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Source: NZPA / Rob Tucker
Retailer The Warehouse has opened the first of its smaller format stores, with plans to roll out about 15 in coming years.
The company said the first of its The Warehouse Local stores was opened in Mosgiel, near Dunedin, and the company now had 86 stores nationwide.
Research carried out with 600 Mosgiel residents determined the range and choice of products in the first local store, The Warehouse said on Tuesday.
It had employed Dunedin locals to fill three of the six store management and supervisor roles in the Mosgiel store, and all of the 22 service staff from the small community.
Mosgiel resident and Dunedin deputy mayor Syd Brown said The Warehouse's presence offered new and welcome employment opportunities to a community hard hit by recent set-backs.
