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Having survived Brexit, Covid and competition from Amazon, Liam Hanly has a new plan to grow profits
Eason
Ireland’s best and worst customer service: Guess which list Aer Lingus and Facebook are in
The annual Customer Experience survey found the Credit Union Movement the best perfomer
Former head of Eason marketing Brendan Corbett to lead Dubray Books
Dubray’s turnover has risen 13% to €16m including €4.3m from its new stores
Eason to pay €14m to shareholders via dividends and share buybacks
The books and stationery retailer, with 230 shareholders, will hold an egm next year to secure approval
Why do shops charge for paper bags and is it justified?
Retailers charging customers for paper bags are dressing it up as an environmental move
Ryan Tubridy’s new books podcast to launch next week
Former RTÉ 1 presenter will speak to international guests about their life stories through the prism of books
A ‘Booker bounce’, more BookTok joy, and a schoolbooks crisis for Irish booksellers in hectic year
After a royal start to 2023, retailers are now poised for the Christmas gift-buying rush. If only everything that happened in between had gone so well
Dubray expects to sell 300,000 books in the run-up to Christmas
Inside Business podcast: Christmas selling season accounts for 20% of business, according to managing director of Dubray
O’Connell Street traders fight to recover ground lost to riots
O’Connell Street is supposed to be Dublin’s main thoroughfare but instead vast tracts of land lie empty awaiting redevelopment
Dubray Books paid dividend of €2.5m to Eason last year
Latest accounts for Dubray Books Ltd show its turnover rose to just under €14 million in the year to January 29th, 2023 but its profits declined marginally
Eason suffers €2.5m income hit from free primary schoolbooks scheme
Latest accounts for retailer Eason shows it turnover and profit both increased last year
The future of O’Connell Street: Will new developments make it better or worse?
The Clerys Quarter should help regenerate Dublin's main street. The building of MetroLink could have the opposite effect
Paterson Joseph wins Christopher Bland Prize; Niall McDevitt celebrated; Giggler gets the musical treatment
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Sports Direct to open for business at Athlone Towncentre
Retailer to occupy newly created 19,000sq ft anchor unit on ground floor at Midlands scheme
What does future hold for Irish bricks and mortar retail?
Hybrid working has emptied offices in the city centre on many days of the week and cut footfall
Eason shelves plan to sell O’Connell Street store in Dublin
Irish retailer this week paid €15 million to shareholders from the sale of other properties
Eason’s value rises to €67m despite sales still below pre-Covid levels
Accounts for the books retailer note record revenues from its online business
Harold Clarke, former chairman of Eason, dies
Bookseller also renowned in heritage and gardening circles
Insomnia coffee chain ‘severely disrupted’ by pandemic after profits rose in 2019
Board is confident in resilience of business model
Retailers seek relief from pressure of lockdown rent bills
Many landlords are striking rent agreements with retailers, but institutions such as pension funds are seen as deal laggards
Retailers still carrying rent arrears from last year’s lockdowns
Gap and BB’s among traders embroiled in fresh legal actions with landlords
Eason seeking rent discounts seems like a rich read
Cantillon: Profitable sale-and-leaseback deals behind shops bringing landlord to book
Retail is not a hotbed of infection, so why not let shops reopen?
Caveat: Policymakers still don’t seem to know which restrictions combat virus rates
Eason mired in rent row with Harcourt’s Galway shopping centre
Coronavirus-related dispute latest rent conflict in retail sector rife with such discord
Eason shareholders give green light for €20m payout
Some 230 investors in retailer will receive €1 a share under distribution of funds
Eason to hold meeting next month to approve €20m payout to shareholders
Move involves the distribution of proceeds from the sale of Eason properties over the past two years
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Book retailer Eason to close its seven stores in Northern Ireland
Irish-owned company said the move follows ‘the devastating impact’ of Covid-19 on business
Ikea among major retailers to reopen next week
Marks and Spencer will also reopen, but Penneys to stay closed
Eason to lay off 150 staff as it prepares for June reopening
Irish-owned bookseller seeks ‘substantial’ rent cuts from landlords over Covid-19
Dubray paid €1.1m to Barrys before family sold business to Eason
After-tax profits of €581,946 in year to end of August marginally down on previous year
Immoral, indecent and obscene, or timeless portraits of Ireland?
Picture Post was wildly popular with readers but appalled the Irish church and censor
French investor acquires Sandyford office block for €18m
Corum increases value of Irish portfolio to €229m with purchase of Blackthorn House
French investment giant pays €5.6m for Aldi store in Cork
Acquisition of Carrigtwohill premises brings value of Corum’s Irish portfolio to €211m
Coronavirus rocks financial world as hopes for containment fade
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Coronavirus fears, consumer confidence and options to fix the housing crisis
Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
Eason acquires rival Dubray Books for undisclosed sum
Dubray employs about 90 people, has annual sales of €9m, and makes profits of €700,000
Eason puts Blanchardstown store on market at €16m
Property comes for sale with benefit of new 25-year lease to Eason at annual rent of €1m
Eason to relocate Cork store after selling premises to Mike Ashley company
Eason staff told of plans to relocate to purpose-built store in Cork city centre in 2021
French investment giant pays €21m for Tesco store in Gorey
Latest deal brings value of Corum’s portfolio in Ireland and Northern Ireland to €146m
Market jitters, Harland and Wolff’s future, and break-even at Ulster Bank
Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from The Irish Times business desk
Eason to take over six franchised stores as part of wider restructuring
Acquisitions expected to add €5m to retailer’s annual turnover and boost profitability
Eason posts biggest profit since 2006 despite fall in revenues
Irish retailer records after-tax profit of €4m last year, largely due to property valuations
Eason puts flagship O’Connell Street shop on market at €24.5m
Dublin store is being sold with 25-year lease to Eason Ltd at an initial rent of €1,341,500
Prime pitch on Cork’s premier shopping street for €6.6m plus
No 113-115 St Patrick’s Street is let to Eason and offers investor 7% return
Eason building in the heart of Galway for sale at €8m
The property is being sold on a sale-and-leaseback basis by Eason, which has occupied No 33 Shop Street for 30 years
Eason's gets court approval for payout to shareholders
Irish retailer’s 220 shareholders are expected to share a windfall of €60m
Eason seeks court approval of demerger plan
Move could free up €60m from property sales for distribution to shareholders
Eason’s sales grow but consumer migration to online made for ‘challenging’ year
Irish retailer’s chairman David Dilger says migration to online is happening at a ‘faster pace than anticipated’
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Even doing small things for yourself can help calm your mind and boost your self-esteem
Boomtime for Cork property
Investment transactions in the southern capital have increased significantly in the past year and further strong growth is forecast
Varadkar followers pour scorn on his ‘right track’ tweet
Business Week: also in the news were Denis O’Brien companies, windfalls and Trump
Eason posts revenue boost in Republic but operations in North still struggling
Eason saw growth in both volume and value terms in the Republic last year
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