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

China's biggest day of shopping has kicked off with big name stars, and retailers are cashing in.

The nation's tourism boom drove up retail spending and demand for restaurants, takeaway shops, and accommodation.

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.

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.

The designer of New Zealand's first burkini explains what led her to create the unique piece of swimwear.

COMMENT: Comparing your households outgoing costs with those of similar families can be an insightful and quite a painless exercise.

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.

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".

What does the big reshuffle mean for cardholders?

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

Gracie Taylor at the opening day of Zara's at Sylvia Park

Noel Leeming has come underfire for promoting iPad Pros on a "price offer" which is actually the device's RRP.

A scheme combining supermarket savings with discounts at the petrol pump is "following our lead", says displaced market leader Fly Buys.

Keen shoppers have once again braved the rain to queue up at Sylvia Park for the new H&M store.

Hundreds of people descended on the gleaming racks of clothes like a plague of locusts.

At 2.30 this morning Aneeqah Jacobs got out of bed, showered, dressed, made breakfast and painstakingly applied her makeup.

The wait is over for fans of fashion retailer H&M as the brands first New Zealand store opens its doors today.