Chia Bia, a health food company based in Tramore, Co Waterford, has become an industry leader in the supply of seed products to the Irish, European, and international markets.

Irish stores will not be affected by Marks & Spencer’s plan to close more than 100 of its clothing and home stores in the next five years, the company has said.

Tesco shares struggled — rising gradually after being down for most of the day — despite data showing that the supermarket giant probably outperformed its smaller UK rivals during the festive season.

Dublin-headquartered, low-cost, clothing retailer

Primark, the low-cost clothing retailer headquartered in Dublin and which trades here as Penneys, has indicated that it is open to the idea of opening more stores in Ireland, writes Geoff Percival.

British shoppers could face an average tariff of 22% on food from the EU if British prime minister Theresa May fails to reach a trade deal with Brussels before Britain leaves in two years time, retailers said.

British consumers are feeling the strain of rising prices caused by last year’s Brexit vote, suggesting the economy is heading for a slowdown just as London gears up for divorce talks with the EU, surveys and data showed yesterday.

Rapidly growing West Cork Distillers, which was set up by local Union Hall ex-trawlermen and who now export to over 35 countries, have paid c€1.5 million for a former fish-processing plant on Skibbereen’s Marsh Road to allow them to continue their spirit-based business growth trajectory.

The number of shoppers heading to British high streets and retail centres fell at the fastest pace in more than two years in June, with the weeks around the country’s vote to leave the EU hit particularly hard, a survey has found.

Shop prices in Britain fell in December for the 32nd consecutive month, the British Retail Consortium said yesterday, the latest sign that UK inflation is likely to remain tame.

A West Cork property offer gives food for thought, a reduction in quota for white fish has lead to an ebbing tide for the processing sector.

The number of shoppers visiting stores in the UK fell at the steepest rate in nine months in August, reflecting the continuing pressures facing retailers, new figures show.

British retail spending grew at a slower annual rate in July after recording some of the fastest growth in two years the month before, as wet weather caused Britons to put barbecue plans on hold.

The number of shoppers visiting UK stores fell for the second month in a row in May, figures show.

UK retailers suffered a fourth month in a row of declining footfall in July, with high streets the hardest hit, figures showed today.

More Britons than ever did their Christmas shopping online in December as almost one in five non-food purchases were made on the internet.

Shares in Marks & Spencer suffered another day of losses today as concerns grow that its star-studded clothing relaunch is failing to revive the British chain.

British consumers failed to hit the shops in greater numbers last month despite improved signs for the UK economy, an industry body said today.

Sainsbury’s, Britain’s third largest grocer, says it is too early to call an end to the country’s economic downturn, arguing that strong trading over the summer was no more than a blip.

Department store discounts in the UK drove another rise in retail sales volumes in June, boosting hopes for overall growth figures due out next week, official figures showed today.

More than 50 billion apps have been downloaded from Apple’s App Store — a figure which would roughly equate to around seven for every person on the planet.

A FIRM operating from a former creamery with a famous name in Limerick is now tickling the tastebuds of cheese consumers across Ireland and abroad.

January’s heavy snowfall saw British retailers suffer a surprise fall in sales, after many small grocers were forced to shut up shop during the freezing weather.

Retailers in the UK weathered the snowstorms that swept Britain last month after sales were boosted by shoppers tempted out with new year offers and promotions, figures showed today.

Britain’s battered retail sector saw a fall in the number of shoppers last month despite a last-minute surge in the week before Christmas, figures have revealed.

Sheena Horgan is against ads that zealously target children. She talks to Colette Sheridan about the important distinction between wants and needs.

Stock markets remained under pressure on both sides of the Atlantic today amid fears over the health of the global economy.

It looks like the feelgood factor surrounding the London Olympics has failed to reach the UK's shops.

Ten high street stores have enforced a strict code to outlaw provocative and sexually-suggestive clothes being sold for children.

A minimum price per unit of alcohol will be introduced in England alongside plans to ban the sale of multi-buy discount deals, Prime Minister David Cameron said today.

Shoppers in the UK have continued to keep their spending in check despite recent signs of hope for the UK economy, the British Retail Consortium said today.

The Government levy on the use of plastic shopping bags has generated €166m for the exchequer since it was introduced 10 years ago.

Inflation in the UK is expected to hit a three-year high today.

The impact of the riots on the retail sector will be laid bare today as official figures are forecast to reveal a drop in sales volumes in August.

Official figures are expected to reveal a boost to British retail sales in July as extended sales clearances drew in cash-strapped consumers.

The Bank of England is expected to keep UK interest rates at their record low of 0.5% today despite high inflation which is piling misery onto cash-strapped households.

A company that supplies a third of the fresh milk consumed in Britain today warned it would increase the farm-gate price of its produce this winter.

Inflation in the UK is expected to have remained at more than twice the Bank of England's target when official figures are published today.