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Auckland: The price is wrong

Cast your net for customers

From music to fast food, more Kiwis are choosing to shop online. But retailers need to provide good, old-fashioned service, reports Steve Hart

Good service still important

Viva talks to the faces we see in store to find out why personal service matters.

New auction site lets retailers do the bidding

A new website launching today reverses the usual auction process, with retailers making the offers instead of the consumers.

Good time for consumers

Customers are spoiled for choice and retailers are forced to discount and operate on razor-thin margins in buyers' market.

Low price strategy pays off for Kmart

Kmart says its customers are responding to its low price strategy, which it will continue.

Picking up the pieces

Winz spends up on fashion

Jobseekers have spent thousands of dollars of public money at Glassons and Hallensteins in an attempt to impress future employers at interviews.

Shoppers wary of store card offers

Will you watch the Shopping Channel?

New Zealand's first full-time shopping channel has kicked off, but there were a few small teething problems - and a complaint about a bad taste banana joke. Add your comments here.

Russia: Hijacked on the Prospekt

St Petersburg's main street is one long, fabulous distraction, writes Susan Buckland.

Retailer looks to in-store experience

Fashion retailer Hallenstein Glasson hopes to build on gains in tough times by adapting to its consumers.

Debbie Mayo-Smith: What gets the sale?

Proud to be in the cheap seats

Everywhere you look there's a coupon or daily deal to get something at a discount, but, asks Danielle Wright, why are we all suddenly proud to be in the cheap seats?

Kiwis love bargains

Jack Tame: Fasten your seatbelt for a lofty shopping spree