Retail Ireland: Retail sector still in negative territory

Retail Ireland, the IBEC group that represents the retail sector, have said that new CSO retail sales figures for September show that the sector is still in negative territory.

Retail Ireland Director Torlach Denihan said: "While it is encouraging that the annual trend in core retail sales, excluding cars and pubs, became less negative in September, the reality is that shops are selling less than they did a year ago.