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state of the nation 2021
Hardware ADAPTS and
SURVIVES
We asked three players in DIY retailing and building supplies about disruption and achievements in the past year and their thoughts for the year ahead. Steve Bohling reports.
Simon Burden (BuildLink Group): “We could probably have this conversation this time next year [and] we might be saying ‘wasn’t 2021 easy going?’ ... I wouldn’t be surprised if that was the case...”
Ben Camire (Bunnings New Zealand): “I’ve really had to draw on my leadership skills
over the past year – managing through a pandemic is certainly not something many of us have done before...”
Andrea Scown (Mitre 10 NZ): “Probably the biggest worry I had two years ago was our ability to absorb the changes in the transformation programme.”
16 NZHJ | DECEMBER 2021/JANUARY 2022
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