Tim McCready chats with Alibaba's Australia and NZ director of business development.

Fonterra is building new factories to keep up with China's new appetite for dairy products

It was a battle of the brands in NZ as watchmaker Omega took on True Religion denim.

Harvey Norman says a review of its finances is part of a routine surveillance.

Rod McDermott died after a car and truck collided on Welcome Bay Rd.

COMMENT: Amazon's robots so far seem to have been overwhelmingly positive.

Amazon's battle with Apple over digital assistants is moving to a new venue: hotel rooms.

The popular children's retailer has been resurrected as an online store.

Childrens' retailer Pumpkin Patch may have been given a lifeline in the form of a buyer.

China's annual name-and-shame consumer protection show criticised Nike for false marketing.

The boss of Briscoe Group says the retailer's record result is thanks to more emphasis on quality.

An Auckland brewery has taken top honours twice at a prestigious UK competition.

Terry Fletcher of Palace Poultry has denied allegations that he onsold caged eggs as free-range.

Kiwi retailer Briscoe Group shines in a challenging market.

Consumer NZ wants the Government to regulate the free-range egg industry.

Farmer "absolutely not" aware his caged eggs were allegedly passed off as free-range.

Retail giant Kmart will become the target of a flash mob next week after a woman was refused the right to breastfeed in store.

One of the kings of New Zealand's antique industry has brought the hammer down on 53 years in business and is auctioning off his remaining goods.

NZ seasonally adjusted retail spending on electronic cards fell in February, failing to continue January's gain.

The traditional TV industry is divided on whether to welcome internet streaming and video-on-demand providers onto set-top boxes.

NZ stores of fashion retailers Marcs and David Lawrence are closing down.

Warehouse Group says it is a question of when not if Amazon arrives in New Zealand.

NZs largest listed retailer The Warehouse Group has posted what it said was a "mixed" first half performance across the Group.

Veritas investments says it has reached a confidential settlement with former franchisee owner Phil Mead after he sought to terminate his agreement.

Aucklanders and other North Islanders are having their cheap petrol prices subsidised by motorists in Wellington and the South Island.

Does Bunnings deliver on its brand promise of lowest prices guaranteed? That's a tricky one to answer.

Twenty three year-old Stefan Warnaar was inspired to start his business on his OE. Warnaar opens up about competition.

The City has given its blessing to a dramatic break-up of consumer goods goliath Unilever.

Marko Pavasovic was joking with a mate about a crazy idea. It was then they decided to turn it into reality.

Actor Sam Neill has threatened to call for a boycott of Cadbury products should the company go ahead with the closure of its Dunedin factory.