Former US president Jimmy Carter is out of hospital after being treated for dehydration, a spokeswoman has said.

Former US President Jimmy Carter has been taken to a hospital "as a precaution" after becoming dehydrated at a Habitat for Humanity construction project in Canada, a spokeswoman says.

The Irish arm of Mothercare booked an exceptional gain of €2.24m from successfully exiting examinership in 2015.

A chat and a chance meeting on a train led to the creation of a new online store which makes a virtue of selling items which are sustainable and traceable, but which also have a strong design ethic, writes Carol O’Callaghan.

Kya deLongchamps is surprised by the quality and stylish reach-up of the Heart of House collection by Argos for the coming autumn/winter interiors season.

Kya deLongchamps discovers that the decade taste forgot was merely misunderstood, and more than deserves a second chance.

Staff at collapsed music and entertainment chain HMV used the company’s official Twitter account to announce their own “mass execution” as administrators axed nearly 190 jobs.

Attempts to salvage music chain HMV will continue this week as attention turns to the prospect of a new stock deal with suppliers.

Hopes over the future of collapsed music chain HMV were raised today after its debt was bought by the restructuring business behind HMV Canada.

Music labels and film studios are reportedly planning to throw their weight behind a rescue deal for collapsed retailer HMV.

‘Artificial Moon’ is a spectacular lighting installation built from a thousand energy-efficient fluorescent bulbs.

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

Storage furniture will always earn its keep, whatever its age. Kya de Longchamps looks at some sophisticated selections

Mothercare will mark a rare achievement in the UK retail sector this week as it passes its 50th anniversary.

TV personalities, businesspeople and politicians are gathered in Cork today in a bid to highlight the work being done in Haiti by Irish charity Haven.

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 set to keep interest rates at their record low of 0.5% this week after official figures revealed economic growth in the UK slowed between April and June.

Chocolate retailer Thorntons today by announced plans to close up to 180 stores.

WOMEN’S fashion firm Jane Norman fell into administration yesterday in a move which could put up to 1,600 jobs at risk.

Women's fashion firm Jane Norman fell into administration today in a move which could put up to 1,600 UK jobs at risk.

The future of up to 30 stores and 720 jobs was put at risk today after the UK side of retail brand Habitat went into administration.

Habitat is set to disappear from everywhere but London in a move threatening around 900 jobs in the UK.

The sale of bookseller Waterstone’s moved a step closer today when embattled HMV confirmed it was exploring options for the chain.

British high street giant Marks & Spencer unveiled a partnership with the founder of household furnisher Habitat today as part of a move to modernise its Home department.

US fashion retailer Abercrombie and Fitch is to open a store in Dublin.

MORE than 50,000 retail jobs will be lost over the next 12 months unless the Government takes action to address the problem of upward-only rent reviews for existing lease holders, shop owners warned yesterday.

Furniture firm Habitat today confirmed its Swedish owners were considering putting the chain up for sale.

NEVER mind the recession, shoppers flocking to IKEA’s new Dublin store next year will still get more for their money because Ingvar Kamprad, the stingy founder of the Swedish furniture giant, always made sure he got more for his.

More than 60 full and part-time workers have lost their jobs following a decision by furniture shop Habitat to close its stores in Dublin and Galway.

IRISH architecture firm Douglas Wallace is to create 100 jobs as it expands its operations in Ireland and Europe.

DIANE KELLY is ticking off the days until she moves into her new home, which is being built with the help of an American humanitarian group.

MARKS & SPENCER has finally offloaded its ill-fated Lifestore to Danish furniture retailer Ilva.

A TEN-STOREY development planned for the Savoy cinema site on Henry Street brings a low-key local developer’s projects in Limerick to almost €200 million.

Actor Ewan McGregor, supermodel Helena Christensen and Formula One legend Stirling Moss have turned their hands to product design – with surprising results.

THE Government must force British chain stores to display the dual prices of goods here and in Britain to stop them ripping off customers here, the Consumers Association of Ireland insisted yesterday.

IRISH consumers are being fleeced by British chain stores whose prices here are almost 20% higher than they are in Britain, Fine Gael claimed yesterday.

THERE can be no excuse for the exorbitant prices being charged by some leading British retail chains in this country which stand accused, and rightly so, of blatantly ripping off consumers.

Fine Gael has claimed that British chain stores with outlets here are ripping off Irish consumers.

NTR Plc has bought a majority stake Materials Recovery in the UK.