Department store Smith & Caughey's has today opened its annual Santa's Enchanted Forest grotto.

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New Zealanders get to airports early and spend close to $100 when they shop at duty free outlets

After just over two years on store shelves, children's toy Shopkins has become a huge business.

One of the car park buildings at Lower Hutt's Queensgate shopping centre has been found to have suffered structural damage in Monday's 7.8 magnitude quake.

Here's how Australian pharmacist Danielle Di Pilla is making millions selling her goat soap around the world.

Trump companies are already seeking to use their presidential prominence to boost their private fortunes.

The Herald has put together the ultimate silly season planning guide to get you to the big day with the minimum of fuss.

Warehouse increased first-quarter sales across all its brands ahead of the key Christmas trading period.

I'm not interested enough to want to spend the time understanding how loyalty schemes work.

Pumpkin Patch's receivers have taken the razor to the failed children's wear retailer's Australian stores.

Hundreds of teenagers queued on Wellington's Lambton Quay this morning for the opening the city's first Topshop and Topman.

Retail workers have taken to an anonymous internet forum to share secrets about their jobs they think will shock consumers.

Sales at Countdown supermarkets rose 1.9 per cent in the first quarter of the 2017 financial year.

A fashion app is letting you style yourself from the comfort of your own home. Auckland start up Wearit will today be available on iPhones for Kiwi blokes wanting fashion and style advice.Laura McGoldrick and Adam Cooper give it a go!

Kiwi Tiffany & Co fans will be greeted by both familiar and unique sights when they enter the iconic jewellers' New Zealand flagship today. The 430sqm Britomart store will open its doors a week earlier than originally planned. The Herald reported earlier this year Tiffany & Co would hit New Zealand shores in the first week of November.

Target's controversial decision to axe its popular toy sale cost the business $80m and saw overall sales drop 22 per cent.

Would you travel halfway around the world for a handbag, or a coat? Maybe if you really loved it - and could get 20 per cent off.

Aryaman Taore, 18, turned down a position at Harvard University to focus on his delivery service start-up that is now seeking investors.

British MPs have approved a motion calling for Philip Green to be stripped of his knighthood.

The shake-up in loyalty card schemes continues with Mitre 10 switching from Fly Buys to Air New Zealand Airpoints.

COMMENT: Two apparently unrelated things happened in the first week of October that say so much about New Zealand these days.

He already runs the world's biggest online shopping company, but Alibaba founder Jack Ma is not satisfied.

A man has suffered severe burns and dozens of customers have complained about the retailer's own brand of candles overheating and exploding.

Pak 'n Save has apologised to shoppers after a number of unhappy consumers called out the supermarket chain.

Pak'n Save has apologised for mispricing its products, which lead to customers being overcharged.

Wal-Mart is set to pull back on the number of new stores it opens and instead invest in online operations.

Dick Smith's former chief executive explains how the company's overstock in batteries was "like buying Easter eggs".

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Tauranga's struggling downtown shopping centre is to get a major boost with the construction of a new hotel and retail development.