One of New Zealand's best known retail chains is marching ever closer to oblivion, with all of Dick Smith's local outlets set to be closed by April 29.

A customer has complained on social media after a sofa he bought online was not in stock.

The price of the vanilla bean has more than tripled in the past year as output slips and quality suffers.

COMMENT: You find lower prices online than at bricks-and-mortar stores, right? Wrong.

Will Foodstuffs locally-owned system mean it'll struggle to cope with online grocery shopping?

Customers at North Island stores of New Zealand's biggest supermarket chain will be able to order online from later this year.

Gap has pulled this ad after critics claimed it sent a message of passive racism. Were they right to do so?

A range of new food products are hitting the supermarket shelves and a food chain boss says much more is to come.

Not every milestone is worth celebrating.

COMMENT: Does economics still believe in free trade?

COMMENT: While many organisations talk about corporate social responsibility, few live and breathe it quite as whole-heartedly as Farmers, writes Tristram Clayton.

Easter trading legislation in New Zealand has been out of sync since July 1990, says Wanaka Chamber spokesman Alistair King.

COMMENT: MPs need to weigh up over the coming months whether this bill is going to actually advance Easter trading issues, or whether it's just going to add complication, writes Cameron Brewer.

Clothing retailer warned that a warm autumn is having an impact on sales in both Australia and New Zealand.

COMMENT: There are many customers who have made deposits or purchased a gift card that hasn't been redeemed for goods before the retailer collapses.

Here's what Auckland shoppers report about the new NorthWest mall - too empty or pretty good?

Kathmandu turned to a first-half profit that met guidance and said its operating margin widened as it kept expenses under control.

NorthWest centre manager distributed a letter to retailers telling them to bring concerns directly to her.

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.

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.