Full coverage: Retail

Kevin McPartlan represents forecourt retailers, home fuel distributors and an oil refinery. Despite the consensus for net-zero carbon emissions, he sees a future for his industry.

Business owners around the city locked their shops down on Thursday night unsure of how the violence would spread. But retailers say the looting and attacks are a follow-on of the threats they face every day.

Investment by an international consolidator is a welcome boost for prospective M&As and long-term investment in Irish pharmacies, but static revenue and rising costs are squeezing single-unit pharmacies and preventing the next generation of entrepreneurs from entering the sector.

Germany gave the world some of the largest department stores. They were retailing cathedrals opulently designed with marble staircases, rare woods and living palm trees. Today, many are closed, shuttered and decaying all across the country. What happened?

It's one of the capital's most distinguished districts but business owners along Baggot Street and Merrion Row are frustrated with the lack of a Garda presence while they deal with consistent incidents of theft and drug misuse.

Legal papers have been filed by the developer of Clerys Quarter against a company controlled by one of Britain's richest men.

Iceland employs 344 people in 26 outlets. The Irish company behind it was close to being rescued by the British retail giant before it all fell apart today.

During the pandemic, the jeweller Paul Sheeran conceived an idea to have the biggest watch brands in the world under one roof – but in different shops. He explains how he made it happen, and why it is not a bet on retail or the economy.

An analysis of the retailer’s financial performance over a four-year period shows the full extent of its Covid restructuring, and the issues impacting the wider retail sector.

Acting through a Luxembourg entity, Apollo has appointed KPMG as receiver over six shopping centres, a move designed to facilitate the sale of the portfolio to a Canadian buyer.