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Christmas TV ads 2024: Patrick Freyne on Marks & Spencer, Lidl, Boots, Amazon and more

Patrick Freyne: here are my favourite corporate psy-ops of the season – or Christmas TV ads, as I believe you call them in the suburbs

Thu Nov 21 2024 - 05:00

Simone Gannon: Four of the best beauty advent calendars

Mini packages for beauty lovers designed to be opened as a countdown to the festive season: what’s not to love?

Fri Nov 01 2024 - 05:00

Dublin 4 investment for €1.5m offers buyer 7.05% yield

Number 20 Upper Baggot Street is occupied by restaurant and office tenants and is generating €116,400 in rent

Wed Sept 04 2024 - 05:35

Simone Gannon: The new beauty products I really rate

Cute pots of cream blush, a do-it-all face palette and more

Fri Aug 02 2024 - 05:00

An Post named most reputable organisation over last 15 years as RTÉ suffers greatest decline

Credit unions top the annual RepTrak study for 2024, with only X found to have a worse reputation than RTÉ

Wed May 15 2024 - 06:00

Christmas TV ads 2023: Patrick Freyne on Aldi, John Lewis, Boots and more

We rate this season’s advertisements for weepiness, capitalism, gluttony and liturgical correctness

Fri Nov 17 2023 - 05:15

Global shares mixed on US inflation data

Iseq down 0.6% as Ryanair and Flutter trade lower

Thu Oct 12 2023 - 17:37

Rise in customer footfall sees profits at Boots Ireland jump one fifth

Retail sales up 10.3% as Covid restrictions unwound

Wed Jul 26 2023 - 15:20

Boots to close ‘small number’ of Northern Ireland stores amid cuts

Retail pharmacy group announced plans to close 300 shop in the UK

Wed Jun 28 2023 - 12:24

Aer Lingus among victims of global cyberattack that has compromised employee data

It is understood the attack has affected eight customers of support services company Zellis in the UK and Ireland

Tue Jun 06 2023 - 15:00

Boots No7 skincare claims to produce ‘five years of wrinkle-reversal’. Just how revolutionary is it?

Glowing coverage suggests serum could replace Botox as thousands join waiting list to buy product

Mon Apr 17 2023 - 05:04

Tesco’s weird take on Irishness, Boots’ night-bus terror: The Christmas TV ads, 2022

Patrick Freyne: John Lewis’s skateboarding ad is moving. Aldi’s Kevin the Carrot is still theologically perplexing

Tue Nov 15 2022 - 10:22

Walgreens quarterly profit plunges on opioid settlement

Strong performance at Boots subsidiary helped group deliver better than expected figures before exceptional charges

Thu Jun 30 2022 - 15:45

Walgreens halts sale of Boots chain citing tougher financial conditions

Owner of UK pharmacy and beauty group blames market turmoil for bids below its expectations

Tue Jun 28 2022 - 16:41

Ambani’s Reliance teams up with Apollo to make binding bid for Boots

Offer values UK group at between £5bn and £6bn and will allow US parent to keep a minority stake

Thu Jun 09 2022 - 15:36

Meath investor pays €12.5m for High Street Ashbourne

Tenants at retail scheme include McDonald’s, Lifestyle Sports, Boots and the HSE

Wed May 25 2022 - 06:00

An Post ranked most reputable organisation in State

RepTrak study finds ‘Covid bounce’ in reputations has subsided

Fri May 06 2022 - 05:05

Róisín Ingle: Period knickers? A bloody great idea if you ask me

I can bang on about period underwear the way other people enjoy discussing the merits of certain lipsticks or football teams or air fryers

Wed Apr 13 2022 - 06:00

Apothecary cabinets, bottles and even a skeleton at upcoming sale

Auction to also feature pub memorabilia – ideal to furnish home pubs built in lockdown

Sat Mar 12 2022 - 06:00

US owner of Boots explores possible sale of pharmacy retail chain

Goldman Sachs to be lined up to advise on options

Fri Dec 03 2021 - 21:03

Sligo shopping centre on the market for €5.7m

Johnston Court in heart of the town is home to Boots, Elverys and H Samuel

Wed Sept 22 2021 - 06:00

Irishman targets €1m in sales with infant formula brand

Ross McMahon becomes a British Brexit success story with Kendamil brand

Tue Jun 15 2021 - 07:41

WFH, shopping local, posh takeaways: which Covid changes are here to stay?

Will queuing patiently, being nicer and improving the garden outlive the pandemic?

Mon Jun 07 2021 - 00:00

Bord Bia ranked the most reputable organisation in the State

Agency reclaims top spot from credit unions in annual RepTrak study, with An Post third

Thu May 06 2021 - 18:34

Sauce from the goose – Frank McNally on the colourful history of Cackagay cider

An Irishman’s Diary

Tue Mar 02 2021 - 19:01

Retailers seek relief from pressure of lockdown rent bills

Many landlords are striking rent agreements with retailers, but institutions such as pension funds are seen as deal laggards

Fri Feb 12 2021 - 05:48

Retailers still carrying rent arrears from last year’s lockdowns

Gap and BB’s among traders embroiled in fresh legal actions with landlords

Wed Feb 03 2021 - 05:45

AmerisourceBergen agrees €5.3bn deal for Alliance Healthcare

Boots distributor split from US drugstore chain

Wed Jan 06 2021 - 15:23

50 people to watch in 2021: The best young talent in Ireland

The hottest talent in politics, fashion, food, sport, activism, culture, tech and entrepreneurship

Sat Jan 02 2021 - 06:15

Boots Ireland appoints Stephen Watkins as new MD

Qualified pharmacist with digital health background will lead network of 89 stores

Wed Nov 25 2020 - 19:22

Consolidation on the cards as retail pharmacy feels squeeze

Uniphar’s acquisition of Hickey’s is just one in a long line of big deals announced recently

Thu Sept 03 2020 - 06:30

Business beefs, algorithm chaos and a seemingly unstoppable Wall Street

Planet Business: Dystopias come round pretty fast these days

Fri Aug 21 2020 - 04:44

Boots stops paying some landlords as it seeks post-Covid rent deals

Company says deals with landlords will help sustain ‘long-term future’

Mon Aug 17 2020 - 05:45

Debenhams cuts 2,500 UK jobs in latest blow to retail sector

Move comes after chain entered administration and closed 11 stores in Ireland in April

Tue Aug 11 2020 - 16:20