Kathmandu Holdings is reporting a 31.6pc rise in third quarter sales, with same store sales for the 13-week period up 23.2 per cent.

Suddenly, grab-a-bargain websites are everywhere, with deep discounts on anything from burgers to overseas holidays.

Stores across the country are set to flout Easter trading laws by opening their doors to the public this weekend.

Soaring petrol prices were a key factor behind a 0.8 per cent rise in the consumers' price index (CPI) in the March quarter.

Errol Hotham is only 40, but has already spent half his life working for one of the Bay of Plenty's best-known retailers.

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