An Auckland-based online toy seller is being investigated by the Commerce Commission after failing to deliver orders to customers on both sides of the Tasman.

Waiheke Island is getting a large new Countdown to replace the existing small shop.

Local retailers welcome Prime Minister’s stance on need for GST on overseas shopping on the web as chance to level playing field.

A leading retailer has welcomed moves towards charging GST on online purchases from overseas.

Craft beer sales are continuing to rise despite falling volumes in the wider sector, says Moa chief executive Geoff Ross.

A 10 second countdown celebrated the opening of New Zealand's flagship Topshop store, as about 1,200 eager shoppers snaked blocks of Queen Street in a bid to be the first buyers.

A shopping company is being investigated over revelations some of its door-to-door staff regularly visit beneficiaries in a Dunedin boarding house.

Your first look inside New Zealand's first Topshop store. Find out why your stylish overseas friends have been raving about the fashion chain for all these years.

Grocery delivery service My Food Bag isn't ruling out a sharemarket listing after announcing its new chairman, adman Kevin Roberts.

Rich-listers David and Anne Norman have snapped up Australian supermarket operator Woolworths' stake in The Warehouse Group.

Murray Crane talks to Emily Simpson about his origins, punk influences and what it means to wear a suit.

Diligent Board Member Services expects sales growth of up to 19 per cent in 2015 as it attracts customers to its BoardBooks service, and plans to launch a new product this year.

Energy Minister Simon Bridges says big petrol retailers are "on notice" after they maintained large profit margins while the price of oil was falling sharply late last year.

FCO - Fishing Camping Outdoors - is to close its 13 New Zealand stores but no word yet on what announcement means for employees.

As vital signs go, retail sales data for the last three months of 2014 were pretty healthy, writes Brian Fallow.

Hasbro, the maker of foam footballs and spongy projectiles, is targeting a new audience: high schoolers.

If you're like most shoppers, it is likely that you do plenty of research before opening your wallet.

ASX-listed Domino's Pizza Enterprises, parent company of Domino's New Zealand, has reported one of its strongest half-year results to date, with net profit of A$29.1 million, up 44.2 per cent on the same period last year.

Creditors of women's clothing chain Shanton Fashion are owed almost $7.8 million, while the company has $3.35 million in assets, a wider shortfall than the $693,000 estimate directors gave when the company went into voluntary administration last month.

Despite the fast changing market, JB Hi-Fi excels at jumping on the next big thing in technology and getting the march on its competitors, writes Christophwer Niesche.

Briscoe Group, which operates the Briscoes, Rebel Sports, and Living & Giving stores, may introduce a customer loyalty programme to stoke growth in online sales.

Services sector activity picked up in December, led by wholesale trade and hospitality.

New Zealand shares rose to a new record close yesterday as holidays in Auckland and Australia kept trading volumes light.

With reporting season due to kick off next month investors will be on the lookout for poor pre-result trading updates, otherwise known as "confessions".

New Zealand wine drinkers are now enjoying the results of two good vintage years and the outlook for the sector is positive.