The retail reports for Q4 this year have been pretty bleak, with many retailers trading down against last year and several reporting low footfall in-store in the weeks leading up to Black Friday, and again in the weeks immediately after that sales weekend. Black Friday seems to get far more than its fair share of […]

FromMe2You gift card and Tesco Ireland announced a partnership that will see the gift card accepted at 148 Tesco stores* nationwide. Speaking of the announcement, Managing Director of FromMe2You gift card, John Wall has said, “We are excited to announce that Tesco Ireland have come on board to accept FromMe2You gift cards. With the increase […]

The DPD Group’s e-Shopper Barometer study, conducted in September/October this year across 21 European countries produced some interesting results. Across Europe, 79% of those surveyed intend to buy gifts online for Christmas, spending an average of €217. However, in Ireland, the online purchasing intention is slightly higher at 81% and we’ll spend an average of […]

REI member Equipet is one of the latest Irish retailers to benefit from Energia’s “Cash for Kilowatts” Energy Efficiency Scheme. Equipet is a pet, equestrian and outdoor clothing retailer. Established in 2006, the company is 100% Irish owned and has stores in Dundalk, Ashbourne, Drogheda, Coolock and Navan. With their large retail park stores, energy […]

Preparing Your Online Business for Christmas 2016   A cautionary note on Christmas: Across retail you often hear retailers talk about people moving home and/or having a new child as 2 key opportunities to attract new customers – the logic here is that customers are more exploratory, are shopping for items generally unknown to them […]

  As you’re probably more than aware Black Friday and Cyber Monday are coming – falling on Friday November 25th and Monday November 28th this year. Traditionally, in the U.S. at least, Black Friday is seen as the first day of the Christmas Shopping season and is commonly associated with deep-discounting. Cyber Monday is the […]

The digital revolution has raised the bar for retailers. A retailer may offer a smartphone app, same-day delivery, personalised recommendations and, say, mobile payments, but if these capabilities don’t blend seamlessly across multiple channels, the customer experience will be inferior to that offered by a retailer who does some or all of these things well. […]

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