After years of squeezing themselves into skinny jeans, many women are ready for comfort.

After years online, many Web retailing pioneers are discovering the old-school benefits of having a brick-and-mortar store.

Visa is rolling out software to detect whether it's you or someone pretending to be you filling up on fuel.

Anyone with an eftpos card will soon be able to make payments online, removing the need for a credit card, says Paymark.

It's that time of year again - the supermarkets are trying to lure customers with collectable toys and dinnerware.

Retailers were busier in the June quarter, sales climbing 1.2 per cent in volume terms to be up 3.6 per cent for the year.

New Zealand retail sales rose more than expected in the second quarter, as vehicle sales volumes and values increased at the fastest pace in two years.

Retail is far from dead, according to designer Lizzi Hines, who says despite the growth in online sales and decline in store shopping, retail is simply evolving. Her latest venture, Pop Up Now, aims to help facilitate this.

Auckland’s famous Victoria Park Market needs a rescue plan to confirm the big future tenants were promised.

Cheap loaves of bread are here to stay - at least for the foreseeable future, the country's major supermarkets have confirmed.

Discount retail outlet Dress-Smart in Onehunga has been expanded and upgraded, with about another 1000sq m added.

A new dining/restaurant and cinema zone at West Auckland's LynnMall and apartments and offices at Sylvia Park are planned.

Jason Murray says despite the difficult position Postie Plus has been in for the past few years, its new owners Pepkor will "absolutely" be able to turn the company around.

New Zealand coffee roasting company Allpress Espresso has cut the ribbon on a new Japanese operation in Tokyo.

Whitcoulls, the country's best-known bookstore, is reducing its offering of books as it searches for ways to make its stores thrive.

Kathmandu says a cold snap last month in Australia and New Zealand helped generate more sales than anticipated.

The famous son of the New Zealander taking the helm at retail giant Walmart says his dad was always driven to succeed, and instilled those values in his kids.

Blackstone Group's Burger King chain in New Zealand widened its loss in 2013 as rising sales, in an increasingly crowded burger market, were offset by higher costs.

Kiwi Greg Foran inherits a chain wedded to an outdated big-box model, struggling to increase sales in its stores and online.

Online retail sales growth is slowing and 19 out of every 20 New Zealand purchases are still made in a shop,

Auckland is suffering a desperate shortage of land for business expansion and retailing with a "critical short supply" of large format shopping space, says one Auckland councillor.

Staff at Postie Plus have been offered a conditional employment agreement by South African investment group Pepkor, according to a source.

Is this the best thing since sliced bread? NZ's major supermarket chains are offering Kiwis super cheap loaves.

Consumers who buy an item only to see it go on sale within the next seven days will be refunded the difference under a new business accreditation scheme.

The German economy is set to benefit as the country's football victory draws shoppers to the "Made in Germany" brand, says a research firm.

For Adidas, the World Cup has already been won, whatever the outcome of Monday's final in Rio de Janeiro.

The first thing you notice about Vend chief executive Vaughan Rowsell is his gigantic moustache. The second thing is the bright green Chucks on his feet, a "welcome" gift to all new staff.