The Warehouse Group chairman says the company remains committed to its strategy amid criticism that its growth push has failed and major changes need to take place at the board and CEO level.

With reporting season due to kick off next month investors will be on the lookout for poor pre-result trading updates, otherwise known as "confessions".

New Zealand wine drinkers are now enjoying the results of two good vintage years and the outlook for the sector is positive.

The Shanton chain of women's clothing stores has gone into voluntary administration just over two years after it was bought out of receivership.

Work started this week on the $36 million expansion of New Zealand's first shopping mall.

Warehouse chief executive Mark Powell says it will be "a very difficult ask" for the group to beat last year's profits after it announced weaker-than-expected sales.

Shoppers spent a record-breaking amount on Christmas Eve and Boxing Day, according to figures released by Paymark today.

Mayor Len Brown has named big-brand international retailers Apple and Tiffany & Co as potential candidates to open their first New Zealand stores in Auckland.

New Zealand cleaning products company ecostore has signed a deal that will see the company export to South Korea from next year.

An online petition criticising Trade Me's Gift Finder tool as "sexist" has attracted 250 signatures in its first few days.

Rihanna, the pop singer with multiple awards to her name, has been appointed women's creative director of Puma SE.

Selfie sticks and remote-controlled helicopters are among some of the more popular items among Kiwis buying Christmas gifts this month.

Kiwis have spent a total of $2.3b through Paymark so far this month with Christmas spending up 4.3%

Christmas spending is off to a strong start with, up 4.4 per cent on the same time last year.

As chief toy tester and buyer for Farmers, the 31-year-old has a big role choosing which toys will be hot at Christmas.

Christmas shoppers have bent the plastic, spending a whopping $2.3 billion in the first fortnight of December.

In NZ, our supermarkets won't even sign up to a code of conduct, let alone agree to legislation being debated, writes Dita De Boni. It's time for the Govt to step in.

In a reply to today's column by Dita De Boni on supermarket costs, Countdown managing director Dave Chambers addresses the issue of pricing.

Web retailers are offering shoppers speedy shipping, one-day upgrades and even promises to deliver last-minute orders by Christmas Day.

Kiwis increased their spending on debit and credit cards in November, with a rise in hospitality and consumable purchases.

Australian retail billionaire Solomon Lew has declared war on his Government's failure to charge GST for overseas goods bought online.

The woes of one-time market star Pumpkin Patch continue with one accounting professor saying the struggling retailer may now be worth more to shareholders broken up.

Australian company profits have ticked higher, thanks to healthier returns from the battered and bruised retail and manufacturing sectors.

Retailers are hoping positive economic conditions will offset a blustery and wet start to the spring and summer period.

New Zealand-based Cooks Global Foods is eyeing the Australia and New Zealand market - one of the few places it does not hold the rights to the Esquires coffee shop brand.