Retail group calls for share of Apple funds
Shop owners say rising costs, increased crime and antisocial behaviour threaten livelihoods
Retail Excellence
Should the increase to the minimum wage go ahead?
The Government is committed to introducing a national living wage by January 2026, beginning with an 80 cent increase to the minimum wage next year. But as businesses struggle with higher operating costs, should the increases go ahead?
The changing face of winter sales in Ireland
Pricewatch: Pre-Christmas sales, Black Friday and online shopping have hit post-Christmas sales, but despites the changes people still love to bag a bargain
‘The riots haven’t put people off’: Dublin retailers largely in good cheer ahead of Christmas
Business groups divided on whether Christmas Day falling on a Monday will help shops
Dublin’s retailers pick up the pieces after riot as footfall begins to recover
Increased Garda presence in city helpful but won’t solve fundamental issues
Dublin retailers, restaurants and pubs fearful of long-term impact of violent scenes
‘We believe it is essential the policing strategy is adjusted so there is a high profile, sustained Garda presence on Dublin streets throughout the city centre on a permanent basis’
Irish small and medium enterprises ‘falling behind’ on ecommerce
New report calls for additional government supports to help SMEs to develop online presence
Grocery prices must start to fall within weeks, Minister warns
‘Excuse of lag between input costs falling and prices falling no longer acceptable,’ says Neale Richmond
Reports of price gouging ‘to be presented’ to supermarket industry
Government ‘fully expects’ to see grocery prices coming down, says Minister ahead of retail sector meeting
Retail spending bounces back to 2019 levels
Shoppers return to high streets and to online platforms in the run-up to Christmas and on opening days of winter sales
Retail lurched in 2021 from winter lockdown to summer boom
Reviving city centre retail and labour shortage will be big challenges for year ahead
‘Brisk’ footfall as retail fully reopens with shopping centres busier than city streets
Average transaction values said to be high as shoppers satisfy pent-up demand
Major foreign retailers express frustration at length of Irish shutdown
Industry leaders warn longest retail lockdown in Europe is ‘costing investment’
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
Retailers still carrying rent arrears from last year’s lockdowns
Gap and BB’s among traders embroiled in fresh legal actions with landlords
Banks prepare to impose negative rates on personal customers
Seen & Heard: TikTok eyes Sorting Office, clothing sales slump and social housing costs
Most Irish consumers say they will shop locally this Christmas
Research says 76 per cent of consumers plan to shop close to home in December
Business ‘buoyant’ as retailers reopen for Christmas shopping
‘It will get busier and busier and then peak on December 23rd , Covid or no Covid’
Penneys reopens and plans for 39 consecutive hours next week
Two shops in Dublin will open at 7am on Tuesday and trade until 10pm on Wednesday
Rapid shift online has kept Irish retailers afloat
Agenda: Pandemic restrictions have propelled many shops into setting out their stalls digitally
Eason mired in rent row with Harcourt’s Galway shopping centre
Coronavirus-related dispute latest rent conflict in retail sector rife with such discord
Black Friday has become Black November for Irish retailers
Zero footfall will be a disaster for many despite online shopping
Move to Level 4 would have ‘devastating effect’ on retailers
Shops warn of permanent damage to the sector with tens of thousands of jobs at stake
Irish retailers are not hotbeds of Covid-19 infection, figures suggest
Data indicates retail workers are not being infected at higher rate than general public
Retailers fear Christmas catastrophe amid Covid shutdowns
Seen & Heard: Rich list winners and losers; Aer Lingus plan; and targeting data centres
Retailers creaking under lockdown rents as industry warns ‘Nama-like’ problem ahead
Two-thirds still carrying rent arrears as Government prepares code of practice
Covid-19: Retailers warn of potential Christmas stock shortages
Longer opening hours under consideration for socially distanced festive shopping
Jervis shopping centre takes major tenants to court over rent disputes
Fields, Schuh, New Look and Topman among retailers being sued by Paddy McKillen entity
The €1 billion market: retailers who serve tourists face double trouble in a pandemic
With quarantine in place for foreign visitors, tourists are unlikely to return in 2020
Shopping locally: what difference does it make?
The lockdown has encouraged Irish consumers to buy locally-sourced goods
Retailers push for earlier reopening as rescue plan urged for SMEs
Lobby group argues for rethink of plan for larger shops and shopping centre outlets
Retailers face huge monthly declines for the rest of 2020 – research
New survey adds pressure on the Government to revisit the reopening plan
Reopening retailers seek bailout package including rates waiver
Retail Excellence industry group also wants grants equal to 60% of rent to aid in Covid-19 recovery
The changing face of retail during and after Covid-19
What can we expect? Limits on time spent in shops, staggered queues and plexiglass at tills
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