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KMD Brands posts $93.4m loss as margins shrink and costs climb

KMD Brands will shut 14 stores in 2026 but open six new outlets.

Bevan Graham: GDP was bad, but not as bad as it looked

OPINION: Keep calm and ignore the data volatility, a market economist says.

Stage set for much more facial recognition in shops

Police now access Auror's number-plate system about 700 times each day.

From a corner dairy to 54 stores – the rise of Night ’n Day, would-be duopoly disruptors

How a world-famous shop for Otago students became NZ’s third-biggest grocery retailer.

NZ city's economy in a 'hole', says mayor, as hundreds of jobs vanish

Nick Smith says 'over 500' jobs will be lost with the closures of the past three months.

Property Insider: Biggest deals of 2025, 'pre-sales' event for $300m Seascape tower

The biggest single 2H24 sale was $66.5m but the largest 1H25 sale, $242.7m, eclipsed that.

Paddock to Pantry adds over 500 products in bid to rival supermarket giants

A $10m South Auckland distribution hub is fuelling the rapid expansion.

'Death knell': CBD retailers fear impact of one-way street idea

'Please listen to the people who have a vested interest in the heart of the city.'

Plan for McDonald’s Newmarket drive-through sparks concern over nearby schools

A McDonald's spokesman dismisses a claim it targets sites near schools as 'spurious'.

The CBD retail area with the highest percentage of empty shops in NZ

Yet the 13% is an improvement on last year, when a startling 16.5% of shops were empty.

'Dreams shattered': Family's reno in limbo, $16k out of pocket by Kitchen Things demise

Customers say they're stressed and in the dark after Kitchen Things' receivership.

Auckland 56-level tower scheme to include hotel: Precinct Properties

Plans for 'capital recycling': sell part or all of the new PwC Tower in Commercial Bay.

Closing bar owner's warning - Napier needs something to happen, and quick

'This winter was brutal.'

Tech Insider: 'Mario' fronts on 'tough decisions' at Mighty Ape after Kong-sized write-down, talks up new feature

'It's like buying at the top of the housing market.'

Wealthy Auckland suburb getting new McDonald's with 24/7 drive-through

'We have identified a site for a freestanding restaurant.' - McDonald's Simon Kenny

Michael Hill result shows NZ lagging behind Australia, Canada

Digital sales are up but there are not many other shiny numbers for the jewellery group.