Core retail spending (excluding fuel and vehicle-related spending) fell 0.8 per cent in April, the first time since last June.

Australian retail spending has lifted for a 10th straight month, supported by lower interest rates and improved household balance sheets.

Countdown has lifted third-quarter sales by 5 per cent to $1.5 billion in the 13 weeks ended April 5.

Briscoe Group's sales across its homeware and sporting goods retail chains rose 4.3 per cent to $119.8 million in the first quarter.

The rise of online shopping, discount-obsessed consumers - when it comes to trading challenges listed retailers have their fair share. And there's a new one appearing on the horizon. Through a rule....

Workers at the fast-food chain will be guaranteed 80 per cent of the average hours worked over a three-month period.

Pumpkin Patch rated the highest for customer satisfaction among clothing and sport stores.

Fast-food giant McDonald's has walked away from negotiations aimed at scrapping controversial zero hour contracts.

The two branches of upmarket supermarket chain Farro Fresh that had their liquor licences suspended had sold alcohol to minors.

The New Zealand Merino Company, which markets wool to customers on behalf of suppliers, has inked an $8 million one-year deal to supply 600 tonnes of New Zealand fine and medium micron wool to US....

For the March quarter as a whole core retail sales paid for by credit, debit or charge cards were up 2.7 per cent - the fastest quarterly growth since December 2006.

Grey Lynn and Mt Wellington residents will have to cope with buying their posh nosh separately from their booze this week if they plan to shop at Farro Fresh.

Latest stats show New Zealand consumers are starting to spend up in the shops, with electronic card spending up 3.7 per cent last month.

Customarily, retailers who flout the Easter trading laws have been content to quietly pocket their profits. But this year was different.

Apple has instructed its sales force to prod shoppers to the company's website to purchase the new smartwatch.

The Commerce Commission's inquiry into an online toy and baby products retailer - accused of taking customers' money and failing to deliver - continues.

Anzco Foods, New Zealand's third-largest meat company, said profit halved in 2014, a year in which it bought out shareholder Itoham Foods' half stake in the nation's only large-scale cattle....

The Warehouse Group boss Mark Powell is to step down from the firm's helm and a process has begun to recruit a new chief executive.

In the pre-Christmas retail frenzy of 2013, US retail giant Target had its cash registers raided.

Online retail is a growing trend but a new survey shows younger consumers still want the experience of a store.

Kathmandu Holdings' first-half result is being described by analysts as disappointing but expected, after the outdoor retailer posted a net loss of $1.8 million.

Mad Group, operator of the Habitual Fix and Mad Mex fast-food chains, is gearing up for an equity crowdfunding campaign aimed at raising as much as $1.5 million in growth capital.

Discount German supermarket giant Aldi's big Australian expansion will not see it branch out into New Zealand.

Pumpkin Patch's attempt to hose down market enthusiasm about a potential takeover failed to have the desired effect yesterday.

Jewellery magnate Sir Michael Hill hosted this month’s NZ Golf Open at his private course in Queenstown before visiting Auckland on his superyacht VvS1 for the launch of The Bachelor.

All eyes will be on struggling outdoor retailer Kathmandu tomorrow when it delivers its half-year result.