Retailers might be enjoying a post-Christmas spending bonanza, but an economist warns the sales boom can't last.

It might be grown on old opium farms but $60-a-cup Black Ivory is hardly the most unexpected coffee discovery in the shadow of Asia's golden triangle.

Veritas Investments chairman Mark Darrow says many opportunities exist for expanding the Mad Butcher retail chain.

Two personal finance companies - one of which charges over 500 per cent interest a year if loans are not paid back in two weeks - are in a High Court stoush over a super hero logo.

A battle between Sanitarium and a Christchurch man who imported 2000 jars of UK Marmite into New Zealand will head to the High Court early next year.

Consumer confidence has lifted to its highest level for more than a year, the Westpac McDermott Miller survey has found.

Kiwis are flocking to the shops to stock up for Christmas, with eftpos spending up on last year. Westfield spokeswoman Deb McGhie said it appeared shopping centres were busier this year than last - though they wouldn't know for sure until next year

The Warehouse's $65 million acquisition of appliance chain Noel Leeming Group has failed to impress one brokerage...

As the first set of viewer ratings are released for the Shopping Channel, the company says it is more focused on how many people are buying than watching.

The Warehouse's purchase of appliance retailer Noel Leeming Group will help the Red Sheds secure well-known electronics brands.

The Warehouse Group has announced that it has bought the Noel Leeming chain of 92 electronics and appliances stores for $65m.

Retailers are in a Christmas sale free-for-all with only 15 days left to the 25th.

Kiwi shoppers are being enticed into the famed New York department stores of Macy's, Bloomingdale's, and Saks Fifth Avenue to do their Christmas shopping.

Warehouse Group has reiterated its forecast for this year's earnings to beat those in 2012, and sees signs of growth in consumer spending.

More than half of New Zealanders are intending to opt for convenience and do some of their Christmas shopping online this year, according to survey results.

New Zealand's total credit card spending has taken its first annual drop in three years.

But whiteware is no longer white: a pretty colour seduces male shoppers.

Six weeks since The Shopping Channel went live, audience ratings are yet to be released.