Dick Smith: Timeline of a retail collapse
The company, which yesterday announced all stores would close, began in 1968 and experienced big expansion in the 1980s.
The company, which yesterday announced all stores would close, began in 1968 and experienced big expansion in the 1980s.
Federation Clothing and a sister firm with four Auckland stores has gone into liquidation owing creditors more than $1 million.
Travel and home improvement spend helped lift overall retail sales for the December quarter and retailers are increasingly optimistic about future market changes.
An Australian eyewear retailer plans to open up to four more stores in New Zealand.
Hallenstein Glasson shares slumped after the clothing retailer warned its first-half profit had fallen around 20 per cent.
New Zealand is quite unique with its population generally reliant on electronic transactions, a Retail NZ spokesman says.
Paymark blames "connectivity issues" for knocking out Eftpos system.
Kiwi shoppers are well on the way to adopting consumer behaviors akin to those sweeping Europe and North America.
Kiwis are buying more than just toys and cards at the malls - sales of movie tickets, travel and telecommunications are soaring.
Tesco used 'mafia-style' tactics to squeeze suppliers, driving some to the brink of bankruptcy.
New Zealand's oldest store trading under its original name shut up shop yesterday afternoon to make way for a David Jones store.
The administrators of failed electronic goods retailer Dick Smith said it was too early provide a view on why the electronics goods retailer collapsed.
First Retail Group director Chris Wilkinson said strong property prices encouraged a culture of "nesting" in consumers.
New Zealanders spent a record $6b shopping in December, the highest ever monthly figure recorded by Statistics New Zealand.
Two years after the see-through yoga pants recall, Lululemon is at a turning point.
Warning to shoppers to think carefully about purchasing products in a major online sale launched by the embattled electronics seller today.
The receivers of Dick Smith have told employees it may take six-to-eight weeks to determine if the consumer electronics chain can be sold.
Listed jeweller Michael Hill's sales surge in the first half of the financial year helped by a strong performance in Australia.
The administrators appointed to embattled electronics retailer Dick Smith will host a creditors meeting.
Harvey Norman offers to give little girl who got burned by Dick Smith's receivership a laptop.
Readers offer to help girl who saved for a year to buy herself a laptop, only to have her hopes dashed by the collapse of the retailing giant.
Banks stand to benefit from appointing receivers at the retailer's "high cash point" for the year.
Troubled electronics retailer places shares in trading halt ahead of expected announcement about its debt financing.
Shoppers in Bay of Plenty and Auckland among the biggest spenders.
Lingering uncertainty about global growth and manufacturing is tipped to fuel a soft start to Australian trade when the market reopens today.
A toy company is under fire for selling a toy car that is driven by live insects.