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Kathmandu soars on festive sales

Kathmandu has great Xmas - 26pc profit lift tipped

Kathmandu, the outdoor equipment and clothing chain, said first-half profit will rise as much as 26pc after summer sales and improved margins.

Flooring Brands expands

Boutique stores testing the law on sale refunds

Some of the country's leading fashion boutiques are playing fast and loose with the law on replacing or refunding damaged goods.

North Shore firm develops smart fibre to hide hunters

<i>Your Business:</i> Eureka moment happened at home

When former bank executive Melissa Cheals was at home with a new baby, she began researching ideas for her own company.

Jean Jones caught in new SFO probe

The swirl of official investigations surrounding failed finance company Rockforte is growing, with the Serious Fraud Office confirming a probe that will almost certainly shed light on the failure of the Jean Jones clothing chain.

A world of style at your fingertips

Carey Mulligan and Kelly Osbourne are among the style-savvy celebrities recruited to an internet giant's new fashion website, which lets women create their own virtual boutiques stocked with clothes from favourite designers.

<i>Brian Gaynor</i>: Muir's departure takes pressure off AGM

Greg Muir quits as Pumpkin Patch chair

A successful shareholders campaign has pushed former Hanover Finance chair Greg Muir from the board of listed clothing retailer Pumpkin Patch.

<i>Deborah Hill Cone</i>: Let Muir work some Pumpkin magic

Forget Hanover - what matters is chairman's performance now.

<i>Stock Takes</i>: Fyfe wins award for navigating through turbulence

Investors' case to be tested in two-day Feltex hearing

Role at Hanover haunts Muir

<i>Your Business:</i> Natureshop spreads wings with UK base

Saxmere wants $700,000 in costs