Trump companies are already seeking to use their presidential prominence to boost their private fortunes.

No significant damage has been reported in Christchurch and residents are continuing with their day-to-day lives.

Warehouse increased first-quarter sales across all its brands ahead of the key Christmas trading period.

China's biggest day of shopping has kicked off with big name stars, and retailers are cashing in.

Auckland economic update shows the city's extremely strong performance

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group posted US$1 billion ($1.39b) of sales within the first five minutes of its Singles' Day shopping

The nation's tourism boom drove up retail spending and demand for restaurants, takeaway shops, and accommodation.

The Commerce Commission is proposing changes Chorus has to provide retail service providers on its copper lines.

The receivers for struggling children's clothing chain Pumpkin Patch are continuing to look for a buyer for the business.

New Zealand's consumer prices rose at a faster pace than reported in the September quarter, with Stats NZ discovering they made an error.

New Zealand butcher Hellers is selling its pre-cooked sausages to Australian supermarket chain Costco.

New menu items and digital efforts like mobile ordering helped Starbucks defy a restaurant-industry slowdown.

Briscoe Group is maintaining an "optimistic" outlook heading into its fourth-quarter trading.

Pumpkin Patch's receivers have taken the razor to the failed children's wear retailer's Australian stores.

NZ Herald Focus: This 23-year-old Kiwi is set for life after making herself rich selling an obscure product.

Hundreds of teenagers queued on Wellington's Lambton Quay this morning for the opening the city's first Topshop and Topman.

WATCH: From Hatchimals to Shopkins: these are the best toys to buy for kids this Christmas.

Fashion Island will launch Cotton On Kids this weekend in the first in a series of store openings this month that it says will reinvigorate

London high-street brand Topshop opened in the capital this morning.

Nearly half of the stores left vacant when Dick Smith collapsed have found new tenants.

Companies ignore the leanings of ethically-minded millennials at their peril, says TOMS retailer.

GETTING CLOSER: Work on the Lakesyde development on Whakaue St is getting closer to completion. PHOTO/BEN FRASER 021116bf8.JPGBy Rebecca

Ticketmaster New Zealand, which has a controlling interest in the soon-to-be-renamed Vector Arena, turned to an annual loss in 2015.

Cavalier Corp said 2017 earnings may fall as much as 52 per cent as the carpet maker incurs one-time costs to consolidate its manufacturing operations.

What's in your jeans? A rogue's gallery of unpronounceable chemicals whose effects on humans are suspect.

Residents of the Taranaki town of Hawera will find it a bit harder to stock the beer fridge this weekend.

Sales at Countdown supermarkets rose 1.9 per cent in the first quarter of the 2017 financial year.

New Zealand has been named as one of the most affordable countries in the world to buy wine.

Target's controversial decision to axe its popular toy sale cost the business $80m and saw overall sales drop 22 per cent.

Watch NZ Herald Focus: Laura McGoldrick tries on some of Tiffany & Co's most spectacular pieces.