https://worldline.com en Worldline Press Release NewsArticle https://worldline.com/en-nz/home/top-navigation/media-relations/press-releases/pr-2024-08-05 Data released by Worldline NZ today shows consumer spending through Core Retail merchants (excluding Hospitality) in its payments network reached $2.82B in July 2024, which is down -2.6% from July 2023. Worldline NZ’s Chief Sales Officer, Bruce Proffit, says there has been little change in the spending momentum at Kiwi retailers in recent weeks. “Spending across the country was down on last year in June and continued to be down in July, although there was a small school holiday effect bump seen within the month,” says Proffit. “The second week of July – the first week of the school holidays – was the best for Hospitality generally across the country, however this was not enough to take spending up to levels seen in the same school holiday period in 2023.” Proffit says Hospitality sector spending was highest in the major regions (Auckland/Northland, Wellington and Canterbury) and the rest of New Zealand in the second week of the month but was below year ago levels for both regional groups during the week – by 5% and 10% respectively. Worldline Wed Jul 02 06:31:04 UTC 2025 https://worldline.com/content/dam/worldline/global/images/portraits/helene-carlander.png https://worldline.com/en-nz/home/top-navigation/media-relations/press-releases/pr-2024-08-05