COMMENT: They're called "Clear Knee uom Jeans" which in my book is fashionese for hideous.

New research is supporting the view that it's time to ditch daylight savings.

Stranded residents of a small village north of Kaikoura have finally got road access.

Govino New Zealand director Prue Kane talks about taking on an established drinkware business and the greatest lessons she's learnt.

COMMENT: Self-service checkouts give us speed, nimbleness and self-sufficiency. But, warns Shelley Bridgeman, they present traps for the unwary too.

COMMENT: It's amazing how the simple act of buying your granddaughter a jigsaw puzzle from Amazon can take up the better part of a morning.

Seventeen year-old business owner Rachel Ji explains how her online clothing business is empowering youth.

A man's body has been found in the carpark lift of a Westfield shopping centre in Melbourne early this morning.

A woman was left in horror after discovering a garment she ordered from e-tailer Missguided was covered in stains.

We have compiled a list of cheap and reliable products to make your 'dumb' home much smarter.

Carrying a wallet full of credit and debit cards may soon be a thing of the past as more consumers sign up to pay-by-phone technology.

Eric Watson has his eye on consumers, capital markets and acquisitions as Auckland-headquartered lingerie brand Bendon heads to the US stockmarket.

Kiwis have been making the most of favourable exchange rates to splash out on online purchases from overseas at record levels.

A new entrepreneur's quirky idea went viral. But then she had to start fighting to protect it.

American Apparel, once a high-flying retailer that peaked at more than $600 million in sales, is headed toward liquidation.

The Warehouse is set to trim down its organisational structure in a bid to cut costs.

The Trump-Ma meeting comes amid tensions between Alibaba'shome country and the incoming US administration.

Hundreds of tourists are milling around downtown Greymouth at weekends and evenings.

Alibaba Group Holding sued two vendors it said used the company's Taobao website to sell counterfeit Swarovski watches, just weeks

New Zealand's retail association is calling on the government to make closing tax loopholes for retail a priority.

The latest data from Paymark showed a 6.6 per cent increase in spending for the month of December on the last year.

Shoppers are hoping big international retailers will continue to flock to New Zealand in 2017.

COMMENT: The fashion industry is grappling with an existential question: how to sell its wares to consumers?

COMMENT: Most of the people I give gifts to don't buy into economists' view that cash dominates gift selection.

While immigrants are often accused of stealing jobs, they are increasingly undercut in America's clothing industry.

A 6-year-old Arkansas girl used her sleeping mother's fingerprint to unlock her iPhone and buy US$250 worth of Pokemon toys on Amazon.

It was a beautiful Boxing Day to be outside but the lure of heavy discounts was too strong thousands who paced the malls on the hunt for a bargain.

It's not even Christmas yet, but Boxing Day sales are already kicking off.

Kiwis have been scrambling to do last minute Christmas shopping at a record-breaking pace today.

At actor Will Hall's Kaukapakapa home he and his wife Sarah have both been working hard to prepare for the Christmas festivities.