Retail

Buoyed By Heatwave, Irish Retail Sector Grew By 3.4% In Q2

Buoyed by a long spell of fine weather, sales in the Irish retail sector grew by 3.4% in the second quarter of 2018, according to a new report from Retail...

Carrefour, Tesco Alliance To Become Operational In October

Supermarket retailers Carrefour and Tesco said on Monday that they expected their previously-announced purchasing alliance to become operational in October...

Irish Supermarkets Win Big At The International Great Taste Awards

Irish supermarkets scooped up the awards at the 2018 International Great Taste Awards, with all the big names announcing multiple product champions. Est...

Applegreen Agrees €360 Million Acquisition Of Major UK Service Area Provider

Applegreen has announced that it has entered into contracts to acquire a majority holding in Welcome Break, one of the leading motorway service area operat...

Latest Issue Of Checkout - Out Now! August 2018

Exclusively for Digital and Premium Plus website members, Checkout presents its most recent issue of 2018. Don't currently subscribe to Checkout? Y...

Tesco Secures Top Spot, As Overall Supermarket Sales Soar By 3.1% During Heatwave

Tesco’s strong performance has continued through the first half of the summer, as overall supermarket sales soared during the period by 3.1% in the m...

Irish Family Cleared To Acquire Struggling UK Retailer Poundworld

An Irish family has been given the green light to take over Poundworld after the struggling retailer has seen most of its stores closed by administrators,...

Coca-Cola HBC Boosted By Good Weather And World Cup In First Half

Coca-Cola Hellenic Bottling Company (HBC) has posted a 6.4% increase in net revenue for the first half of its financial year, of €3.23 billion. The...