This year is shaping up to be a very busy one for new sharemarket listings...

Retail sales charged to electronic cards rose 0.3 per cent last month, adjusted for seasonal effects, continuing a trend of slow but steady increases in consumer spending.

Retailers enjoyed only a modest improvement in spending patterns over December, according to Paymark.

It might be grown on old opium farms but $60-a-cup Black Ivory is hardly the most unexpected coffee discovery in the shadow of Asia's golden triangle.

Veritas Investments chairman Mark Darrow says many opportunities exist for expanding the Mad Butcher retail chain.

Two personal finance companies - one of which charges over 500 per cent interest a year if loans are not paid back in two weeks - are in a High Court stoush over a super hero logo.

A battle between Sanitarium and a Christchurch man who imported 2000 jars of UK Marmite into New Zealand will head to the High Court early next year.

Consumer confidence has lifted to its highest level for more than a year, the Westpac McDermott Miller survey has found.

A slowdown from the first half of the year is expected when economic growth figures for the September quarter come out on Thursday.

The Warehouse's $65 million acquisition of appliance chain Noel Leeming Group has failed to impress one brokerage...

As the first set of viewer ratings are released for the Shopping Channel, the company says it is more focused on how many people are buying than watching.

The Warehouse's purchase of appliance retailer Noel Leeming Group will help the Red Sheds secure well-known electronics brands.

The Warehouse Group has announced that it has bought the Noel Leeming chain of 92 electronics and appliances stores for $65m.

Retailers are in a Christmas sale free-for-all with only 15 days left to the 25th.