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# E-Commerce

This year
2023
Shopify to axe Irish jobs as part of 20% global workforce cut
Shopify cut its workforce by 10% in July 2022.
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7
May 4th 2023, 5:43 PM
All time
Covid-19 pandemic hasn't spoiled the plot for independent bookshops
Some shops are well equipped to weather the crisis while others have had to get creative.
21.6k
18
May 23rd 2020, 8:00 PM
New delivery business: 'In this day and age, we should have been at it long ago'
Business owners who have had to embrace e-commerce and online delivery predict Covid-19 will change consumer habits.
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15
Apr 28th 2020, 7:30 PM
Why online-only supermarkets haven't come to Ireland... yet
Stock exchange-listed Ocado has global ambitions but hasn’t washed up on these shores.
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Jul 12th 2018, 1:05 PM
Irish retailers could be in for a bleak Christmas as shoppers flock online
Weaker sterling has driven more bargain-hungry consumers to shop online instead.
10.7k
40
Dec 10th 2016, 9:00 AM
A 40-year-old technology still beats Facebook for getting people to visit websites
A new Irish study found email newsletters were more likely to drive online sales than social media.
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10
Sep 11th 2016, 7:00 PM
This is the surprising first thing ever sold online
It wasn’t pizza.
28.3k
6
Jan 2nd 2016, 8:00 AM
The fashion giant that probably knows what you want to wear... before you do
We unpick the technology behind Zalando, Europe’s biggest online fashion store.
17.8k
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Nov 21st 2015, 7:30 PM
The payments startup founded by two Irish brothers now worth a staggering $5 billion
Even Visa is putting its money into Stripe.
30.6k
23
Jul 28th 2015, 9:50 AM
While you were sleeping, this man quietly made 7 BILLION dollars
We’d be happy enough finding a loose fiver behind the couch.
29.8k
13
Jul 24th 2015, 9:36 AM
Google's 'mobilegeddon' hits tomorrow and it will be a disaster for many businesses
It pays to be prepared.
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Apr 20th 2015, 2:03 PM
Steve Jobs predicted the future of e-commerce in 1996
And was pretty much bang on.
10.7k
30
Dec 14th 2014, 10:15 AM
What's a few billion between brothers? Stripe's valuation doubles to $3.5bn
The e-payments service was set up by the John and Patrick Collison in 2010.
24.9k
29
Dec 2nd 2014, 9:57 PM
The Briefcase: Black Friday, Europe vs Google and sweet broadband dreams
This was the week in business.
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Nov 29th 2014, 9:59 AM
What I Learned: Why there's no 'secret sauce' to cooking up an e-commerce juggernaut
We talk to MicksGarage about going from the bedroom to a multimillion-euro enterprise.
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9
Nov 22nd 2014, 8:43 PM
Irish consumers are spending 50% more online than last year
However, if you lose online, you lose big…
6.5k
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Aug 21st 2014, 5:44 PM
Ryanair, Aer Lingus and Greyhound among companies pursued by consumer agency
The National Consumer Agency received 56,000 contacts last year.
9.3k
11
Jul 29th 2014, 6:30 AM
Irish businesses are among the EU's best for selling abroad online
It’s one of a number of details conatined in EU-wide research on digital habits.
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May 29th 2014, 6:30 AM
Stripe nears deal to bring online payments to Twitter
The online payments company, founded by Limerick brothers John and Patrick Collison, is reportedly close to a deal with Twitter that will allow users to purchase goods on the site.
10.6k
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Jan 17th 2014, 10:54 AM
Ryanair publishes complaints email address after NCA action
The carrier confirmed yesterday it was dropping a court action challenging the agency’s order.
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37
Oct 1st 2013, 9:15 AM
Here are 10 things you never knew about the world's largest online retailer
Not bad for a company that started out in its owners garage.
29.4k
51
Mar 31st 2013, 6:00 PM
Paddy Power to create 600 jobs in Dublin by 2015
Hundreds of positions will be created as part of the bookmaker’s international online expansion.
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Oct 11th 2012, 8:45 AM