After years of squeezing themselves into skinny jeans, many women are ready for comfort.

After years online, many Web retailing pioneers are discovering the old-school benefits of having a brick-and-mortar store.

Visa is rolling out software to detect whether it's you or someone pretending to be you filling up on fuel.

Anyone with an eftpos card will soon be able to make payments online, removing the need for a credit card, says Paymark.

A combination of unfavourable weather, heavy discounting and continued growth in online sales is behind yet another fall in profit for fashion retailer Hallenstein Glasson

Retailers were busier in the June quarter, sales climbing 1.2 per cent in volume terms to be up 3.6 per cent for the year.

New Zealand retail sales rose more than expected in the second quarter, as vehicle sales volumes and values increased at the fastest pace in two years.

Retailers adapting to the changing habits of shoppers are using their own websites to combat "showrooming".

Online travel giant Expedia has told New Zealand regulators there will be plenty of competition in the market after its planned buyout of rival booking site Wotif.

Auckland’s famous Victoria Park Market needs a rescue plan to confirm the big future tenants were promised.

Cheap loaves of bread are here to stay - at least for the foreseeable future, the country's major supermarkets have confirmed.

A new dining/restaurant and cinema zone at West Auckland's LynnMall and apartments and offices at Sylvia Park are planned.

Discount retail outlet Dress-Smart in Onehunga has been expanded and upgraded, with about another 1000sq m added.

Jason Murray says despite the difficult position Postie Plus has been in for the past few years, its new owners Pepkor will "absolutely" be able to turn the company around.

Kathmandu says a cold snap last month in Australia and New Zealand helped generate more sales than anticipated.

EBay plans to experiment with selling auto mechanics' services alongside car parts, said Devin Wenig, president of the marketplaces business, in an expansion of the company's offerings.

Kiwi Greg Foran inherits a chain wedded to an outdated big-box model, struggling to increase sales in its stores and online.

Online retail sales growth is slowing and 19 out of every 20 New Zealand purchases are still made in a shop,

Auckland is suffering a desperate shortage of land for business expansion and retailing with a "critical short supply" of large format shopping space, says one Auckland councillor.

Staff at Postie Plus have been offered a conditional employment agreement by South African investment group Pepkor, according to a source.

Is this the best thing since sliced bread? NZ's major supermarket chains are offering Kiwis super cheap loaves.

The German economy is set to benefit as the country's football victory draws shoppers to the "Made in Germany" brand, says a research firm.

For Adidas, the World Cup has already been won, whatever the outcome of Monday's final in Rio de Janeiro.

The first thing you notice about Vend chief executive Vaughan Rowsell is his gigantic moustache. The second thing is the bright green Chucks on his feet, a "welcome" gift to all new staff.

New Zealanders are choosing to do more and more of their shopping on the go according to a Nielsen's Online Retail Report.

New Zealand core retail spending on debit and credit cards fell in June for the first time in four months.