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.

Retail spending on electronic cards rose for a 10th straight month in February, led by an increase in consumables.

The receivers' first report on the failed Dick Smith Electronics NZ chain has estimated there's likely to be a net loss of nearly $98 million.

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.

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.

Electronics retailer Dick Smith Group, which collapsed last month, will close its 363 stores in Australia and New Zealand after its receivers couldn't find a buyer.

The company, which yesterday announced all stores would close, began in 1968 and experienced big expansion in the 1980s.

Millennials are not so hot on upmarket lingerie brand.

Should New Zealand follow suit?

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.

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.