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Focus: Ikea finally on the way at Auckland’s Sylvia Park

The traditional big blue box, large-format store of 34,000sq m will sell the latest design and home furnishing at Sylvia Park. Video / NZ Herald

Watch: Who's coming to Highbury, new shops rising in $15m mall makeover

'Highbury’s core economic market has a younger, educated and more affluent bias.'

Latest business activity data offers clues to next week's GDP number

Sales are up on an annual basis, Stats NZ data for the March quarter shows.

Focus: Supermarket trolley locks installed as public backlash grows against dumpings

Countdown has rolled out trolley locks at 12 undisclosed stores amid public backlash of dumping within communities. Video / NZ Herald

K Road pie shop failure blamed on Covid lockdowns

The popular dessert shop faced debt that couldn't be covered after the pandemic.

Pineapple Lumps just got the ultimate Kiwi makeover

Crunchy or chewy? New Lumps could see New Zealand households divided.

Konei founder: Economic development cuts will make outcomes worse for community

Manawa Udy says business is essential to help Māori and Pasifika thrive in Aotearoa.

Exposed: Retailers' sneaky tactics to make you spend more at the till

PriceSpy and Consumer NZ share their tips for saving cash and avoiding the sales trap.

More than two-thirds of Kiwis want to ban vaping, poll finds

A recent study found 10 per cent of year 10 students were addicted to vaping.

‘They’ll still find a way’: Fog cannons, bollards no match for thieves

Business owners want better crime solutions than current deterrents that aren't working.

Focus: Retailers say fog cannons, bollards no match for thieves

Retailers across NZ are criticising government-funded security measures as ‘just a deterrent, not a solution’ to tackling the surge in retail crime. Video / NZ Herald

Hard to Find Books will survive 'but it won’t be easy'

Warwick Jordan says Kiwis should continue to experience the magic of second-hand books.

Retail sales down, signs of 'stark' year for Kiwi households

Some sectors sacrificed as surging cost of living forces tough choices.

Biggest retail property deal of year: who paid $85.7m?

'Seven properties currently under contract, two further sales pending' - Whillans.

Daldang introduces Kiwis to the Korean-fusion dessert ‘fatcaron’

Sun Hoon Kim brought fatcarons to NZ after the explosion of K-Pop in 2017.

How safe is your job? Where the economic challenges will bite

Employment numbers up in Northland but tough times ahead for some businesses