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Retail Excellence wants clarification on the Government's plans for the deferral of Christmas sales

Covid restrictions proportionate to challenges - Ibec

Business group Ibec said that the latest Covid restrictions, whilst devastating, were proportionate to the challenges which the country now faces.

Business • 22 Dec 20

Champion Green is a nationwide consumer marketing initiative backing local jobs and enterprise

Spending on Irish websites jumps 135% this year

Champion Green founder Marian O'Gorman has welcomed the dramatic increase in shopping locally as a tremendous boost for the Irish economy.

Business • 04 Dec 20

The initiative is urging people to shop local throughout December.

Retail Excellence launches support local initiative

Retail Excellence, the representative body for the retail industry in Ireland whose members employ 280,000 people around the country, has launched its 'Support Small Business' initiative.

Business • 01 Dec 20

Retail Excellence's member companies employ 280,000 people around the country

Retail Excellence wants earlier reopening for retailers

Retail Excellence has called for the Government to bring forward the re-opening date of non-essential trade to Monday November 30 - at the latest - from midnight on Tuesday December 1.

Business • 24 Nov 20

Retail Excellence said that 70% of online sales in Ireland were with non-Irish businesses before the pandemic hit.

Black Friday shoppers urged to buy Irish

Retail Excellence has called on the public to support Irish businesses in the upcoming 'Black Friday' sales on 27 November.

Business • 16 Nov 20

Retailers are seeking clarity on reopening plans

Retailers seek earlier reopening if cases fall further

Retailers say that if Covid-19 case numbers continue to fall, non-essential retail should be allowed to reopen earlier than originally planned.

Business • 05 Nov 20

It follows a number of complaints over the past two day

Call for Government to enforce Level 5 retail rules

Retail Excellence is to write to the Tánaiste to ask the Government to ensure Level 5 Covid-19 regulations for retail outlets are enforced and to prevent large retailers avoiding their responsibilities.

Business • 23 Oct 20

Retail Excellence calls for 'level playing field' for all involved in the retail industry amid Covid-19 restrictions

Appeal for retailers to stick to Level 5 rules

The Government and Retail Excellence have both appealed to shop owners to abide by the rules amid reports that some non-essential retailers are justifying opening by stocking small amounts of items classed as essential, while some retailers are continuing to sell items considered non-essential.

Business • 22 Oct 20

Level 5 restrictions are set to leave the country's SME sector in a 'precarious position' over the next six weeks, SME Recovery Ireland warns

Consumers urged to support local businesses

SME Recovery Ireland has urged consumers to support local business when purchasing online over the coming weeks and in the run-up to Christmas.

Business • 22 Oct 20

Measures will be of little use if country moves to Level 4 and non-essential retail is forced to close - Retail Excellence

'Keeping retail open is the priority' - business groups

While welcoming the range of measures to support businesses in Budget 2021, Retail Ireland said keeping retail open and trading over the coming months is now an immediate priority.

Business • 13 Oct 20

Champion Green said its butterfly symbol represents growth and prosperity, as the country emerges from it cocoon

Champion Green campaign urges people to shop locally

A new national campaign has been launched to help drive the renewal of local communities and to reinvigorate local enterprise and economic recovery amid the Covid-19 crisis.

Business • 25 Jun 20

Retailers are sitting on hundreds of million of euro worth of stock that they will not be able to get rid of

Retail confidence at all time low - Retail Excellence

The head of Retail Excellence has said that retail businesses are in dire trouble and business confidence is at an all time low.

Business • 13 May 20

Retail Excellence said grocery retailers should prioritise their food departments

Retail Excellence calls for 'common sense'

Retail Excellence has said that grocery retailers with multiple departments should shut all textiles, clothing and homeware departments and prioritise their food department.

Business • 25 Mar 20

Retail Excellence says Christmas sales this year to be marginally ahead of last year

Christmas trade to grow by 1-2% - Retail Excellence

The last five days to Christmas Eve have traded well, in what is a "full employment" economy, according to Retail Excellence.

Business • 24 Dec 19

Online retail sales showed strong year-on-year growth despite a slowdown in overall retail sales

Online sales up on 2018 but retail sector growth slows

Online retail sales showed strong growth in the second quarter of 2019 compared to the same period last year, but growth in the retail sector overall is down, according to data published by Retail Excellence.

Business • 19 Jul 19

Dublin Port is planning to cut the number of cruise ships from 172 last year to 80 in 2021.

Dublin Port urged to reconsider cruise ships decision

Retailers' groups have urged Dublin Port to reconsider its decision to cut the number of cruise ships coming to the city by more than 50% in 2021.

Business • 27 Mar 19

Incoming chairperson of Retail Excellence, Joe Barrett of Applegreen, incoming vice-chair Jean McCabe of Willow and David Fitzsimons, CEO of Retail Excellence

Retail Excellence names Barrett as new chairman

Retail Excellence has appointed Applegreen's Joe Barrett as its new chairman.

Business • 13 Mar 19

The organisation said while it is normal for footfall to fall by around 12% on a bad weather day, the declines doubled when Met Éireann issues an alert

Retailers to meet with Met Éireann over weather alerts

Industry representative body Retail Excellence has said it is to meet with Met Éireann in the New Year to discuss what it describes as the negative impact weather alerts have on footfall.

Business • 24 Dec 18

Minister Denis Naughten will meet Facebook management in New York tomorrow

Minister to meet Facebook management after exposé

The Minister for Communications has said he will be meeting Facebook management tomorrow in the wake of an exposé of practises and content moderation on the platform by a Channel 4 programme last night.

Business • 18 Jul 18

Retail Excellence wants Irish retailers to be protected from 'cheap-non European imports'

Retail Excellence calls for 'tax fairness measures'

Retail Excellence has called for tax fairness measures in the October Budget to protect retailers from what it described as cheap, non-European imports.

Business • 04 Jul 18

Retail Excellence's CEO David Fitzsimons and deputy CEO Lorraine Higgins

Retail Excellence to host Global Retail Council meeting

Retail Excellence has won the bid to host delegates from 30 countries across six continents at the mid-year meeting of the Global Retail Council.

Business • 06 Feb 18

Retail Excellence bids for Global Council meeting

Retail Excellence has confirmed that it is bidding to host the mid-year meeting of the Global Retail Council which is made up of international representative bodies from 30 countries around the world.

Business • 31 Jan 18