The choices we make at the supermarket checkout are less down to personal taste than we might like to think.

Revenue at the newly-listed Kathmandu rose 27.5pc in the six months to the end of January.

New Zealand's biggest shopping mall is planning a major expansion, including multi-storey apartments and office blocks to create a "mini CBD".

A proposed optic fibre cable linking NZ, Australia and the USA would unleash billions of dollars of economic potential by connecting NZ businesses to global markets by 2013.

Not every child in the world is obsessed with hi-tech games consoles to the exclusion of more traditional toys.

Michael Hill International's half-year profits have plunged 66 per cent on the previous period, but the jeweller is reasonably pleased with the result in tough trading conditions.

Newcomer mobile company 2degrees says it has signed up 206,000 active customers in its first six months.

The woes of three well-known chains show the pain isn't over yet, writes Maria Slade.

If you can't face the day job then running your own business may be your ticket out of the rat race.