When Evelyn Moynihan designated 2022 as the year of recovery for Kilkenny Design, she didn’t have much of a choice.  The department chain, which is approaching its sixtieth year in business, took a €15.27 million hit to its revenues during the pandemic.  The tourist trade that typically makes up a third of its sales was wiped out and it lost 45 per cent of its total business in 2021. Overall, it recorded a pre-tax loss of €2.27 million. The business, which sells Irish art, textiles, skincare, crystal and gifts, still considered its e-commerce presence a relative afterthought in 2019.  To…

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