Retail spending charged to electronic cards rose 0.8 per cent last month - the fastest pace since August last year.

The Warehouse boss Mark Powell is playing down the significance of an Australian company's aborted investment in Torpedo7.

Acquisitions have radically transformed The Warehouse Group in the past six months, but there is no danger of the country's largest listed retailer losing focus.

Changes are being made at the Queen Street Markets in the old MidCity Cinemas complex on Auckland's Golden Mile.

Staff at women's clothing retailer Suzanne Grae are blaming the fashion brand's failure to gain traction in New Zealand on insufficient marketing and poorly performing stores in the big cities.

A group of New Zealand's best winemakers will join forces in Germany next month to showcase Kiwi wine brands at a major international wine fair.

Nearly two years on from the February 22 earthquake, fashion label World is finally returning to Christchurch.

Retail spending charged to electronic cards rose 0.3 per cent last month, driven by food and fuel, according to data from Statistics New Zealand.

The co-founder and chief executive of daily deal website GrabOne is planning to take a well-earned rest after he leaves the company next month.

It's still establishing itself at home but The Shopping Channel has already struck a deal to move into Australia, says boss Alistair Duff.

The undeniable pleasure of shopping will ensure central-city shops' survival, writes Bob Jones. But smaller towns are doomed.

Retail sales charged to electronic cards rose 0.3 per cent last month, adjusted for seasonal effects, continuing a trend of slow but steady increases in consumer spending.

It might be grown on old opium farms but $60-a-cup Black Ivory is hardly the most unexpected coffee discovery in the shadow of Asia's golden triangle.

Hundreds of thousands of bargain hunters are expected to make the most of the Boxing Day sales.

Consumer confidence has lifted to its highest level for more than a year, the Westpac McDermott Miller survey has found.

A slowdown from the first half of the year is expected when economic growth figures for the September quarter come out on Thursday.

The Warehouse's $65 million acquisition of appliance chain Noel Leeming Group has failed to impress one brokerage...

The Warehouse's purchase of appliance retailer Noel Leeming Group will help the Red Sheds secure well-known electronics brands.

New Zealanders spent more last month than in the lead-up month to the Rugby World Cup - and there are claims that we're becoming more economically confident.