Debenhams

Caveat: €58m bonus play of Boohoo’s Irish chief could become a crying game

Inflation has slowed the online fast fashion retailer’s growth

High-end UK retailer Flannels to open at Blanchardstown Centre

Frasers Group subsidiary to occupy ground-floor level of former Debenhams’ premises

KPMG and Deloitte ‘corporate undertakers’ make their move as Irish businesses face triple threat

Joe Brennan: Might upcoming wave of troubled companies be handled differently to the post-crash victims?

Home Store and More comes to Blackrock

Irish retailer is to take space in the former Debenhams store in the Frascati Centre

Union distances itself from comments by vice-president about Debenhams workers

Author of book about long-running dispute brands comments ‘offensive’ and ‘vile’

Next raises profit guidance for fifth time in 10 months

Strong online performance more than offset another fall in store sales

Retail lurched in 2021 from winter lockdown to summer boom

Reviving city centre retail and labour shortage will be big challenges for year ahead

Back from the dead: Shuttered retail giants in bid for high street revival

Can there be a second act in bricks and mortar or are failed brands postponing the inevitable?

‘I can help at the checkout if I’m in a store and we’re busy’

Interview: Dealz managing director Barry Williams on bargains, expansion and its first Irish distribution centre

Workers who fought for better deal after losing jobs an ‘inspiration’ says Campbell

Former rugby international describes dispute as an ‘eye-opener’ at book launch

Omniplex invests €11m in Ballinasloe, Mullingar and Nenagh cinemas

Family-owned group also plans nine-screen cinema in Belfast’s CastleCourt centre

Galway’s Corrib Shopping Centre on the market for €18.5m

Centre near Eyre Square is latest disposal from Marathon Asset Management

Waterford’s City Square Shopping Centre seeking €24.5m

Property comes to market as US fund Marathon continues its Irish retail assets disposal

Ted Baker enjoys sales surge as dressing up returns to fashion

Retailer working on regaining investor trust under new management

Irish commercial property spend on course to top €4bn by year end

CBRE calls for ‘line in the sand’ on policy to ensure housing and infrastrtucture delivered

Penneys to open store in Tallaght after 21-year wait

Seen & Heard: CIF warns Government over Irish Water funding; OTC mood enhancer sales increase

Gap’s Irish exit a signal that retail exodus shows no sign of slowing

US brand joins a host of other retailers closing their physical shops in Ireland

Leaving Cert business: Accessible, fair and full of choice – but no Covid question

More choice on business paper but surprise at lack of question on pandemic impact

Boohoo weathers supply chain failings with 32% jump in sales

CEO praises performance against background of lockdowns

The winners and losers of the pandemic

Top 1000: Who are the companies that shone in the pandemic? And the ones that struggled?

Brown Thomas and Arnotts may sell in £4bn Selfridges deal – report

Weston family appoint Credit Suisse to advise after unsolicited offer for group

Ex-Debenhams workers end 406-day dispute and accept €3m training fund

Workers say they were disappointed but voted for Government offer after months of pickets

Sports Direct to open ‘mega store’ in Galway city centre

Retailer takes over Debenhams’ 65,000sq ft premises at the Corrib Shopping Centre

Government to enhance rights of workers facing redundancy after insolvency

All employees will have to be provided with 30 days’ notice

Boohoo’s Irish-born chief on course for €58m payout despite share drop

Online retailer’s share price falls 2% even though annual revenues rise 41%

Boohoo earnings up 37% as pandemic drives business online

Publicity over failings in supply chain did not appear to dent sales as revenue rose 41%

Henry Street vacancies ‘to hit 31%’ as traders seek ‘urgent’ action over decline

Survival of retail core north of the Liffey is ‘in doubt’, says local traders’ group

Former Debenhams workers ‘in shock’ after removal from picket

Gardaí arrest four protesters as liquidators KPMG remove stock from Henry Street shop

Protesters lock themselves inside Debenhams loading bay

Richard Boyd Barrett says gardaí at Dublin demonstration ‘extremely heavy handed’

This will be no country for the young unless we fight for their future

With almost 60% of young people out of work, this State faces a long-term crisis unless action is taken now

UK high street woes hit private landlords

Pandemic has pushed many tenants to the brink, leaving a swelling pile of rent arrears

Former Debenhams workers protest a year on from closure

‘We were devastated,’ says former shop steward at march outside Henry Street branch

Debenhams workers live with the trauma of liquidation one year on

Bitter dispute appears near resolution after a year of protests and pickets

‘Safe’ protesting during Covid-19: Lifeblood of democracy?

As frustrations with Government rise, calls to relax ban on demonstrations get louder

Ufurnish targets Irish launch and looks to raise £10m

Irish co-founded online furniture sales site is hiring ahead of a local launch before the end of 2021

Boohoo snaps up Arcadia brands to complete break-up of Green empire

Arcadia fell into administration in November owing creditors hundreds of millions

Unpaid rent at pandemic-hit businesses in Britain reaches £4bn

Landlords demand lenders bear some of the burden

Britain’s Boohoo swoops for last Arcadia brands

Purchase of Dorothy Perkins, Wallis and Burton would not include stores or staff

Concerns over vaccine delay push European stocks to two-week low

Dublin market closes down 2% as Ryanair falls 4%

Boohoo buys Debenhams brand while Asos moves for Topshop

Debenhams stores to close permanently as part of £55 million sale

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