British DIY retailer Homebase has identified three Irish stores for potential closure as part of its cost- cutting plans.

There aren’t many women who could rock up to a red carpet weeks before their due date looking a million dollars in high street occasionwear, but as Aoibhin Garrihy has proven throughout her pregnancy, a bump is no barrier to great maternity style.

Embattled retailer New Look has agreed a restructuring plan with creditors that will see it shut 60 British stores, resulting in the loss of up to 980 jobs.

Retail giant Marks & Spencer has revealed "mixed" festive trading in the UK after another steep fall in sales in its embattled clothing arm and disappointing trading in its food halls.

Shares in Mothercare plunged up to 20% to their lowest in 14 years after the baby goods retailer swung to a first-half loss and warned of weak trading in its international business.

Gardaí in Cork are investigating the circumstances surrounding an incident that saw an unaccompanied infant freed from a car parked at a shopping centre.

PROPERTY fund IPUT, with some €2bn in investments and which celebrates 50 years in the investment game this year, is seeking to offload three Cork city centre retail investments at the western end of Patrick Street, guiding €9.5 million, or a c 6.15% yield.

For peace of mind while your infant sleeps, you can pick a monitor that fits your needs and your budget, says Kate O’Reilly. 

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

PARENT EVENT: Mothercare’s next expectant parent event will be held on Sunday, February 5, in stores nationwide. 

Wondering what to get a new arrival or expectant parents this Christmas, here are some ideas for gifts to put under the tree.

Sales at Mothercare Ireland in the first quarter of this year “have shown the first consistent positive trend for a number of years”.

Debenhams, Britain’s second-largest department store group, expects to announce a new CEO to succeed Michael Sharp, in the next few weeks.

Want to know what you’ll be wearing next spring? Fresh from London Fashion Week, Rachel Marie Walsh has the lowdown on the trends we’ll all be embracing in 2016.

Credit unions, the National Concert Hall, one of the German retail discounters, a savings bank, An Post, and Penneys are the among the companies and brands that score best in delivering satisfaction to Irish customers, a major survey has found.

Vitamin boost, soothing drops, gut friendly and one-stop shop.

Retail spending in Dublin’s city centre could collapse if planned new traffic restrictions are introduced. The Irish Parking Association has warned that city centre businesses face a 24% drop in revenue, if plans to ban traffic from key routes go ahead.

A High Court judge yesterday confirmed the appointment of an examiner to Mothercare Ireland, which employs 276 people in 18 stores across the State.

An interim examiner has been appointed by the High Court to Mothercare Ireland, which employs 276 people in 18 stores across the State.

PRINCESS Charlotte arrived in style for her christening last Sunday, in an antique Millson Prince pram which has been in the British Royal family for generations.

The Irish arm of maternity product retailer Mothercare returned to an operating profit last year in spite of revenues declining.

Car seats: The new Maxi-Cosi AxissFix car seat offers rear-facing travel for children up to 87cm in height (about two years old) and it can swivel a full 360 degrees on its IsoFix base, which makes life easier for parents when securing babies or toddlers in the seat.

A two-year-old boy, who fractured his skull after falling off a pram when he was only 10 weeks old, was yesterday awarded €25,745 in damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

Face of change in Cork City

The Coeliac Society of Ireland, in association with SuperValu, will host Ireland’s first ever 100% Gluten Free Food Market at the Silver Springs Moran Hotel in Cork tomorrow (October 4), part of the association’s annual convention there.

Mothercare’s new boss is to step up the retailer’s closure of loss-making stores as part of a £100m strategy to revive the UK business.

Nama yesterday put its first retail park portfolio on the market for a guide price of €110m.

Baby products retailer Mothercare has rejected takeover approaches worth as much as £266m (€332m) from a leading North American retail chain.

A turnaround in the fortunes and occupancy levels of Cork city’s premier retail boulevard Patrick Street is predicted in the next year, with significant national international brand names set to arrive and take significant floor space.

Marks & Spencer shares suffered a sharp reversal today as the retailer struggled to convince investors that its clothing sales are back on track.

The boss of under-pressure retailer Mothercare has resigned after less than two years in the role.

When Peaches Geldof tweeted that the ClevaFeed was son Astala’s “new fave thing“, it soon became one of Irish company Clevamama’s top sellers.

FOR the human body, a doctor will assess a patient’s well-being by their general appearance and by checking their blood pressure.

Mothercare has warned it will miss profit expectations after fierce Christmas discounting left it nursing a big drop in UK sales.

One4all has added a range of new online retail partners just in time for the festive season.

Mothercare today after it admitted trading conditions had been tougher than expected.