Countdown has lifted third-quarter sales by 5 per cent to $1.5 billion in the 13 weeks ended April 5.

They have just overhauled the company to try to save its future, but McDonald's has a past that is far from savoury either.

Briscoe Group's sales across its homeware and sporting goods retail chains rose 4.3 per cent to $119.8 million in the first quarter.

Online retail spending continues to grow, with March spending up 11 per cent on the previous year.

Apple, Tiffany, Zara, Ikea, David Jones and Marks & Spencer's are big-brand global retailers that may be eyeing Auckland for new flagship stores.

Whitcoulls is leaving its iconic Queen St shop so that Farmers can return to Auckland's CBD. Here is the latest selection of Your Views on the upcoming closure.

Pumpkin Patch rated the highest for customer satisfaction among clothing and sport stores.

Australian intellectual property laws are more lenient than those of Europe and the US, causing problems for NZ designers.

Male models banned from flaunting their rock-hard abs as retailer says it is no longer relying on sexualisation of its employees to sell clothes.

Melanie Brown's campaign to raise £35,000 to set up a specialist wine store in Brixton, London, has exceeded its target.

Jordan Spieth's Masters Tournament title, his first major victory, continued a string of success for Under Armour.

NZ food prices rose at their fastest annual pace in over three years in March, pushed higher by rising fruit and veggie prices.

A recent online campaign led by Woolworths Australia has caused outrage among customers, who accused the supermarket giant for cashing in on Anzac Day.

The two branches of upmarket supermarket chain Farro Fresh that had their liquor licences suspended had sold alcohol to minors.

The New Zealand Merino Company, which markets wool to customers on behalf of suppliers, has inked an $8 million one-year deal to supply 600 tonnes of New Zealand fine and medium micron wool to US....

Well known and established on both sides of the Tasman, Freedom's positioning is different across the two markets.

Grey Lynn and Mt Wellington residents will have to cope with buying their posh nosh separately from their booze this week if they plan to shop at Farro Fresh.

Latest stats show New Zealand consumers are starting to spend up in the shops, with electronic card spending up 3.7 per cent last month.

Apple has instructed its sales force to prod shoppers to the company's website to purchase the new smartwatch.

There are more mindful ways of looking stylish than scouring the shelves of Topshop, writes Lee Suckling.

The Commerce Commission's inquiry into an online toy and baby products retailer - accused of taking customers' money and failing to deliver - continues.

Retailers are calling for a revamp of Easter trading laws, as one rebellious garden centre vows to again defy the ban.

Retailers are being warned to be on the lookout for counterfeit bank notes after a number of reports of fake cash being used across the North Island.

Anzco Foods, New Zealand's third-largest meat company, said profit halved in 2014, a year in which it bought out shareholder Itoham Foods' half stake in the nation's only large-scale cattle....

Blunt founders Kington, Page and Brebner have been working hard to build an international name in the premium umbrella category.

The Warehouse Group boss Mark Powell is to step down from the firm's helm and a process has begun to recruit a new chief executive.

Consumer-driven food trends are nothing new. "Organics", gluten-free and others have all captured consumers, encouraging supermarkets around the globe to respond.