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These opinions are my own, and not that of any of my current or former clients.
Monthly Archives: October 2009
Guest Post: Glen Wiggs on Minimum Pricing of Alcohol
Another post by my father Glen Wiggs. In this one he refers to a Scottish study where imposing a minimum price of alcohol did nothing to reduce sales of ready to drink products (sold to younger folk), but did reduce … Continue reading
Excess pay and excess bloat
Fairfax execs to feel shareholder ire on pay, originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. A nice juxtaposition – this Sydney Morning Herald article reporting complaints about former Fairfax senior execs earning too much in payouts is accompanied by a video ad. I … Continue reading
Posted in NZ Business
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Let me buy stuff Apple
Cart – Apple Store (New Zealand), originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. A rare mishap on an Apple site – this the Store.Apple.co.nz site. I would like to buy the new mouse, but when I try to view the cart I get … Continue reading
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Alcohol minimum pricing – Reversing the Facts
A PRESS RELEASE FROM MY DAD. Plenty more to come on this topic I feel Website: www.ffar.org Email: gwiggs@ffar.org Media Release Box 776, Noosa Heads Queensland 4567 Australia ALCOHOL MINIMUM PRICING – Reversing the Facts The Scottish Government is actively … Continue reading
Why not switch to the BNZ Global Plus Cards?
ccselector.html, originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. Technebish and Adam suggest I switch to that I switch to the Global Plus Platinum Card. Here, straight from the BNZ website, is the comparison table between the Global Plus, Platinum (mine) and GlobalPlus Platinum … Continue reading
Posted in NZ Business
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An open letter to Air New Zealand
Dear Air New Zealand Why are you walking away from the revenue provided by people with bank rewards programs – and stopping conversion to Air New Zealand Airpoints Dollars? I refer of course to the recent notification by BNZ and … Continue reading
An open letter to BNZ Credit Cards
To/BNZ Credit Cards Wellington, New Zealand CC/ a few other folks. Dear BNZ Credit Cards; I am very upset. The other day I opened this message in my BNZ internet banking inbox (good to see the newer website by the … Continue reading
Posted in NZ Business
Tagged Air New Zealand, Airpoints Dollars, bnz, BNZ Platinum Visa, Fairness
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The stupid American Express “prove you are you” policy
My phone rings – it’s a blocked call. I answer, and then a pause before I hear: “Hello Mr. Wiggs It’s so and so from American Express and this is a courtesy call. Can you please answer a question to … Continue reading
NZ Newspaper Readership Numbers
More Red Sea – this time the changes in circulation numbers for Newspapers. The charts show the difference in readership between 2007/8 and 2008/9. Once again these are supplied by Roy Morgan. I’ve put the Sundays, which is once-weekly and … Continue reading
Posted in NZ Business
Tagged APN, Dominion Post, fairfax, media, NZ Herald, Readership, Roy Morgan
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NZ Magazine Readership numbers
The Roy Morgan newspaper and magazine readership numbers are out. I created some charts to read the Magazine numbers better – so here they are. They show the differences between 2007/8 and 2008/9 readership numbers. Click on the images for … Continue reading
Posted in fairfax
Tagged 2008/9, APN, Magazine circulation, media, new zealand, Roy Morgan
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The least remarkable ad campaign
The least remarkable ad campaign, originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. I’m pretty sure MyFarm is unhappy about the placement of their advertisement in NBR’s afternoon update email.
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Those global roaming costs and Kindle in NZ
Amazon.com: Kindle Wireless Reading Device (6" Display, U.S. & International Wireless, Latest Generation): Kindle Store, originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. I’m glad to hear via NBR that both Vodafone and Telecom are fighting for the rights to deliver Kindle content. That’s … Continue reading
Posted in NZ Business
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Lingopal still big in Japan
Lingopal sales by Region, originally uploaded by LanceWiggs. Six months on and Lingopal is consistently getting half of our revenue from Japan. While Europe has a good showing it is really surprising to us how low the US sales are, … Continue reading
Posted in NZ Business
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News from afar – patience required
After the comments in the last post I decided to find some numbers behind the Mozambique experience of Stuff and NZHerald. Happily the Stuff website eventually came back up. However the experience is less than stellar. My first test shows … Continue reading
