PHOTO: Nido has opened its doors.
With jobs being lost each day and a recession looming, many would argue it’s not the best time to open a new business.
But that’s exactly what an Auckland retailer is doing by pushing ahead with finishing a huge new store and creating dozens of jobs in the process.
Before the doors even opened, customers were lining up outside west Auckland’s newest homeware store. It’s taken 16 months and $60 million dollars, but Nido is finally here.
“It’s been a tough journey, especially when COVID hit us,” says owner and creative director Vinod Kumar.
It was supposed to open in late March, but then the lockdown happened.
Kumar – the man behind the Mitre 10 MEGA concept – didn’t know if he’d be able to continue with the store.
“I nearly just about broke down, and I did not know. The day I heard about this I just went home and started thinking about what to do.”
But Kumar and his team pushed ahead. He’s already employed 90 staff and expects to create at least another 90 jobs when the store’s completed.
He sells every kind of homeware and believes the store’s filling a gap in the New Zealand market.
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