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Monday 26 October 2020
Business owners aren’t holding out hope for all retailers to be deemed essential.
Tariffs that would be imposed in a no-deal Brexit scenario would result in an increase in costs for Irish shoppers.
Retail Ireland said that there will be an increase in sales this year of over €150 million.
Stores are facing worker shortages as the country nears full employment.
But one major operator says bricks-and-mortar firms are simply ‘unable to take competition’.
Retailers such as Dunnes Stores, Centra and SuperValu haven’t announced any plans to follow Aldi’s lead.
Despite the positive growth, cross-border shopping has been a big worry for Irish outlets this year.
Retail Ireland said that cross-border shopping and online shopping from foreign retailers is a big worry for Irish outlets this year.
BWG Foods boss Willie O’Byrne was appointed to the role earlier this week.
Retail Ireland called their latest shopping figures “disappointing”.
The figure is a €26 increase on the average monthly spend for Christmas 2015.
Retail sector representatives are calling on the government to take “decisive steps” as Irish consumers react to Brexit.
Big Dublin retailers are experiencing 20 minute queues in the lead up to Christmas.
However, women didn’t invest in too many winter coats this season.
Irish households are expected to spend an extra €650 to €750 in shops this month compared to other months this year.
The Jobs Committee was told that Dublin’s main thoroughfare is dangerous and dirty, giving retailers little chance.
Vacancy rates in Ireland could be combated by more pro-active local authorities, Retail Ireland has said.
New CSO figures show that people spent less money in supermarkets and petrol stations last month.
Adverts.ie and a host of other companies in the sector to meet with Enda Kenny today to outline difficulties in what will be Taoiseach’s first-ever webcasted consultation meeting.
Retail Ireland has said government must give consumers “hope and a reason to start spending”.
Sixty-four per cent of businesses intend to upgrade their online presence in the next 18 months, with the Irish online market predicted to grow to €21bn by 2017.
A major tobacco company’s Irish branch says 28.2 per cent of all cigarettes sold here last year evaded the excise duty net.
Retail Ireland made the comments following the publication of a Consumers’ Association of Ireland (CAI) report on Irish food prices – which indicated the typical cost of a basket of groceries had risen 12 per cent in the past two years.
Retailers are also feeling positive about 2013, saying that they may see an upturn in sales.
Retail Ireland said the 24 per cent increase in electrical sales is “almost certainly” driven by television purchases ahead of the digital switchover.
Consumer confidence has plummeted as we worry about the forthcoming budget and retailers say they’re feeling the pinch but will the government do anything to stop the leaks and speculation?
Retail Ireland says one-eighth of all diesel sold in Ireland is illegal, while one in six people have made illegal downloads.
From junior manicures to baby clothes reading “I’m too sexy” – this sexualisation of children isn’t just a bit of fun, writes Joanna Fortune.
CSO figures show that the volume of retail sales grew by 0.2 per cent last month, with the value of sales up by 0.6pc.
In its latest business sentiment survey, Retail Ireland has conveyed a pessimistic outlook among retailers for the months ahead.
A survey by retail Ireland reveals that nearly three-quarters of outlets in the capital plan to remain open this Saturday.
Despite positive sales this Christmas, retailers are “pessimistic” about the year ahead, says Retail Ireland, which describes their overall mood as “grim”.
Retail Ireland has called on the government not to increase excise duty and not to shift the payment of sick leave onto employers in the Budget next week.
Retail Ireland says illegal fuel laundering to remove the dye from agricultural diesel is costing the state €150m in lost tax revenues annually.
WE’RE LESS THAN a week out from the scariest night of the year.
Halloween will look somewhat different this year but there’s nothing stopping us breaking out the box of decorations, throwing on a witch’s hat and doing up the outside of the house.
Cobwebs, ghouls and goblins, a scary pumpkin, there’s plenty of inspiration around at the moment as more and more people gear up for the 31st.
This morning, we want to know: Have you decorated your house for Halloween?
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Share your story: voices@thejournal.ie
Richard Nairns details some of what he discovered when he moved to Ned’s Wood in Co Wicklow.
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