Shoppers are wary of Dick Smith-branded stock in fire sale.

Icebreaker CEO Rob Fyfe talks about leading the brand's heritage into the future.

Retailers are increasingly looking at new ways to counter a $1.3 billion bill every year in shoplifting crime.

WATCH: A teenager says she was wrongly accused of shoplifting by a popular clothing chain and felt humiliated by the experience.

Meet Ruslan Kogan, the Australian entrepreneur who has bought Dick Smith's intellectual property.

The Dick Smith name may live on - after an Australian e-commerce entrepreneur announced last night he'd bought up the collapsed retailer's intellectual property.

Here's how the failure of this Australian retailer is consistent with a dynamic economic theory.

The Warehouse beat its first-half profit forecast as investments over the past few years started to bear fruit.

WATCH: The world's biggest clothing chain is arriving in NZ - ready for a December opening at Auckland's Sylvia Park Mall.

Dick Smith, founder of the soon-to-be defunct retailer that carries his name, could have chosen better timing to have a pop at Harvey Norman.

Electronic giant Dick Smith is raising concern for consumers once again, this time it's privacy issues.

Online shopping spending soared 15 per cent in January.

WATCH: "My baby [could have] ended up flying straight past me and into the windscreen. The thought of it is still haunting me."

Australasia's largest mall owner/manager plans to spend $500m expanding Westfield malls. What does it mean for you?

Australasia's largest shopping centre owner plans to spend hundreds of millions expanding three Auckland malls and bringing in new international retailers.

Veteran corporate raider Sir Ron Brierley has made a takeover offer for cashed-up retailer Kirkcaldie & Stains.

People have been warned that items bought between now and the stores' closure will not have the same guarantees as normal.

Millennials are not so hot on upmarket lingerie brand.

Should New Zealand follow suit?

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.

A shortage of avocados combined with increasing demand for the fruit has seen prices soar this season.

Hallenstein Glasson Holdings shares dropped after the clothing retailer said first-half profit fell about 20pc.

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.