Retailers
# retailers - Tuesday 23 April, 2013
Contactless payments to cut the time you spend in a queue
With 6,000 of the terminals now in Ireland, the 11.2 minutes that people spend queuing on a daily basis looks set to drop.
# retailers - Sunday 21 April, 2013
Retailers fuming over illegal cigarette trade
Up to 100 retailers are to meet tomorrow evening on the issues of cigarette smuggling and illegal cigarette selling in Dublin.
# retailers - Friday 19 April, 2013
# retailers - Wednesday 12 December, 2012
Late shoppers may be penalised as stores run low on toys and tablets
This is not a drill. Furbys are heading towards extinction and iPad Minis are all sold out.
# retailers - Tuesday 11 December, 2012
Irish people change to ‘little and often’ shopping trips
Supermarket share analysts say the notion of the ‘big shop’ not as popular as before – while supermarket market grows slightly here for second month in row.
# retailers - Thursday 6 December, 2012
Budget 2013: Here’s what the experts had to say about it
From property tax to child benefit cuts to the motor industry, we asked the experts what they thought about Budget 2013. Here’s what they had to say.
# retailers - Tuesday 3 July, 2012
Centra shops criticised for ‘disgraceful’ Children’s Allowance Day beer offers
A leaflet being distributed by two Centra shops in north Dublin are promoting offers on crates of beer for those in receipt of Children’s Allowance. The retailer has been heavily criticised today.
# retailers - Monday 28 May, 2012
Grocery sales fall by 0.2 per cent
But own-brand labels grow by 2.3 per cent year-on-year, as shoppers attempt to make savings.
# retailers - Sunday 6 May, 2012
Could Ireland ever abandon the 1c and 2c coins?
Most of us hate carrying them – and some of us don’t even pick them up if we drop them. So could we just phase them out?
# retailers - Friday 4 May, 2012
Cully & Sully acquired by New York food group
The Cork-based food company has been acquired by a US natural and organics food group, Hain Celestial.
# retailers - Wednesday 21 March, 2012
St Patrick’s weekend sales up on last year but retailers remain pessimistic
In its latest business sentiment survey, Retail Ireland has conveyed a pessimistic outlook among retailers for the months ahead.
# retailers - Wednesday 14 March, 2012
Most shops in Dublin to remain open on St Patrick’s Day
A survey by retail Ireland reveals that nearly three-quarters of outlets in the capital plan to remain open this Saturday.
# retailers - Wednesday 25 January, 2012
Retail sales still dropping, industry figures show
Many stores face going out of business in 2012, according to the chief executive of Retail Excellence Ireland.
# retailers - Thursday 29 December, 2011
The Daily Fix: Thursday
In tonight’s fix: Irish people’s biggest worry for 2012, a rise in the number of tourists visiting Ireland (finally!) – and time travel exists. Kind of.
Retailers pessimistic about 2012, says IBEC
Despite positive sales this Christmas, retailers are “pessimistic” about the year ahead, says Retail Ireland, which describes their overall mood as “grim”.
# retailers - Monday 28 November, 2011
Retailers call for no taxes on consumers and cuts to expenditure in Budget
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.
# retailers - Friday 25 November, 2011
High retail rents costing jobs, say stores
High rents for retail stores are costing jobs, company owners have said. A review by Retail Excellence Ireland said that rents were reduced by nearly 4 per cent over a two-year period, while 50,000 jobs were lost in the sector.
# retailers - Friday 26 August, 2011
# retailers - Thursday 7 July, 2011
Poll: Who is to blame for the over-sexualisation of children?
There are calls for the government to conduct research into the commercialisation and sexualisation of children, after a report in the UK called on broadcasters and retailers to be more responsible, but also said parents are ‘complicit’. We’re asking: where does the blame lie?…
# retailers - Monday 6 June, 2011
Push to curb commercialisation and sexualisation of young children in the UK
Nine major retailers have signed up to new guidelines on the sale of inappropriate children’s clothing, including retailers which operate in Ireland.


































