The jewellery retailer opened eight new Michael Hill branded stores and eight new Emma & Roe branded stores in the half-year.

New Zealand consumer confidence eased in February although Kiwis are feeling better off than they did a year ago.

Nine David Lawrence stores and four Marcs outlets will close by February 21 and 10 full-time staff and another 10 part-time staff will be made redundant.

Cotton buds made by the pharmaceutical company Johnson & Johnson will no longer have plastic handles to prevent toxic waste reaching waterways and seas.

ASX-listed conglomerate Wesfarmers today reported strong earnings growth in the first half, bolstered by results in Bunnings Australia and New Zealand.

How a late-night online shopping session mushroomed into a sprawling consumer boycott that is grabbing followers - and headlines.

A Queensland mum has catapulted self-serve checkout theft to an entirely new level with an elaborate barcode scam.

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The list of retailers dropping products that carry the Trump name have grown.

An activist business can be wildly successful for a while, but it gets hard to stand out when everybody else adopts the same values

"Amazon is like every single bad job you've ever had - at once," says a former employee of the e-commerce giant.

Donald Trump's tweet against department store chain again raises questions about him using his presidential position to sway business interests for his family.

Seventeen year-old business owner Rachel Ji explains how her online clothing business is empowering youth.

Hallenstein Glasson Holdings said first-half profit rose about 34 per cent after the retailer said it enjoyed a stronger Christmas trading season.

Homeware sales at its Briscoes chain rose 4.1 per cent while sporting goods sales through its Rebel Sport outlets gained 7.9 per cent.

Apple has been dethroned as the world's most valuable brand, while Lego has been named the world's most powerful.

The $2000 Thermomix, which is supposed to make life easier, is now at the centre of a bitter, emotional legal battle.

NZX-listed company Veritas has been given another extension to sell or close down the unprofitable grocery chain.

The former boss of Billabong has been jailed for eight years for forging his ex-wife's signature to obtain a A$13.5 million ($14m) loan.

Staff at Pumpkin Patch's distribution centre are working their last day at the company this Wednesday - and they won't be getting redundancy.

Credit card spending in December topped the previous months in 2016, and exceeding the billing of the previous two years.

New Zealand supermarket company Foodstuffs North Island Limited has made it onto a list of the world's most powerful retailers.

Amazon is poised to shake up Australia's $315 billion retail industry when it sets up shop Down Under.

Enter the beauty floor of a department store at your own peril.

Early feedback on Christmas spending suggested 2016 was solid but not spectacular for retailers as a group, according to Forsyth Barr broker Suzanne Kinnaird.

The receivers of Pumpkin Patch will have all stores closed by mid-February after they couldn't entice a buyer.

Small businesses are upbeat about the year ahead, with confidence at its highest level in almost two years.

Customers, it turns out, prefer well-run stores to chatty shop assistants.

Eric Watson has his eye on consumers, capital markets and acquisitions as Auckland-headquartered lingerie brand Bendon heads to the US stockmarket.

A new entrepreneur's quirky idea went viral. But then she had to start fighting to protect it.