An Auckland-based online retailer is taking on the big supermarkets and selling dry goods from baked beans to washing powder.

Consumer confidence has dipped but the overall mood still points to an improving economy, according to latest data.

A mother is calling for electronics retailers to monitor their in-store internet access more closely after her three young daughters saw pornographic images on a display tablet.

Retail spending paid for by way of electronic card transactions rose 0.8 per cent last month to be 5.6 per cent up on August last year.

To say Di Humphries beat the odds to become the high-powered businesswoman she is today would be an understatement.

Move over Georgie Pie - Australian chain Pie Face has crossed the Tasman and its Kiwi master franchise holders have a bullish plan to establish 60 stores in this country.

Auckland Council has voted against tougher controls to stop big box retails stores opening up close to small town centres.

Fashions come and go, but for Evolution Clothing owner Miranda Cobb, they come and go more quickly than for most of us.

Australian company Woolworths has announced it will be buying EziBuy for $350 million.

Culture - it's a word that can be filled with meaning or thrown about in a way that means nothing at all.

Consumers turned out in force in the June quarter, with core retail sales rising 2.3 per cent in real terms, the fastest clip since September 2011.

Residents and shopkeepers in Greenmeadows, Hawkes Bay, have banded together to swiftly shut down a new store selling synthetic cannabis.

Nosh Food Market co-founder and former chief executive Clinton Beuvink has left the specialty grocery group.