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# winter sales

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# winter sales
'Some staff reported being spat at': Public asked to respect shop workers as sales begin
Labour shortages and abuse from customers have made the work environment more difficult this year.
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Dec 26th 2021, 6:30 AM
# handbags at dawn
Brown Thomas the main attraction on Grafton Street as early risers hit the Stephen's Day sales
The crowds are expected to descend on Ireland’s cities and major shopping centres later this morning.
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Dec 26th 2019, 9:45 AM
# sales time
How Much of a Horrible Customer Are You?
The sales are bringing out the worst in us all.
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Dec 29th 2017, 3:30 PM
# handbags at dawn
'I could lose the run of myself': We talked to the early risers queuing outside Brown Thomas
While you were sleeping, these enthusiastic shoppers were lining up on Grafton St.
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Dec 26th 2017, 11:20 AM
# winter sales
Chaos in US shopping centres: Skirmishes send shoppers scrambling for the doors
There were incidents across America, and numerous false reports of gunfire.
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Dec 27th 2016, 10:04 AM
# priced out
'It has never been a better time to be an Irish shopper': Retailers struggle as prices fall
Retail Ireland said many shops had been hit by competition from UK based online retailers and cross border trade.
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Dec 27th 2016, 6:15 AM
# rain dampens spirits
"We just popped in for the half-price shoes": Stephen's(s) Day sales shoppers are being disappointingly sensible
Tales of common sense and politeness, from the streets of south Dublin.
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Dec 26th 2015, 2:35 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Have you hit the winter sales yet?
Are you a bargain hunter or would you rather stay at home and eat ham sandwiches?
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Dec 27th 2014, 10:00 AM
# winter sales
Handbags at dawn: People were literally pulling bargains out of each other's hands this morning
“People were literally grabbing at them — ‘I got it first… No, it’s mine’.”
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Dec 26th 2014, 8:57 PM
# winter sales
Retailers report busiest St Stephen's Day since start of the recession
One retailer said they had done 50 per cent of last year’s 26 December turnover in the first hour of trading yesterday.
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Dec 27th 2013, 12:31 PM
# Black Thursday
Retailers delighted after 'superb' first day of winter sales
Many retailers who were sceptical about opening on St Stephen’s Day are now glad they decided to go for it.
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Dec 26th 2013, 5:29 PM
# St Stephen's Day
PICS: Queues for Brown Thomas go all the way around the corner in Dublin and Cork
It’s like something out of the Celtic Tiger…
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Dec 26th 2013, 2:24 PM
# Your Say
Poll: Are you heading out to the winter sales today?
Will you be getting your shop on?
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Dec 26th 2013, 10:02 AM
# Christmas
The 12 burning questions* of Xmas: Stephen's Day or New Year's sales?
This and every festive day until New Year’s Eve, let TheJournal.ie distract you from the ‘serious’ news with one of life’s REAL dilemmas. (*not really)
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Dec 26th 2011, 12:00 PM