Buyer beware: know your Christmas shopping rights

Many consumers could do with brushing up on their consumer rights before they kick off their Christmas shopping

For retailers at least, the festive season has well and truly hit, with shops throughout the country bedecked with Christmas lights and decorations. But behind the tinsel and the twinkling, there’s a lurking danger for retailers: weak sterling and the prospect of shoppers flocking over the border.

A recent Red C poll for The Sunday Business Post revealed that one-third of all shoppers in the south plan to cross the border to the ...