Looking back and forward with Trade Me

Published
11 February 2021

As New Zealand’s largest online marketplace, Trade Me has a big influence on the trends that shape online shopping in New Zealand. They are also impacted by those external impacts – like a global pandemic – that impact all retailers.

David Swift, Trade Me’s Global Sales Manager, tells us how the events of 2020 impacted them and he looks ahead at what 2021 could bring.

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