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Irish Households See Increase In Disposable Income
Irish Households See Increase In Disposable Income According to a new report from Ibec, the group that represents Irish business, Irish households are seeing an increase in disposable income, as the country’s economy enters a new post-recovery phase. Ibec’s latest Quarterly Economic Outlook report forecasts growth of 4.2% in 2018, following the expected growth of
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Aldi Reaches £10bn Sales Barrier in Christmas Retail Rush
. Last month, Aldi pushed through the £10 billion sales barrier in its UK and Ireland stores for the first time as shoppers snapped-up luxury products and cut-price vegetables. Mince pies and Irish cream liqueur, along with beef roasting joints were top of the shopping lists, with the German discount supermarket’s “specially selected” premium
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A Week in Retail
PRL IN-Market Solutions Take A Look At a selection of the main stories in and around retail this week Tesco to Invest €70 million In Irish Stores Tesco Ireland is set to invest €70 million in its store network between this year and 2018, according to the Sunday Independent. Read More French Health Minister
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Dunnes Stores Remains Top Supermarket for Christmas
According to the latest grocery market share figures released from Kantar Worldpanel, Dunnes Stores is still the largest supermarket in Ireland in the run up to the festive period. The supermarket has seen sales growth of 2.4 per cent in the 12 weeks ending 3 December, with shoppers spending €2.30 more per visit compared with