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Dita De Boni: State owned supermarket idea has critics seeing red
After throwing the idea of government-owned supermarkets into the ring, I have been exhorted to visit North Korea (preferably permanently), writes Dita De Boni.
After throwing the idea of government-owned supermarkets into the ring, I have been exhorted to visit North Korea (preferably permanently), writes Dita De Boni.
New Zealand fast-food operator BurgerFuel faces a major challenge as it takes "coals to Newcastle" by expanding into the US.
Necessity is said to be the mother of invention, and it's a phrase that seems to capture the motivations of many who have started small natural beauty products businesses.
Kiwis have jumped on an "anti-Australian bandwagon", according to the chairman of the huge Sydney-based supermarket chain at the centre of bullying allegations.
NZX-listed SLI Systems has released a new software feature it says will increase the value of online shoppers' transactions by 5 to 15 per cent on average.
Have you ever wondered why the supermarket toilet paper aisle features more puppies and kittens than a pet shop?
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.
NZ suppliers are fearful of speaking to the Commerce Commission about anti-competitive behaviour in case they are blacklisted across the Tasman, claims MP Shane Jones.
Whistleblowers who come forward with information about alleged unfair business practices by supermarket giant Countdown can do so under cover of anonymity.
The company that ran Nando's in NZ had defaulted on royalty payments and owed $1.6m to its bank when it went into receivership, according to the first receivers' report.
Countdown owner Progressive Enterprises has confirmed it received up to $2m from a liquor company - but denies it's a payment Labour's Shane Jones was talking about.
Consumers would be the ultimate losers if supermarkets were extracting retrospective payments from their suppliers, Commerce Minister Craig Foss said this afternoon.
It has taken three decades, but New Zealand food manufacturer Cookie Time has established its first overseas venture, opening a store in Japan.
Since Key's return, the PM's department has reached out to various New Zealand businesses to ask them for their views, writes Fran O'Sullivan.
Dressed in expensive suits and designer frocks, they make a beeline for Britomart bars like Tyler Street Garage and 1885.
Customers are being tracked by bugging devices fixed to their shopping trolleys and baskets as they shop in an Auckland supermarket.
Budget retailer the Warehouse is warning its first-half profit will fall by as much as 13 percent after strong Christmas sales failed to compensate for a margin squeeze in the first quarter.
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.
Hallenstein Glasson Holdings, whose shares have shed 21 percent in the past 12 months, said first-half profit will fall about 39 percent,
The pay packets offered to retail workers jumped almost 10 per cent last year, according to a major jobs website, in another sign of improving fortune for the sector.