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.

The boy who has featured in the shave-your-head-for-cancer campaign since 2011 is in remission from his serious blood disease.

Telecom is promoting generalised technology tips in an advertising campaign that could be as useful to Vodafone or 2degrees customers as its own customers.

Espressoworkz sells automatic espresso machines and coffee beans to offices. It owns NZ roasted coffee range Eden Coffee plus has strong wholesale and retail business lines to compliment its office business.

New Zealand has become the second country in the world to approve plain cigarette packets.

The world knows us not only as New Zealand, but also as Aotearoa, the land of the long white cloud, Godzone, or - more recently - Middle-earth.

The Government is expecting legal challenges over plain cigarette packaging and has warned they could cost taxpayers up to $6 million.

British actor Brian Blessed has been picked as the new look of the ASB Bank.

COCO MADEMOISELLE is here again, beautiful, independent and mischievous. With Keira Knightley and Alberto Ammann, directed by Joe Wright. Soundtrack : "It's a man's man's man's world" (James Brown, Betty Newsome), performed by Joss Stone. Courtesy: YouTube/CHANEL

I bought a wee Dale Frank [Australian painter] and we went on holiday to Spain and France. I'm certainly not rolling in it but we won't starve.

TV blogger Paul Casserly reviews the slew of new shows featuring former Outrageous Fortune cast members.

Icebreaker founder Jeremy Moon talks about starting a brand from scratch.

Many years ago I wrote a booklet called 'The 7 biggest mistakes that salespeople make and how to stop them losing you sales every week.'

It is a time of change for BRR, a leading New Zealand brand strategy company, which started as the Brian Richards consultancy in 1993 and was incorporated in 1999 as BRR.

Part of Coca-Cola's business strategy is to build brand loyalty and trust in a highly publicised and philanthropic manner - and to a captive audience, writes Darren Powell.

Kiwis have been imbibing it since 1987, but the boss of Kiwi herbal mineral water brand Ch'i says the firm still has plenty of scope for growth.