When celebrities get into business...

Rumours of an executive level shake up at the Warehouse Group are beginning to circulate after poor Christmas sales forced it to cut earnings forecasts.

Warehouse shares have fallen after the retail giant said sales had fallen 2.7 per cent over the past two months.

A Maori design network vying for a slice of the $1.5b tourism spend projected during this year's Rugby World Cup, has struck a deal with an international retailer to pitch its product to the world stage.

A group of Auckland retailers wants to remind shoppers of the pleasures of buying in stores.

The Retail Assn in Australia wants GST tacked on to online sales.

Central Christchurch retailers hit by the Boxing Day aftershock say it wiped out three months of economic recovery.

Exchanging gifts may depend on having the right paperwork and the harassed retailer's goodwill.

Up until this week I had never bought a car. Forty-five - well, 46 tomorrow - and I'd never done something as fundamental as buying a car.

Some of the country's leading fashion boutiques are playing fast and loose with the law on replacing or refunding damaged goods.

Today you can get a Boxing Day bargain and also help someone in their moment of misfortune. And all you have to do is go shopping.

Balmoral residents have suffered a further blow in their 3 1/2-year battle to stop a McDonald's restaurant being built on the western edge of the shopping centre, fronting Balmoral Rd and Wiremu St.

Frustrated shoppers have resorted to fighting over carparks at shopping centres as the deadline for Christmas shopping draws near.