For decades Auckland's built heritage has been wiped out, one building at a time, by property developers. But not all of them want to swing a wrecking ball.

Vodafone NZ's market share sank below 50 per cent last year as new kid on the block 2degrees mobile entered the market.

Consumers face price increases beyond the likely 2.5 per cent rise in GST later this year, small businesses say.

Local record shops aren't ready to bite the bullet just yet.

Retail sales sagged in February, their second substantial fall in three months.

Consumers are used to getting a bargain, and this sentiment has shown up in diminished retail sales figures in February.

A $1 billion plan could almost quadruple the size of Mt Wellington's Sylvia Park and make it a new town hub.

The grocery industry, lest we forget, is basically trench warfare, Tim Morris insists.

Good sales growth continued in the March quarter in both New Zealand and Australia, although conditions continued to be difficult for the Canadian business, chairman Michael Hill said today.

A children's bookshop is working with security staff of a nearby tavern and casino over the growing problem of parents leaving children to read while they gamble.

Casual wear retailer Jeanswest has introduced cameras in some changing rooms which film shopper's bums as they try on clothes.

The Department of Labour will consider prosecuting 38 retailers after 19 were caught trading on Good Friday and another 19 on Easter Sunday.