Full coverage: Retail

The period cut-stone building occupied by the bookseller in Galway’s central shopping district remained closed for 11 weeks during the Covid-19 lockdown. Its landlord, a French investment firm with a growing presence in Ireland, is now taking Eason to court just six months after completing a buy-and-leaseback deal.

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.

Its stores have suffered, but Gym+Coffee's online business has ensured the company's growth during the crisis. Co-founder and CEO Niall Horgan talks about the importance of community and brand, and reveals its strategy for international expansion.

It has grown both sales and profitability across its Irish network. However, as it prepares for a radical restructuring of its beleaguered UK business, New Look is now working with advisers to assess options for its Irish subsidiary including a potential examinership.

The Isle of Man-based company behind the Dublin retail complex is suing two more store occupants, New Look and Schuh, whose revenues have been hit by Covid-19 restrictions. The cases add to the long list of rent disputes in the retail sector.

In recent weeks, there has been a growing number of rental clashes between landlords and retailers. Now, along with the Irish jewellery chain Fields, Philip Green’s TopShop is being sued by a company linked to the Jervis Street Shopping Centre.

When the retail chain Monsoon Accessorize went to the wall last month, the liquidator had to figure out what to do with all the Irish stock. Sell it on obviously. But to whom and at what discount?

A series of companies connected with the retail were liquidated today, with its owner pointing to the pandemic and the collapse in future tourism. Most of the money is due to the family behind the business.

Six months on from a previous interview, Anne Harris returns to Brown Thomas to meet the store’s fashion director in a different world. Between a crash course in digital marketing and cancelled catwalk shows, Shelly Corkery remains resolutely optimistic for her industry.

The French sport retailing giant will open to the Irish public for the first time tomorrow, after a two-month wait. Decathlon's new stores are designed to offer a live sporting experience, but after some of its staff lost their lives to Covid-19 in Italy, the chain has promised strict health and safety measures.