Insight for Sunday 27 January 2013

New Zealanders have taken to online shopping with gusto and the growth in the sector for 2012  is expected to be about 20 percent up on figures from 2011.Thirty-five percent of those purchases will have been from overseas websites and that's making many in the domestic retail sector anxious.

The sector - the country's second-largest employer - says the Government could help by charging GST on the tsunami of goods crashing across the border.
But the government says under a certain dollar value it's just not economical.

Penny MacKay looks at the changing face of retail and asks what price can be put on a thriving High Street.