Brexit breather puts spring in retailers' step

Retail Ireland has reported what it describes as a “robust” start to 2019 for the sector, though it warned that the figures benefited from a comparison withlast year’s snow disruption.

The IBEC group said the value of sales grew by 4.7 per cent in the first three months of 2019 compared with a year earlier. Sales were helped by this year’s milder weather, but the body also said a recent respite from Brexit ...