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.

Middle-sized businesses are sharing the rock-star economy's benefits, enjoying big growth and taking an increasingly rosy view of their future.

Commerce Minister Craig Foss has revealed that he was warned about supermarkets putting pressure on New Zealand suppliers.

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.

Today's final rush to complete pre-Christmas shopping will also complete a highly successful period for retailers.

Paymark figures show shoppers spending up large as malls brace for last-minute Christmas splurge.

Boxing Day sales are a magnet for `sport shoppers' with new apps seeking to fuel their competitive streak.

December has so far seen spending growth unseen for several years, Paymark says.

New Zealanders have spent more than $2.2 billion on their Eftpos cards in the first two weeks of December.

Businesses are smiling, frazzled customers are queuing and there are still nine more days of shopping to go.

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A DIY approach to gift baskets will save you money this Christmas, writes Susan Edmunds.

Three inexpensive sunscreens sold in supermarkets have come out tops in Consumer NZ testing.

Di Humphries is the fresh face in charge of children's clothing retailer Pumpkin Patch.

Shoppers descended on malls all over the country yesterday as the Christmas rush began.

Wal-Mart Stores is ushering in a changing of the guard as the world's largest retailer confronts slower growth and challenges to its reputation.