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GST on online shopping welcomed

A leading retailer has welcomed moves towards charging GST on online purchases from overseas.

Tastes moving to craft beers

Craft beer sales are continuing to rise despite falling volumes in the wider sector, says Moa chief executive Geoff Ross.

Topshop NZ meets great expectations

A 10 second countdown celebrated the opening of New Zealand's flagship Topshop store, as about 1,200 eager shoppers snaked blocks of Queen Street in a bid to be the first buyers.

Investigation into 'leech' sales staff

A shopping company is being investigated over revelations some of its door-to-door staff regularly visit beneficiaries in a Dunedin boarding house.

Topshop: 300 new styles a week

Your first look inside New Zealand's first Topshop store. Find out why your stylish overseas friends have been raving about the fashion chain for all these years.

Grocery delivery firm bags Kevin Roberts

Grocery delivery service My Food Bag isn't ruling out a sharemarket listing after announcing its new chairman, adman Kevin Roberts.

Topshop: The countdown is on

The countdown is on for the opening of clothing retailer Topshop Topman this week, with more than 35,000 garments being sorted for the debut of the Queen St store.

Christopher Adams: Warehouse sale marks the end of long retail battle

The final chapter in a long-running New Zealand retail battle played out this week when Woolworths offloaded its shares in The Warehouse Group.

Vote of confidence in Warehouse

Rich-listers David and Anne Norman have snapped up Australian supermarket operator Woolworths' stake in The Warehouse Group.

Stock Takes: Duke coy on Pumpkin Patch but branches out in retail

Market speculation about Rod Duke boosting his stake in struggling children's clothing chain Pumpkin Patch has so far failed to become a reality, writes Christopher Adams.

Showdown looms for Contact Energy

Contact Energy could be heading for a showdown with minority shareholders over what to do with a $1 billion pot of cash.

Brian Fallow: Retail sales reveal healthy pulse and savings rates also positive

As vital signs go, retail sales data for the last three months of 2014 were pretty healthy, writes Brian Fallow.

Car sales drive big retail jump

Nerf targets teenagers after success wooing girls

Hasbro, the maker of foam footballs and spongy projectiles, is targeting a new audience: high schoolers.

The new big challenge for retail

If you're like most shoppers, it is likely that you do plenty of research before opening your wallet.

Domino's Pizza profit leaps 44%

ASX-listed Domino's Pizza Enterprises, parent company of Domino's New Zealand, has reported one of its strongest half-year results to date, with net profit of A$29.1 million, up 44.2 per cent on the same period last year.

Shanton Fashion shortfall about $4.45m

Creditors of women's clothing chain Shanton Fashion are owed almost $7.8 million, while the company has $3.35 million in assets, a wider shortfall than the $693,000 estimate directors gave when the company went into voluntary administration last month.

Christopher Niesche: Smart homes strategy for smart retailer

Despite the fast changing market, JB Hi-Fi excels at jumping on the next big thing in technology and getting the march on its competitors, writes Christophwer Niesche.