Lidl is rolling out online grocery shopping across Dublin with delivery times starting at one hour, after trialling it in partnership with a home delivery start-up backed and chaired by Eamonn Quinn, whose father Feargal founded Superquinn.more
Three-quarters of UK warehouse owners say their space is full to capacity and storage costs have soared by up to 25% in the past three months after a surge in Brexit-related inquiries.more
One of the UK's major bookmakers is to close nearly half its betting shops as it saw its profits tumble and braces for a hit from the Government's crackdown on fixed-odds betting terminals.more
Sir James Dyson, the British billionaire inventor and outspoken Brexiter who called on the government to walk away from the EU without a deal, is moving the headquarters of his vacuum cleaner and hair dryer technology company to Singapore.more
HMV collapsed last month, its second administration in six years, risking 2,200 jobs at 125 stores. Sports Direct could not be reached for comment and administrators KPMG also declined to comment.more
With so many new things to think about, Lidl is trying to make it a little bit easier. The supermarket is giving away baby boxes filled with some essentials to help you or someone you know prepare for a new baby.more
Despite the struggling high street and competitors slashing prices, Primark sales rose over Christmas ans New Year - and now it's planning to open it's biggest ever UK store.more
So-called Brexit survival kits costing almost £300 are being sold ahead of the UK leaving the EU. The packs include enough freeze-dried food to last 30 days, a water filter and fire starting gel.more
The government is set to press ahead with minimum unit pricing for alcohol, despite previously indicating that the measure would be introduced at the same time as Northern Ireland.more
A number of restaurants listed on Just Eat, the biggest online food delivery app in the UK, have been found to sell food that could cause allergic reactions, an investigation has found.more
Topshop's flagship Oxford Street store has been granted a more flexible alcohol licence despite objections from critics who claim the shop is "turning into a bar".more
Most British consumers would pay more for their clothes if factory workers received fairer wages, but lack trust in the ethical pledges made by brands, a poll found on Thursday, amid growing concerns around labor abuses in the fashion industry.more
Tesco and Marks & Spencer have become the latest big names to reveal they are stockpiling packet and tinned foods as retailers' no-deal preparations move up a gear now.
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Sales were so bad over Christmas that shops had the worst performance in a decade, the British Retail Consortium said. December price cuts weren't enough to encourage shoppers to spend in high street stores with retail sales growth 'flatlining' according to the BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor.more
Two-thirds of UK households visited a discounter over Christmas, handing Aldi and Lidl their biggest ever slice of spending as political uncertainty prompted shoppers to keep a tight hold on their wallets.more
A Chinese company that made and sold fakes of a popular British brand of hairdryers has been shut down by police and 36 people have been placed in criminal detention.more
It was 2009 when a mother-daughter duo from Ireland met with Wojciech Inglot in London to discuss bringing the Polish makeup brand here. Less than a decade later, Inglot Ireland has just opened its 20th store across UK and Ireland; this one in London - where the family franchise all began.more
If you love Ikea - there's a new Viking invasion coming. Where the Scandi furnishing giant built its success on the Billy bookcase, newcomers to the Irish market Jysk saw its founder Lars Larsen dubbed the 'king of the duvets'.more
In 2017, EU residents spent 1.6% on alcoholic beverages. its total consumption expenditure. That's a total of over EUR 130 billion. The residents of the Baltic states, least Spaniards, issued the most on alcohol in stores - according to Eurostat data.more