New retailer opens doors in Dunedin

Photo: Peter McIntosh
Photo: Peter McIntosh
The country’s newest retailer has opened its doors in Dunedin this week.

The Outlet is in the old Torpedo7 store in Andersons Bay Rd which closed last month.

Auckland-based Tahua Group Ltd, which owns Torpedo7 along with the likes of Burger King, Hannah’s Shoes, Number One Shoes and Starbucks in New Zealand, converted 10 existing stores into an "off-price retail concept".

Categories include apparel, footwear, adventure and outdoor gear, home and living, toys, health and beauty and gifts.

The Dunedin Torpedo7 store originally operated as R&R Sport, which was established in 1981.

Following the acquisition of R&R Sport by The Warehouse Group in December 2013, the store was rebranded as Torpedo7 in October 2014.

Torpedo7 was then sold to Tahua Group for $1 in February last year.

It has been reported The Warehouse Group invested about $52 million in the brand.