'Tesco is like a wounded animal: we never know what it is going to do next," is how one battered food supplier describes its relationship with the UK's biggest retailer.

A combination of unfavourable weather, heavy discounting and continued growth in online sales is behind yet another fall in profit for fashion retailer Hallenstein Glasson

Retailers adapting to the changing habits of shoppers are using their own websites to combat "showrooming".

Online travel giant Expedia has told New Zealand regulators there will be plenty of competition in the market after its planned buyout of rival booking site Wotif.

Morningstar has released a bearish analysis of giant landlord Kiwi Income Property Trust.

A sluggish housing market, falling dairy prices and rising interest rates have had little impact yet on consumer confidence.

Two Countdown supermarkets will soon stand just 500m or so apart at Westgate, Auckland.

Bernard Hickey writes: NZ's isolation from the rest of the world means we can evolve species that are perfectly adapted to our environment - even when it comes to business.

Tracey Topp is the founder of online merino clothing retailer Cosy Toes

Middle-sized businesses are sharing the rock-star economy's benefits, enjoying big growth and taking an increasingly rosy view of their future.

Commerce Minister Craig Foss has revealed that he was warned about supermarkets putting pressure on New Zealand suppliers.

Z Energy's boss says petrol consumption is falling in relation to increasing availability of broadband, which means people aren't popping in their cars for visits anymore.

Consumers' plastic cards saw more of the light of day last month, but the trend suggests some loss of momentum in retail spending.

A giraffe head on display at an Auckland antique shop has outraged passersby with some demanding the shop remove the stuffed animal.

The allegations aired under parliamentary privilege by Shane Jones about the "Countdown Shakedown" are ugly in many ways, but not the obvious.

Aliexpress.com is where small- to medium-sized Chinese retailers sell almost every known product.

Farmers has stood proud in Auckland's central city for nearly a century - but the iconic store is about to close its doors for the last time in the CBD.

Countdown supermarkets' Australian owners no doubt think their treatment of suppliers here came under attack this week.

Shares in lightbulb maker Energy Mad surged after it announced it had begun selling its energy-efficient products online in the United States through internet retail giant Amazon.

So-called "showrooming" and "click and collect" will be two major retail trends in 2014, according to an industry commentator.

An advertiser has been ordered to remove online claims that magnetic wrist and ankle bands have therapeutic benefits including relieving tension and purifying blood.

Eftpos transactions reached record highs today as Kiwi shoppers, filled with "Christmas spirit'', packed out stores around the country.

Today's final rush to complete pre-Christmas shopping will also complete a highly successful period for retailers.

Paymark figures show shoppers spending up large as malls brace for last-minute Christmas splurge.

Boxing Day sales are a magnet for `sport shoppers' with new apps seeking to fuel their competitive streak.

December has so far seen spending growth unseen for several years, Paymark says.

New Zealanders have spent more than $2.2 billion on their Eftpos cards in the first two weeks of December.

Businesses are smiling, frazzled customers are queuing and there are still nine more days of shopping to go.

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A DIY approach to gift baskets will save you money this Christmas, writes Susan Edmunds.