Barry Soper: Buying over the Internet, or online, is a no brainer. It comes down to two things, choice and cost.

The government has announced plans to start collecting tax on online services including music, movies and e-books.

Prime Minister John Key says a discussion document would be released this week on targeting offshore purchases.

A Govt decision on imposing GST on more online shopping is expected to be made today, with the details made public on Tuesday.

It looks like Amazon is poised to bang another nail into the coffin of British supermarkets.

The Government's move to extend GST to digital products is a common sense idea, says Alex Malley.

Changing the GST threshold of overseas online goods won't deter Bella Katz. Here's why.

News of a big cut to the GST threshold on online purchases for New Zealand shoppers could be just days away.

Luxury brands selling online are stepping up efforts to combat sales of counterfeit and grey-market goods.

Jet.com is making shoppers an ambitious and potentially industry-shaking pledge: It promises the lowest prices online.

Online retail spending continues to grow, with March spending up 11 per cent on the previous year.

EBay's merchants are moving more of their business to Amazon.com, saying they get more for their money there.

In the pre-Christmas retail frenzy of 2013, US retail giant Target had its cash registers raided.

Online retail is a growing trend but a new survey shows younger consumers still want the experience of a store.

A leading retailer has welcomed moves towards charging GST on online purchases from overseas.

Here's a quick review of what Amazon has dabbled in lately - the good, the bad and the in-between.

Robust investor interest meant peer-to-peer lending platform Harmoney could have easily tripled the size of its $10m capital raising, says chief executive Neil Roberts.

Jack Ma, a former English teacher who started Alibaba in his apartment in 1999, has become the richest person in Asia.

Web retailers are offering shoppers speedy shipping, one-day upgrades and even promises to deliver last-minute orders by Christmas Day.

Shades of Silicon Valley are bubbling up in Tehran, which is home to a growing tech ecosystem, despite significant challenges.

Apple's Tim Cook and Alibaba's Jack Ma said they're open to working together to turn phones into tools for buying and selling stuff.

Alibaba's Jack Ma is on the prowl for entertainment it can sell to Chinese consumers through its set-top boxes.

Governments are ill-prepared to combat the looming threat of "online murder" as cyber criminals exploit internet technology to target victims, the European policing agency warned.

Longtime technology guru Ray Ozzie wants to bring back the emotions of the human voice to phones.

APN, the company which owns the New Zealand Herald, is to relaunch as part of a new brand, NZME.

Trade Me Group has bought Wellington-based online credit card payments firm Paystation for an undisclosed sum.