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How are Irish shops faring in the online retail apocalypse?

A recent retail study from PwC said 38 per cent of Irish 25- to 34-year-olds now shop online weekly, while a fifth say they buy less in traditional shops because of Amazon. read more

Orla Kiely and the ‘retail apocalypse’ that closed her shops

To all intents and purposes, Orla Kiely was Ireland’s most successful and best-known fashion and textile designer. Though her retail and online business is now in voluntary liquidation, her Home ... read more

Brick-and-mortar shops are surviving the retail apocalypse

Lisa Salzer, who opened her first Lulu Frost store on Prince Street in July, is one of the latest entrepreneurs to go brick-and-mortar in the city — and so far, she says, “I love it.” Salzer ... read more