Duncan was on Drive-Time, RTE Radio 1 on the evening of the 19th of January at 4.30pm discussing the closure of Argos in the Republic of Ireland. You can listen to the full interview below – Duncan was on Newstalk on the morning of the 9th of December at 7.30am discussing trading in the run-up […]
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Green Friday 2022
Black Friday has become a global phenomenon that grows in both revenue and duration every year. Love it or hate it; this day has now firmly rooted itself in Irish culture and your business can boost sales by joining in! Originally an American event taking place the day after Thanksgiving, it has now cemented its […]
Golden Discs open new flagship Dublin City store in Stephens Green Shopping Centre
Golden Discs are thrilled to announce the opening of a new city centre flagship store in Dublin’s Stephen’s Green Centre on Saturday October 22nd. Needing more space for the ever-expanding categories of vinyl and merchandise, they are relocating to a much bigger unit in the Centre. This larger space will allow Golden Discs to […]
Decathlon plans to open two more stores in Ireland
The Irish business of sports retail giant Decathlon has plans to open two more stores in Ireland “and expand in Limerick, Cork or Galway as a priority in the coming years”, according to a directors’ report in new accounts which show that Irish revenues at Decathlon Sports Ireland Ltd declined by 7% from €17.8 million […]
Ireland’s first contactless supermarket opens in Dublin
Ireland’s first ever contactless food store, Market x Flutter, was launched on Tuesday in Clonskeagh, Dublin. AI-powered computer vision allows shoppers to select their purchases and leave, without having to wait in line or stop to scan or pay. The food-store, developed for Flutter by Compass Group Ireland, stocks fresh meals including a selection of […]
Golden Discs celebrating 60 years in business
In 1962, aware of the growing demand for recordings from US artists which weren’t available in Ireland at the time, Golden Discs was set up on Dublin’s Tara Street by Jack Fitzgerald and Tom Rogers. Sixty years later, Golden Discs celebrates its diamond anniversary; a testament to the founders forward-thinking, and tenacious business strategy. […]
‘The Kind’ wins €50k Retail Opportunity with Champion Green
Sheelin Conlon, founder of eco-aware lifestyle brand, The Kind, has been named this year’s winner of the Champion Green Readymade Retail prize, in partnership with Aviva Life & Pensions. Almost 100 entries were received from SMEs eager to win the €50,000 retail opportunity, centred on a prime pop-up shop in the prestigious Blackrock Village Centre […]
Sustainable Irish Retail Action (SIRA) Newsletter 01.07.22
Sharon Yourell Lawlor and Claire Cogan set out to research and write a guide on the topic of ‘Retail Sustainability’ it was very clear from the beginning that if retailers were to really embrace it, this guide needed to be very practical in nature, easy to understand and simple to follow. It also needed to […]
How retailers can use online training to onboard or upskill staff
If we’re being honest, onboarding and training staff for your retail business can be painful. It inevitably takes time away from the regular duties of running your company, and much of the information they need to learn is repetitive for the trainer. Paying for in-person education such as lectures is expensive, and many of the […]
Ensuring Success for Cyber Week & Christmas 2017
2016 was the first year that globally, Facebook saw more mobile conversions than desktop conversions for the entire Christmas period. Similar figures have been reported in the Retail Excellence/StudioForty9 eCommerce Dashboard report with a 45.52% YOY increase in mobile sessions for July 2017. A recent study by Facebook on UK customers revealed that 30% […]