Bargain hunters swapped the beach for shopping malls yesterday as people took advantage of the Boxing Day sales.

Kiwis daring to brave the traditional Boxing Day sales are likely to find themselves caught up in the hordes of others keen to grab a bargain today.

Massive price slashes are expected for today's annual Boxing Day sale.

While the last-minute shopping rush isn't over yet, Kiwis have already spent in excess of $147 million though the tills.

Around the country tills rang during what was the busiest weekend of spending in the year so far.

It is four days to Christmas and the tills are ringing as last-minute shoppers dash to buy presents.

To have Zara and H&M announce their first NZ stores will be opening in late 2016 speaks volumes about our vision for Sylvia Park to be a world-class retailing destination.

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It seems the bricks and mortar shopping experience is still the preferred option for Kiwis looking to do their Christmas shopping.

According to Colmar Brunton's annual Christmas survey, more than 50 per cent of New Zealanders think the Kiwi Christmas is too commercial.

Australian shoppers accuse Dick Smith staff of 'hoarding' items in sales that saw some stock discounted by 80 per cent.

Toy sellers face greater social pressure to ditch gender-specific labeling and marketing, yet they do not want to cut into profits.

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Tourists setting off from Auckland on one of the world's top scenic rail journeys will have to check in at a kiosk fashioned from converted shipping containers from December 21.

The awareness of the sun's dangers isn't so strong in many other countries - a fact which has helped business Snapper Rock take on the global sunwear market.

Dick Smith has been struck off the Australian share market's top 200 companies list just as its stores launch a mammoth clearance sale.

When it comes to holiday shopping, tech products are once again at the top of wishlists across America.

Aussie retail billionaire Gerry Harvey has poured cold water on talk of a pre-Christmas fire sale by the embattled trans-tasman electronics seller.

Here's what is featuring in top toy lists ahead of Christmas.

According to BNZ and Marketview's latest monthly report, online retail spending is up nine per cent compared to October last year, a slower growth rate than expected.

The Minister for Food Safety has defended not telling the public which brand of berries is linked to Hepatitis A contamination.

Minister for food safety says three of the four cases of hepatitis A linked to frozen imported berries have come from a single product.

Analysts say Dick Smith's woes are likely to result in heavy discounting, forcing competitors to follow suit over the crucial festive period.

NZX, New Zealand's financial markets operator, has increased the minimum volume of lots required in block trades of whole and skim milk powder futures, citing increased activity.

In some ways, it seems like Cyber Monday should have been no big deal for e-commerce this year.

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Running Hamilton and Lower Hutt sites will vastly increase portfolio, says property management firm.

Electronics retailer has had nearly NZ$98 million wiped off its market value after a sales downturn forced it to abandon its profit forecast.