MIGHTY APE CLOCKS 100 FOR SPEED AND SERVICE

• Mighty Ape awarded Excellence in Customer Service Delivery at ‘Best of the Best’  Westpac Auckland Business Awards
• E-tailer attributes win to speed of delivery across country
• Auckland based 5,500m2 office and distribution centre stocks over 300,000 products ready to be shipped same-day to Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and overnight to rest of New Zealand
• MightyApe.co.nz is New Zealand’s no.1 most popular online retailer for purchasing (2014 Nielsen report)

New Zealand's most popular online shopping site measured by actual purchases, Mighty Ape, proved that online retailing can deliver the personal touch when it took out top honours at Westpac’s Best of the Best Auckland Business Awards 2014 for Customer Service Delivery this week.

The team at Mighty Ape were up against the three other category finalists from the Business Awards held in the greater Auckland area .

Mighty Ape customer service monkey Scarlett Winter notes the company has placed customer satisfaction as one of its core drivers since inception, where others in the online (and offline) world rely on discounting and promotions to see success.

“Customer service has been pushed hard by our team and this award shows online can deliver exemplary experiences when done right.” 

“For us, this means staying true to our market-leading delivery timeframes is always front of mind, and communication is dead easy between our customer and our troop of monkeys - whether that be by phone, visiting our headquarters, email or social channels.  Of course our pricing is very competitive, but long-term it is also about leading the online space with innovations like the same-day delivery option recently opened up to over 70 per cent of Kiwis (Christchurch, Wellington and Auckland),” says Winter.

Auckland Chamber of Commerce chief executive Michael Barnett explains the ‘Best of the Best’ “recognises an outstanding demonstration of the diversity, innovation and opportunity Auckland has within its business community”.

The Awards celebrate excellence in seven areas of business performance – Innovation, Exporting, Customer Service Delivery, Best Emerging Business, Marketing, Business Leadership, and Strategy and Planning.

Not content to rest on its laurels, Mighty Ape is constantly evolving with its customer’s online journey, having most recently added a health & beauty and fitness & nutrition category to complement its mix of gaming, books, DVDs, toys, home & living, clothing, baby, electronics and more.

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