Landlords making unrealistic demands, says leader of business association.

The Warehouse has announced a nationwide recall of infant flannelette pyjamas.

Stock Takes assumes the powers that be at The Warehouse are sharpening their pencils now that book retailers Whitcoulls, Borders and Bennetts have been put up for sale by REDgroup's voluntary administrators.

A marketing campaign has started to sell New Zealand's biggest book retailing chains, Whitcoulls, Borders New Zealand and Bennetts.

What went wrong at Whitcoulls?

It is a truism in the publishing industry that very few Kiwis get rich by writing a book.

Richard Ballantyne, of Ballantyne's department store, says there had been concerns about the central district even before the first earthquake in September.

REDgroup's unsecured New Zealand creditors were owed $21.5 million when the company went into voluntary administration.

Booksellers Whitcoulls and Borders went into administration last week with $2.9 million in the bank, according to a report by administrator Ferrier Hodgson.