Tesla’s market value has climbed above Volkswagen’s for the first time to more than €90bn, a threshold that will trigger a huge payout for Elon Musk if he can sustain the feat for months.

The Irish arm of electrical goods retail group Dixons-Carphone saw strong sales growth over the Christmas period, with online sales at its Currys-PC World brand up 20% year-on-year.

Irish shoppers spent more than €1bn at supermarkets over the Christmas period for the first time ever.

The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) have revealed how new car registrations for November are up 19.2% (769) when compared with November 2018 (645).

Black Friday is upon us and we may find ourselves in a slight state of sudden panic, says Breda Graham

Kingspan shares have fallen on the Co Cavan-based building insulation specialist reporting slowing sales growth in what it has called fragile end markets, with Brexit having a meaningful negative effect.

€250 million is expected to be spent on Black Friday sales this year as Irish consumers continue to spend despite a recent weakening in consumer confidence.

Tesla’s third-quarter revenue tumbled 39% in the US, its first drop in more than two years, but sales in China and other regions surged, the electric car maker’s break down of sales by geography have shown.

Sales of sparkling wine, including prosecco and champagne, almost doubled here between 2017 and 2018.

Drinks company Pernod Ricard has reported its strongest earnings growth in seven years, largely boosted by a 6% jump in global sales of Jameson Irish Whiskey.

Furniture and electrical stores and supermarkets have gained sales in recent months, but bars were the only business to post significant falls.

Irish shares tapped into a cautious upswing in stock markets hopeful that a Brexit deal will get done even if Theresa May fails next week to get her withdrawal deal through the House of Commons, at the third time of asking.

The cash tills rang for Christmas tree growers this festive season as sales surpassed €22m.

Exports of Irish cream liqueur rose this year while Irish sales also increased.

Ryanair has released its traffic figures for the month of November, showing an increase in customers.

Official statistics released by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) show that the total new car registrations for the month of November were down 5.72% (643) when compared to November 2017 (682).

Jane Brown offers some tips on how to successfully navigate Black Friday.

Westlife have announced they will play an extra two dates in Belfast next year as part of their twentieth-anniversary tour.

The owner of Penneys is blaming the weather for a fall in its annual sales.

Sales of alcohol have risen in the last year, according to the latest report from the Alcohol Beverage Federation of Ireland.

The good weather failed to deliver the expected bounce in sales at the shops last month but spending was nonetheless significantly higher than a year earlier, according to official figures.

Grafton Group shares rose by over 2% on the back of the builders merchanting business posting better-than-expected first half profits and saying it remains on course to meet full-year growth targets.

Growth of Guinness in Ireland and the UK has helped Diageo increase sales by 4% in Europe as the firm said operating profits increased by 4% to £3.7bn (€4.16bn) for the year.

A no-deal Brexit scenario would add further pressure to car sales which are already seeing a huge rise in imports from the UK due to the fall in sterling.

Enterprise Ireland has announced that its clients have hit record-breaking export sales of €22.71bn in 2017.

Soaring temperatures have led to a 12% increase in the sales of ice cream over the past 12 weeks.

Storm Emma hit Irish retailers for tens of millions of euros as the snow and winds kept customers away from the shops, figures indicate.

This year is expected to see a marked slowdown in the pace of retail sales growth, with up to a half of 2017’s growth rate likely to be wiped out.

Debenhams is expanding its foreign exchange services as part of plans to widen its appeal to customers.

New figures show a 3.2% fall in new car sales in January compared with the same month last year, with industry chiefs claiming Brexit and economic uncertainty was a factor.

ISME is urging shoppers hitting the sales to buy locally.