Kiwis are careful when handing over personal information to retailers, but are more trusting than Aussies in signing up for a discount.

Irradiated fruit and vegetables from Australia are likely to go on sale here as early as next year.

Angry growers are doubtful authorities will be able to prove the origins of the painful food poisoning outbreak as a consumer backlash against carrots and lettuce hits home.

The MPI has released reports that show a high proportion of people suffering a painful food poisoning illness were exposed to lettuce and carrots.

The idea behind technology startup Eftplus was born out of frustration that's only experienced by an addict who's been denied their "fix".

Our official watchdogs on food safety in the Ministry for Primary Industries need a reminder of whose interests they serve.

The head of one of NZ's biggest fashion brands has defended the use of skinny models, in the wake of controversy over Glassons skinny mannequin.

An eating disorders expert has slammed the use of a skinny mannequin at clothing store Glassons, which sparked controversy because its ribs are showing.

A dispute over building defects at one of Auckland's biggest shopping malls was on the electronic online High Court list last Thursday.

Retailers adapting to the changing habits of shoppers are using their own websites to combat "showrooming".

Online travel giant Expedia has told New Zealand regulators there will be plenty of competition in the market after its planned buyout of rival booking site Wotif.

Morningstar has released a bearish analysis of giant landlord Kiwi Income Property Trust.

A sluggish housing market, falling dairy prices and rising interest rates have had little impact yet on consumer confidence.

Two Countdown supermarkets will soon stand just 500m or so apart at Westgate, Auckland.

Bernard Hickey writes: NZ's isolation from the rest of the world means we can evolve species that are perfectly adapted to our environment - even when it comes to business.

Tracey Topp is the founder of online merino clothing retailer Cosy Toes

Shares in NZ's largest publicly listed retailer, rose to a six-week high after the stock was upgraded to 'buy' at brokerage Craigs Investment Partners.

The Warehouse Group boss Mark Powell says the company's turnaround strategy is heading in the right direction.

Z Energy's boss says petrol consumption is falling in relation to increasing availability of broadband, which means people aren't popping in their cars for visits anymore.

Consumers' plastic cards saw more of the light of day last month, but the trend suggests some loss of momentum in retail spending.

A giraffe head on display at an Auckland antique shop has outraged passersby with some demanding the shop remove the stuffed animal.

Aliexpress.com is where small- to medium-sized Chinese retailers sell almost every known product.

The allegations aired under parliamentary privilege by Shane Jones about the "Countdown Shakedown" are ugly in many ways, but not the obvious.

Farmers has stood proud in Auckland's central city for nearly a century - but the iconic store is about to close its doors for the last time in the CBD.

Countdown supermarkets' Australian owners no doubt think their treatment of suppliers here came under attack this week.

Consumers' plastic cards saw less of the light of day last month, with electronic card transactions in the retail sector falling a seasonally adjusted 0.5 per cent from December.

The chances of GST being applied to all overseas web-based retail purchases appear more distant after the Govt changed tack on a review into tax of online shopping.

Shares in lightbulb maker Energy Mad surged after it announced it had begun selling its energy-efficient products online in the United States through internet retail giant Amazon.

So-called "showrooming" and "click and collect" will be two major retail trends in 2014, according to an industry commentator.

An advertiser has been ordered to remove online claims that magnetic wrist and ankle bands have therapeutic benefits including relieving tension and purifying blood.