The pay packets offered to retail workers jumped almost 10 per cent last year, according to a major jobs website, in another sign of improving fortune for the sector.

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

Retailers are "over the moon" at record Boxing Day sales on Thursday.

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

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

Kiwis are going to have to swap their limes for lemons this summer if they want to avoid rising prices.

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

Amidst a tough retail environment, Kathmandu chief executive Peter Halkett has led the company through a solid year of growth.

Retail spending went from strength to strengthen last month as the plastic got more of a workout.

Baaa-humbug. A fall in lamb numbers because of the worst drought in 70 years may result in higher prices for this year's Christmas roast.

In a UK first, shoppers in South Yorkshire are being offered food at up to 70 per cent of normal prices - but they have to prove they're on benefits to get the bargains.

The company that runs Nando's NZ went into receivership to avoid its franchise agreement being terminated by the global spicy chicken chain's Australian arm.

Countdown has been ordered to withdraw advertisements for a "one-day sale'' that ran online for 21 hours over two days.

As the United States prepares for its annual Cyber Monday online shopping bonanza.

It varies, but for gift and homeware retailers and toy companies, it represents a substantial proportion of annual turnover.

Click Monday - the local version of the Northern Hemisphere's "Cyber Monday" - will begin at 7pm tonight and run for 24 hours.

Warehouse Group, the country's biggest listed retailer, expects lower first-half earnings as margins at its flagship Red Sheds come under pressure and it spends more on adjusting to a new competitive environment.

Kathmandu, the outdoor clothing retailer, says sales rose 0.9 per cent in the first 16 weeks of the year.

NZ retail sales grew less than economists were picking in the September quarter, as growth in car sales was offset by weak consumer core sector spending.