Shop New Zealand joins the Allworldshops.com global shopping mall.
June 19, 2005 (PRLEAP.COM) Business News
www.shopnewzealand.co.nz has become the first store to launch in the new Allworldshops.com shopping mall. This mall contains 47 shops that sell consumer products that are manufactured in their own country. Other stores are under development and will be opening soon. There is only one shop per country and licenses for some countries are still available. Other functionality will be added to the Allworldshops.com site in the near future.About Shop New Zealand
Shop New Zealand started trading in November 2005 and has been growing at over 50% a month ever since. This website has a Department Store format and sells quality consumer products made in New Zealand. It has over 4,000 products presented in four languages – English, Japanese, Korean and Chinese. The products range from heath and beauty to art. Products are delivered worldwide from its Auckland based warehouse using DHL.
The company uses a rewards program called Mydollaz which rewards customers with a digital currency on all purchases. Mydollaz are able to be used as payment towards future purchases. A multi-level Affiliate program is currently under development and will be added by the end of July.
The company is owned by a group of private shareholders and providing growth continues at a similar level will be looking to do a share market listing in the later part of 2006.
About All World Shops
All World Shops is a group of online Department Stores from 47 countries. Each of these stores is required to operate within the guidelines and rules set by the All World Shops. They may only sell products that are made in their own country and such products must meet quality standards. As a licensee of All World Shops each store receives a package of services which includes software, site optimization, marketing, rewards program, operational support, technology support, etc.
Functionality of the All World Shops site will be expanded in the near future to include a search engine that will enable one search across all stores within the group. The Companies head office is in Auckland, New Zealand and it also operates a software development team from this location.