Ballantynes welcomes customers at first Invercargill store

Pictured above: Ballantynes Select ribbon cutting – Averil Rodgers, Shelley Glassey, Norman Ferreira and Linda Tempelman.

Christchurch headquartered department store and online retailer Ballantynes has opened its fourth New Zealand retail store in the heart of Invercargill’s CBD.

Ballantynes Select ranges a curated, smaller selection of fashion, accessories and gifting from its flagship Christchurch store.

The Select range includes international anchor brands such as RM Williams; the Trelise Cooper suite of brands; Superdry and Saben, with new brands expected to be featured frequently.

Four local staff have been hired to manage the store, led by Store Manager, Norman Ferreira.

“I’d like to offer a well-deserved thank you to our wonderful staff and the store fit-out team who have helped us get to this point.

“Our customers have been asking for a physical store in Southland for a while now, and it’s a special feeling to be able to answer that call, and bring Southlanders their own, carefully curated selection of the Ballantynes offering,” says Maria O’Halloran, Chief Executive at Ballantynes.

Renowned Kiwi fashion designer Dame Trelise Cooper, who has a long-standing partnership with Ballantynes says: “I’m delighted to see the continued growth of fashion in Southland, and to be on this journey with Ballantynes Select, making my offering more accessible for lovers of fashion in regional New Zealand.”

The Invercargill expansion was announced late in 2023 much to the delight of local Mayor Nobby Clark.

“It’s a sign of the strength of the city of Invercargill that it’s attracting inspiring retailers like Ballantynes. The new Ballantynes Select store will add to the vibrancy of the shopping experience at Invercargill Central and this is exciting news for both the local economy and the city’s people,” says Clark.