Wal-Mart Stores' chief spokesman has resigned after the company discovered a falsehood in his official biography.

Warehouse Group investors await evidence that the retailer will get a return on the hundreds of millions of dollars spent overhauling stores.

NZ's largest listed retailer, The Warehouse, expects earnings to rise this financial year following an 18 percent drop in 2014.

Workers at a Countdown supermarket suddenly found themselves on the streets yesterday after a late court decision abruptly ended the company's lease.

New Zealand's biggest DIY, hardware, gardening and trade store chain Mitre 10 will soon announce it has cracked the $1 billion revenue mark, well ahead of nearest rival Bunnings' $813 million.

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".

Consumers' plastic cards saw more of the light of day last month.

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.

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

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

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.

The famous son of the New Zealander taking the helm at retail giant Walmart says his dad was always driven to succeed, and instilled those values in his kids.

Blackstone Group's Burger King chain in New Zealand widened its loss in 2013 as rising sales, in an increasingly crowded burger market, were offset by higher costs.

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,