Some of the year's biggest shopping sales will be available as Black Friday arrives.

Department store Smith & Caughey's has today opened its annual Santa's Enchanted Forest grotto.

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Pumpkin Patch stores will be shut and staff have been left feeling "really gutted" by the demise of the retailer.

No buyer has been found for children's clothing retailer Pumpkin Patch and hundreds of staff will be affected.

Donald Trump's trade policies will amount to the biggest change to the way America does business in decades.

The Auckland Nosh franchises are up for sale in Matakana, Ponsonby, Glen Innes, Mt Eden, and Pakuranga.

New Zealand retail sales rose in the third quarter, led by increased spending on vehicles and fuel.

Kiwi exporters are confident about 2017 despite uncertainties after Brexit and President-elect Donald Trump.

More than 80 offshore suppliers of remote services have registered for GST since the government widened the tax.

Wellington is ranked 16th on the list of the world's most expensive cities for coffee.

Some CEOs are starting to publicly offer more policy-oriented remarks or even advice for Trump as the focus shifts to how he will govern.

Disgruntled Veritas Investments shareholders fired a salvo of questions over poor performance and the tanking share price for the group.

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While New Balance are being burned by one side, Pepsi is being boycotted on another in the latest Trump culture wars.

Wellington retailers are likely to lose hundreds of thousands of dollars in the wake of the earthquakes and terrible weather.

Trump companies are already seeking to use their presidential prominence to boost their private fortunes.

No significant damage has been reported in Christchurch and residents are continuing with their day-to-day lives.

Hallenstein Glasson chief executive Graeme Popplewell will step down from the day-to-day running of the clothing retailer at the end

Auckland economic update shows the city's extremely strong performance

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group posted US$1 billion ($1.39b) of sales within the first five minutes of its Singles' Day shopping

The receivers for struggling children's clothing chain Pumpkin Patch are continuing to look for a buyer for the business.

More retailers are dropping expiry dates on gift cards.

Online auction site Trade Me has bought $670,000 of shares in peer-to-peer lender Harmoney Corp to keep its stake at 14.4 per cent.

New Zealand's consumer prices rose at a faster pace than reported in the September quarter, with Stats NZ discovering they made an error.

New Zealand butcher Hellers is selling its pre-cooked sausages to Australian supermarket chain Costco.

New menu items and digital efforts like mobile ordering helped Starbucks defy a restaurant-industry slowdown.

Briscoe Group is maintaining an "optimistic" outlook heading into its fourth-quarter trading.

Pumpkin Patch's receivers have taken the razor to the failed children's wear retailer's Australian stores.

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