Mainfreight has reported a 36.5 per cent fall in half year profit to $10.9 million.

As Workshop gears up to open the new Ponsonby store on MacKelvie St, they're set to close the doors of their Williamson Ave outlet store.

Centro Properties Group is seeing signs of life in the retail sector.

Retail spending is gradually recovering following a long string of declines.

Cheap liquor promotions are hurting the on-licence industry and contributing to NZ's drinking problem, alcohol watchdog services say.

Online shopping in New Zealand is about to boom to $1 billion a year but DVD rental stores, book shops and appliance stores may start to struggle.

Interest in the Kathmandu float seems low on this side of the Tasman.

Spending using electronic cards edged ahead in October.

A magnetic battle robot, an "individual" doll and a puzzle word game are expected to be top sellers this Christmas, a distributor says.

Given the typical Kiwi male shops once or twice a year, it is surprising that Barkers has defied recession trends.