Irish hotels, car dealerships and even gyms are investing in “ambience scenting” in a bid to entice customers but does the way a business smells really increase our spending?

A two-tier retail property market is expected to become more prominent this year, but further improvements in rent conditions are also likely.

P Diddy has proposed to his long-term girlfriend, Cassie Ventura.

What really makes Virendra cringe is people in track bottoms, outside of the gym.

The owners of US clothing labels, Abercrombie & Fitch and Hollister have not taken long to convert the frenzy that greeted the opening of their Dublin stores into handsome profits.

Billabong International said its 40-year-old surf brand was worthless after the company’s losses tripled amid store closures, firings, a breach of debt terms and tumbling stock price.

Abercrombie & Fitch plunged the most in more than 21 months after forecasting profit for the current quarter that was less than analysts estimated amid declining traffic at its stores.

Warnings of weaker profits helped pull the US stock market down yesterday, despite some positive economic news.

Kildare woman Margaret McDonald, who supplied outfits to Kate Middleton at her firm, has been announced as head of design at Victoria’s Secret as the US lingerie company eyes up global expansion, reports Kyran FitzGerald.

eBay finished 2012 with a flourish as bargain-hunting festive shoppers flocked to its internet shopping centre and digital payment service to help lift the company’s fourth-quarter earnings above analyst projections.

Men of Ireland, bin that kebab and put down that pint: there might be jobs going in Abercrombie and Fitch.

A HUGE poster adorning the front of the former Habitat building in Dublin’s College Green in recent weeks distracted from the poor weather as its image of a perfectly toned and half-naked male torso turned heads.

Designer clothes worth tens of thousands of euro are to be destroyed after a court ruled a retailer breached the Trademark Act by selling the clothes without permission from the manufacturer.

US fashion giant Abercrombie & Fitch is to open its flagship store in Dublin on Nov 1.

European leaders today gamely promised to keep tackling the continent’s debt crisis – but the markets wanted much more.

There was more than one storyline playing out on the US stock market today.

Retail giant Abercrombie & Fitch is due to open its long-awaited Irish outlet in September.

Gap, which drew legions of young adults in the 1990s with classic khakis and swing-dancing ads, is again banking on young, hip customers to resuscitate its sales.

A FORMER stockroom worker for Abercrombie & Fitch sued the clothing retailer in federal court yesterday, saying she was illegally fired after refusing to remove her Muslim headscarf while on the job.

THE popular US clothing outlet Abercrombie & Fitch is to open a European flagship shop in Dublin this year.

TEEN clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch is suing singer Beyonce Knowles over her plans for a fragrance named after Sasha Fierce, her alter ego.

Teen clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch is suing singer Beyonce Knowles over her plans for a fragrance named after Sasha Fierce, her alter ego.

BLARNEY Woollen Mills is investing €2 million in a venture which has been hailed as Ireland’s answer to Abercrombie & Fitch.

DUBLIN could be set for its first Abercrombie & Fitch (A&F) & store, as the US fashion retailer begins a big international expansion.

PEOPLE buying box sets of The Sopranos and other hit TV series for a knockdown price at street markets and car boot sales are likely to be contributing to organised crime, according to customs investigators.

US stocks rose modestly in the United States today after investors bobbed and weaved with every word of new Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke’s testimony before Congress.

US stocks tumbled after Wal-Mart said higher petrol prices has limited customer spending.