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Nerf targets teenagers after success wooing girls

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

Michael Hill shares jump on 46pc profit hike

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.

Lower petrol prices offset spending in January

Retail spending charged to electronic cards fell 0.4 per cent last month, its third monthly decline in a row, as lower prices at the pump offset increased spending elsewhere.

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.

Supplements rife in school rugby

Over 70 per cent of elite college rugby players regularly use sports supplements, making them more likely to intentionally dope in the future, a survey finds.

Spending on debit, credit cards up in Jan

NZ's $5.3 billion December shopping spree

Spending last month was up $300 million on December 2013, fuelled in part by Christmas shopping, Boxing Day sales, and New Year's Eve holidaymakers.

Warehouse shares slump

Warehouse chief executive Mark Powell says it will be "a very difficult ask" for the group to beat last year's profits after it announced weaker-than-expected sales.

Warehouse shares plunge on warning

Warehouse shares have plunged today after it said profits for the first half of the financial year are likely to be down 20 per cent.

Kathmandu reverses three-day decline

Big brand stores may head to Auckland

Mayor Len Brown has named big-brand international retailers Apple and Tiffany & Co as potential candidates to open their first New Zealand stores in Auckland.

Haggle your way to a Boxing Day deal

For Kiwis scouring the shops for bargains today and the rest of sale season, don't rule out haggling your way to a discount.

Kathmandu warns of slow Christmas

Puma names Rihanna creative director

Rihanna, the pop singer with multiple awards to her name, has been appointed women's creative director of Puma SE.