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.

Guys, do you plan to propose to your loved one on Christmas Day?

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

Three inexpensive sunscreens sold in supermarkets have come out tops in Consumer NZ testing.

Di Humphries is the fresh face in charge of children's clothing retailer Pumpkin Patch.

Shoppers descended on malls all over the country yesterday as the Christmas rush began.

Wal-Mart Stores is ushering in a changing of the guard as the world's largest retailer confronts slower growth and challenges to its reputation.

A controversial new Bunnings store on Great North Rd in Grey Lynn, Auckland, has been approved.

Goodman Property Trust, with a $2 billion real estate portfolio, will celebrate the opening of the first stage of its new town centre.

Kathmandu shares soared to an all-time high yesterday after the company reported a record annual result.

A nine-level $100m development will soon rise on a yawning chasm behind Ponsonby Rd in one of the biggest projects by Progressive Enterprises.

Retailers in Auckland boutique premier shopping zone High St are worried about possible street changes.

Culture - it's a word that can be filled with meaning or thrown about in a way that means nothing at all.

Consumers turned out in force in the June quarter, with core retail sales rising 2.3 per cent in real terms, the fastest clip since September 2011.

JB Hi-Fi has defied a difficult trading environment to lift sales and profit, and expects the trend to continue for the next 12 months.

Luxury retailer Saks has agreed to sell itself to Hudson's Bay Co, the Canadian parent of upscale retailer Lord & Taylor, for about US$2.4 billion.

The Warehouse has expanded its online presence through its fifth acquisition in nine months.

British American Tobacco Holdings New Zealand's profit was down almost 5 per cent in 2012.

The late Kiwi bushman Barry Crump might be turning in his grave. Or perhaps he'd be jealous there is now a range of Swanndri he could wear to dinner.

Public perceptions of how competitive the retail electricity sector is have improved, though to less-than-emphatic levels.

The Warehouse is about to embark on a radical new expansion strategy using television.

Australian consumers are spending again, though not as much of their income as they did before the global crisis five years ago.

When you're selling a product that's hotter than heroin, odds are there's going to be a few issues to deal with, writes Liam Dann.

Retail spending charged to electronic cards rose 0.8 per cent last month - the fastest pace since August last year.

The Warehouse boss Mark Powell is playing down the significance of an Australian company's aborted investment in Torpedo7.

Acquisitions have radically transformed The Warehouse Group in the past six months, but there is no danger of the country's largest listed retailer losing focus.