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Full coverage: ecommerce

Paranoia, complacency and Stripe: Inside the mind of John Collison

John Collison says that Ireland’s economic success was founded on radical ideas. However, in a wide-ranging and forthright interview, the co-founder of Stripe wonders if complacency has seeped into the system.

Ian Kehoe
27th Sep, 2024 - 17 min read

A handful of employees, hundreds of millions in revenue: Behind the scenes at Temu and Shein’s Dublin face-off

Temu’s e-commerce platform launched in the EU just over a year ago. Company filings in Ireland show how the Chinese firm’s foray into Europe is going.

Jonathan Keane
7th Aug, 2024 - 4 min read

“People buy things with the best of intentions but it’s often the wrong thing”

Started by a husband and wife team, Serena and Niall Tallon, A little and Often is tapping into an underserved segment of the gifting market - seniors.

Rosanna Cooney
13th Dec, 2023 - 2 min read

“The hardest bit is not making or buying wine, but selling wine”: How WineSpark hit annual sales of €1.3m and sold 100,000 bottles in two years

Eamon FitzGerald quit his job two years ago to start online wine venture WineSpark. Its sales grew 30 per cent last year after raising money from boutique vineyards.

Tom Lyons
27th Jul, 2023 - 5 min read

“We’re two years ahead of where we’d hope to be before the pandemic hit”

Just before lockdowns pushed shoppers online, Jenny Timony had launched her FitPink brand of athleisure wear. She’s now raising funds to expand overseas, targeting a €3m valuation for her business – all from her hometown of Donegal.

Thomas Hubert
14th Jul, 2021 - 5 min read

How to save Irish retail: get online and snatch consumers’ pent-up savings from Amazon

Which channel will be more important to the recovery? Will it be bricks or clicks? Can we level the playing field for Irish firms abroad? It is time for a digital single market.

Stephen Kinsella
26th Aug, 2020 - 5 min read

Weeks old, this Dublin start-up is now expanding into the UK, Canada and the Middle East

Daniel Nugent just launched his second eyewear business, LensBuild, which aims to become a competitor for opticians around the country. Self financed to date, it is now launching in the UK, with further international expansion linked up in the coming months.

Cait Caden
11th May, 2020 - 5 min read
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