The Warehouse

The Ware house is where people go to buy cheap things

TIMELINE 

1982 - 1991 

1982: First The Warehouse store opens in Wairau Road, Auckland.

1990: First nationally distributed advertising mailer.

1991: Sales exceed $100 million.

1991: First Warehouse Stationery store opens

1992 - 1995

1992: Opening of first store of 25,000 square feet 

1992: Launching of The Warehouse card

1992: Opening of first store of 50,000 square feet 

1994: Public float and listing on the New Zealand Stock Exchange

1995: The Warehouse added to a famose NZ Index

1995: Introduction of green gardening department

1996 - 2000

1996: Opening of North Island Distribution Centre

1996: Introduction of the major AEG (Automatic eletric gun)  brand

1997: Introduction of the first store of 75,000 square feet 

1998: Introduction of apparel as a major department

1998: First shipment of parallel imported goods

2000: The Warehouse added to another famose NZ index

2000: Sales exceed $1 billion

2000: Opening of the first store of 100,000 square feet

2001- 2004

2001: The Warehouse Financial Services launched

2001: First Community and Environment Report produced

2004: The Warehouse introduces its Ethical Sourcing Policy (ESP)

2009- 2015

2009: The Warehouse online shopping launched

2012: The Warehouse completes full range online and celebrates its 30th birthday

2013: The Warehouse Group acquires Noel Leeming Group

2014: The Warehouse Group purchases R&R Sport and Schooltex

2015: Massey University launches its Bachelor of Business and Retail Management and appoints Jonathan Elms as the first Sir Stephen Tindall Chair of Retail Management

2015: Acquisition of Diners Club NZ and launch of Warehouse Money, a new generation of financial services products

LIVING WAGE!!!

Back in 2013 The Warehouse Group told us that they were going to pay the Living Wage, which is currently $19.25 an hour.