TWO key moves this week may put Cork city on the investor and retail radar, as the city centre inches back from the slack years of recession.

Shower of gifts: One American custom gaining in popularity is the baby shower — 52% of Irish parents said they would or have celebrated the impending birth of their child.

SHOE retailers Skechers have found a second Cork shopping mall footprint, taking a 2,400 sq ft-plus mezzanine vacated by A-Wear at the Wilton Shopping Centre.

Accountancy giant KPMG is facing a potential investigation over the audit work that gave HBOS a clean bill of health in the run-up to its collapse.

More than 160 jobs were announced yesterday at separate projects in Dublin and Co Westmeath.

Singer/actress Ashlee Simpson is the new international face of footwear firm Skechers.

Pop superstar Christina Aguilera's flesh-baring commercials for American shoe company Skechers have been slammed as the worst advertisements of the year.

Pop rebel Christina Aguilera's naughty nurse advert for Skechers trainers has been shelved after complaints from America's nursing body.