Countdown is offering customers a free iPhone shopping application.

A combination of three national holidays, and five Sundays and Mondays in April saw spending decline.

Local burger chain BurgerFuel is tapping into the rising wealth of a volatile region with a taste for fast food.

Online shopping will reach a saturation point of around a fifth of the entire market, say retail researchers.

Food manufacturing giant Sanitarium risks tarnishing its brand image through its dispute with a South Island shopkeeper.

Plastics retail chain Payless has gone into receivership.

A triple-hit of Black Fridays this year is a boon for Hell Pizza.