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Department store sales lead April retail slump
New Zealand retail sales fell in April, led by department stores, where sales fell 3.3 per cent.

Michael Hill closing eight US stores
Michael Hill International is closing eight of its US stores, leaving it with just nine, all in the Chicago area.

Top fashion labels entice Chinese nouveau riche
Vivienne Westwood is to open 20 boutiques in China, and fellow British fashion house Burberry has confirmed that it will add 66 stores to its 44 Chinese outlets by 2012.

Winz sting exposes beneficiary scam
Police have been called in after a Govt "sting" of secondhand appliance dealers found some allegedly conniving with beneficiaries to deceive Work and Income.

Whitcoulls takes e-book service live
Readers now have the option of turning digital rather than paper pages after yesterday's launch of Whitcoulls' e-book service.

Mall picketers claim New Zealand first
A labour union claimed a first today as staff members picketed at a JB HiFi store inside an Auckland mall.