Police have been called in after a Govt "sting" of secondhand appliance dealers found some allegedly conniving with beneficiaries to deceive Work and Income.

Readers now have the option of turning digital rather than paper pages after yesterday's launch of Whitcoulls' e-book service.

A labour union claimed a first today as staff members picketed at a JB HiFi store inside an Auckland mall.

Roger Bull argues that bans on product displays in stores impinge on consumers' right to choose.

There will be no profit increase at The Warehouse this year, as the country's biggest retailer this morning unveiled a nearly 2pc sales fall.

New Zealand's services sector slowed its expansion last month.

Restaurant Brands boss Russel Creedy has a not-so-secret formula for helping transform the company.

Retailer Briscoe Group says first quarter sales rose 7.4 per cent from a year earlier to $96.8 million.