Clothing and nursery product retailer Postie Plus Group lifted first quarter sales 15 per cent from a year earlier.

Retailers hope to persuade shoppers to spend at least $250 million more than during last year's festive season.

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

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

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.

All five food subgroups monitored by Stats New Zealand recorded monthly falls in October.

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.