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Small business: Your business online - Vaughan Rowsell
Vaughan Rowsell, founder of Vend, a cloud-based retail platform for brick and mortar retailers.

Stores told to get online now
The number of New Zealanders shopping online has tripled in less than a decade, with entertainment and leisure products the favourite internet purchases.

Stock Takes: Mad Butcher's listing details due soon
A prospectus for the Mad Butcher's back door listing is expected to be out next week...

Major Waikato transport firm in receivership
Waikato company Te Kauwhata Transport has gone into receivership.

Drought fails to dampen confidence
Kiwis continue to feel relatively chipper about their economic circumstances, despite the drought and a string of high profile job cuts, a new survey shows.

Foundations of Foundation start
Construction has started on The Foundation, a $20 million retail development on Oteha Valley Rd in Albany, due to be completed towards the end of this year.

Card spending rises at fastest rate in 6 months
Retail spending charged to electronic cards rose 0.8 per cent last month - the fastest pace since August last year.

No more Bond & Bond, says Warehouse
The Warehouse Group says it will disestablish the Bond and Bond electronics retail chain next month and merge it into the larger Noel Leeming network.

Warehouse almost doubles half year profits
Half year profits at the Warehouse have almost doubled after properties were sold and the company will pay a much bigger dividend than many were expecting.

Warehouse shrugs off Torpedo7's history
The Warehouse boss Mark Powell is playing down the significance of an Australian company's aborted investment in Torpedo7.

Red Sheds remain central to future of Warehouse Group
Acquisitions have radically transformed The Warehouse Group in the past six months, but there is no danger of the country's largest listed retailer losing focus.

Queen St Markets trims size of offerings
Changes are being made at the Queen Street Markets in the old MidCity Cinemas complex on Auckland's Golden Mile.

Kathmandu chairman James Strong dies
James Strong, the chairman of NZX-listed retailer Kathmandu and a former chief executive of Qantas, died in Sydney yesterday.

Postie Plus shares tumble, losses widen
Retailer Postie Plus is again in talks with its bankers as it prepares to announce a "substantial loss" to the market.

Aussie firm closing fashion stores
Staff at women's clothing retailer Suzanne Grae are blaming the fashion brand's failure to gain traction in New Zealand on insufficient marketing and poorly performing stores in the big cities.

Search on for new Mitre 10 boss
Former American FBI special agent turned New Zealand DIY hardware chain boss John Hartmann is leaving Mitre 10.

Winemakers take case to Germany
A group of New Zealand's best winemakers will join forces in Germany next month to showcase Kiwi wine brands at a major international wine fair.