ Future of Catalogue shoppping, TVNZ, July 18, 2012
  9. ↑ Ezibuy distribution centre opened in Palmerston North, The National Business Review, July 11, 2006
  10. ↑ Wallace Development Company Limited Photo Gallery showing EziBuy Distribution Centre Building in 2005
  11. ↑ 2012 NZDM Award Winners, Marketing Association of NZ, 2012
  12. ↑ The Joy of EziBuy, True Customer Intimacy!, Marketing Association of NZ, July 28, 2013

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