Eason to pay €14m to shareholders via dividends and share buybacks
The books and stationery retailer, with 230 shareholders, will hold an egm next year to secure approval
David Dilger
Eason suffers €2.5m income hit from free primary schoolbooks scheme
Latest accounts for retailer Eason shows it turnover and profit both increased last year
Tax avoidance: focus may move from companies to individuals
Attitude towards international tax domicile may changes with future governments
Eason shareholders give green light for €20m payout
Some 230 investors in retailer will receive €1 a share under distribution of funds
Eason faces a defining chapter in its long history
Cantillon: Bookseller has survived world wars, uprisings and various recessions, but Covid could be its biggest challenge yet
Eason to hold meeting next month to approve €20m payout to shareholders
Move involves the distribution of proceeds from the sale of Eason properties over the past two years
Eason to close shops in North with loss of 144 jobs
Shareholders due €20m payout in autumn while sale of O’Connell Street shop delayed
Eason to take over six franchised stores as part of wider restructuring
Acquisitions expected to add €5m to retailer’s annual turnover and boost profitability
Eason posts biggest profit since 2006 despite fall in revenues
Irish retailer records after-tax profit of €4m last year, largely due to property valuations
Eason making good bucks in challenging day-to-day trading environment
The company has worked hard over the past decade to meet twin challenges of recession and migration of consumers to online
Eason's gets court approval for payout to shareholders
Irish retailer’s 220 shareholders are expected to share a windfall of €60m
Eason’s restructuring depends on property market
Book retailer plans to free up some €100m in capital by completing sell-off of 13-strong portfolio
Eason’s sales grow but consumer migration to online made for ‘challenging’ year
Irish retailer’s chairman David Dilger says migration to online is happening at a ‘faster pace than anticipated’
Eason sells Dublin warehouse to Iput for €19m
First stage in property disposals that will free up €20m
Little surprise in Eason’s unanimous vote to sell off buildings
Move will include sale and leaseback of flagship property on O’Connell Street
Eason posts revenue boost in Republic but operations in North still struggling
Eason saw growth in both volume and value terms in the Republic last year
Eason shareholders set for €60m windfall from property sales
Move designed to release capital for shareholders and provide €20m for retail business
Market jitters, Conor McGregor’s latest trademark fight, and Eason’s online sales
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Eason books 31% rise in web sales over Christmas
Online store is now Eason’s second largest by revenue, behind only its Dublin flagship
DAA chairman Pádraig Ó Ríordáin to step down next month
Ó Ríordáin was officially named as chair in 2012 and reappointed in 2015
Eason role is a new chapter in David Dilger’s career
Cantillon: chairman will use experience at Greencore to drive changes at the bookseller
Eason appoints David Dilger as chairman
Ex-Greencore chief will take over role at State’s biggest book seller in November
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