Award shows, featuring celebrities wearing the latest fashions, are an increasingly powerful tool for design houses to tout their footwear.

Jimmy Iovine will become a billionaire if Apple completes a deal to buy Beats Electronics for $3.2 billion and Dr Dre won't be far behind.

We face an interesting irony when it comes to applied tertiary education.

This policy, if adopted, will see cordons go up around the alcohol section of every supermarket early in the morning and late at night, writes Cameron Brewer.

If you are involved in a business that has been effected by online shopping, the advice I gave to the pet store owners is equally relevant for you.

Kiwi experts are not surprised a manufacturer of toe-sock running shoes has revealed there is no scientific proof that wearing its product has added health benefits.

When Kanye West was asked by Rolling Stone magazine to write a panegyric to Dr Dre, he had no fear of hyperbole.

Kiwis sick of pesky salespeople knocking on their doors in the middle of dinner are in for some relief.

The low odds of success and the growing cost are shutting off infomercials to anyone other than the leading direct response televison marketers and major brands.

Starbucks is offering a 'secret menu' to social media users.

Life is so much more pleasant when you look on the bright side. When you can turn a negative into a positive with a simple little twist of mind.

Whittaker's has come out on top in the latest stoush between New Zealand's chocolate kings.

Aspirational brands rely on a high-low strategy. They price their main lines high for the super rich. But they hedge low on their entry-level diffusion lines.

A Kiwi who uses a silver fern symbol on his Twitter account has been warned about copyright infringement by a government agency.

The second most important way to get new business is keeping and using a marketing database

Masako Shinagawa has walked the Milford Track 188 times. I think. My eyes glazed over when she got to the "one hundred and eighty ..."

According to customer service expert Shep Hyken, April is 'International Customer Loyalty Month'

Kiwifruit marketer Zespri is poised for a major push into the Middle East, including a relaunch in Saudi Arabia after a five-year absence.