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.

NZ Herald Focus: This 23-year-old Kiwi is set for life after making herself rich selling an obscure product.

London high-street brand Topshop opened in the capital this morning.

Nearly half of the stores left vacant when Dick Smith collapsed have found new tenants.

Companies ignore the leanings of ethically-minded millennials at their peril, says TOMS retailer.

Ticketmaster New Zealand, which has a controlling interest in the soon-to-be-renamed Vector Arena, turned to an annual loss in 2015.

Cavalier Corp said 2017 earnings may fall as much as 52 per cent as the carpet maker incurs one-time costs to consolidate its manufacturing operations.

What's in your jeans? A rogue's gallery of unpronounceable chemicals whose effects on humans are suspect.

Residents of the Taranaki town of Hawera will find it a bit harder to stock the beer fridge this weekend.

Sales at Countdown supermarkets rose 1.9 per cent in the first quarter of the 2017 financial year.

Will a second Topshop store in New Zealand see the same flurry of shoppers as the first?

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Laura McGoldrick tries on some of Tiffany & Co's most spectacular pieces.

Children's clothing retailer Pumpkin Patch has been tipped into receivership by its lenders and appointed voluntary administrators.

A 64-year-old New York woman is suing KFC after getting a bucket of chicken which did not live up to her standards one bit.

The designer of New Zealand's first burkini explains what led her to create the unique piece of swimwear.

World wine output may fall 5.3pc this year due to excess rain that in South America and adverse weather in France.

Aryaman Taore, 18, turned down a position at Harvard University to focus on his delivery service start-up that is now seeking investors.

British MPs have approved a motion calling for Philip Green to be stripped of his knighthood.

A battle between Britain and the EU over chocolate could reopen when the UK quits the European Union.

The shake-up in loyalty card schemes continues with Mitre 10 switching from Fly Buys to Air New Zealand Airpoints.

Watch NZH Focus: Rival supermarket chains are joining forces to tackle childhood obesity, a growing problem in New Zealand.

McDonald's is facing a string of lawsuits for copyright infringement from artists who claim their work was stolen.

He already runs the world's biggest online shopping company, but Alibaba founder Jack Ma is not satisfied.