Tax increases could add another 10 cents a litre to the price of petrol by the end of the year, says the AA.

Vodafone NZ's market share sank below 50 per cent last year as new kid on the block 2degrees mobile entered the market.

A $1 billion plan could almost quadruple the size of Mt Wellington's Sylvia Park and make it a new town hub.

The grocery industry, lest we forget, is basically trench warfare, Tim Morris insists.

Good sales growth continued in the March quarter in both New Zealand and Australia, although conditions continued to be difficult for the Canadian business, chairman Michael Hill said today.

The Department of Labour will consider prosecuting 38 retailers after 19 were caught trading on Good Friday and another 19 on Easter Sunday.

CC's and Aztec corn chips have been cut from supermarket shelves in New Zealand and have been replaced by a locally made version of the American brand Doritos.

NZ's much-hyped Playboy concept store - the eighth in the world - has closed after less than three years.

Telecom shares sank to new a low on the NZ sharemarket today, while rises in Fletcher Building, Contact Energy and other leaders helped carry the market higher.