A South Auckland school has threatened a shop selling its uniforms with legal action after signing an exclusive deal with another supplier.

Have you bought a pretty frock, or maybe some designer boots, online recently? You may well be driving other New Zealanders out of business. But should you be feeling guilty about it, or celebrating the joys of internet shopping? Viva investigates.

NZ's new shopping channel reckons it'll get 600,000 viewers a week. That's more than this year's MasterChef final.