Busy festive season to set Irish retailers’ tills ringing

The tills are set to ring out this Christmas with retailers predicting one of the busiest festive seasons in years.

The latest Retail Ireland Monitor suggests the economy will see the biggest boost in spending since 2008 as the budget changes to the Universal Social Charge kick-in, while the weak euro is also set to attract more tourists to Ireland.

A survey of more than 14,000 shoppers suggests almost half (46.9%) hope to get their Christmas shopping done in November.