Core retail spending (excluding fuel and vehicle-related spending) fell 0.8 per cent in April, the first time since last June.

McDonald's unlikely defender, James Franco, forgot to tell you a few things about the corporation, writes Lydia DePillis.

Warehouse Group has posted a 5 per cent gain in third quarter sales to $635m which it said was in line with expectations.

Australian retail spending has lifted for a 10th straight month, supported by lower interest rates and improved household balance sheets.

Countdown has lifted third-quarter sales by 5 per cent to $1.5 billion in the 13 weeks ended April 5.

They have just overhauled the company to try to save its future, but McDonald's has a past that is far from savoury either.

Briscoe Group's sales across its homeware and sporting goods retail chains rose 4.3 per cent to $119.8 million in the first quarter.

Online retail spending continues to grow, with March spending up 11 per cent on the previous year.

The rise of online shopping, discount-obsessed consumers - when it comes to trading challenges listed retailers have their fair share. And there's a new one appearing on the horizon. Through a rule....

Workers at the fast-food chain will be guaranteed 80 per cent of the average hours worked over a three-month period.

Pumpkin Patch rated the highest for customer satisfaction among clothing and sport stores.

Fast-food giant McDonald's has walked away from negotiations aimed at scrapping controversial zero hour contracts.

Australian intellectual property laws are more lenient than those of Europe and the US, causing problems for NZ designers.

Male models banned from flaunting their rock-hard abs as retailer says it is no longer relying on sexualisation of its employees to sell clothes.

Bella Katz looks at Anathoth Farm brand of jams and chutneys and how the Kiwi expat community is helping the brand in Australia.

McDonald's has proposed a return to mediation over the union campaign to end "zero-hours" contracts in the fast food industry.

NZ food prices rose at their fastest annual pace in over three years in March, pushed higher by rising fruit and veggie prices.

A recent online campaign led by Woolworths Australia has caused outrage among customers, who accused the supermarket giant for cashing in on Anzac Day.

The New Zealand Merino Company, which markets wool to customers on behalf of suppliers, has inked an $8 million one-year deal to supply 600 tonnes of New Zealand fine and medium micron wool to US....

Well known and established on both sides of the Tasman, Freedom's positioning is different across the two markets.

For the March quarter as a whole core retail sales paid for by credit, debit or charge cards were up 2.7 per cent - the fastest quarterly growth since December 2006.

Grey Lynn and Mt Wellington residents will have to cope with buying their posh nosh separately from their booze this week if they plan to shop at Farro Fresh.

Latest stats show New Zealand consumers are starting to spend up in the shops, with electronic card spending up 3.7 per cent last month.

Claims made about the benefits of natural health products such as vitamins will need to be backed by evidence under a new system.

A Kiwi woman has launched a Kickstarter campaign in the hopes of raising £35,000 to set up a specialist wine store in Brixton, London.

Apple has instructed its sales force to prod shoppers to the company's website to purchase the new smartwatch.

As we cruise the aisles of The Warehouse, many of us will be unaware that the staff in red shirts ("Reds") around us are all in various stages of formal retail training.

The Commerce Commission's inquiry into an online toy and baby products retailer - accused of taking customers' money and failing to deliver - continues.