‘Shops will close’ - retail trade body’s warning after slack Christmas sales
The busiest ever Black Friday period sucked up a significant proportion of conventional Christmas demand, according to Retail Excellence Ireland
Ireland’s largest retail industry body has said that shops will close in the first quarter of 2018 as a result of disappointing Christmas trading.
Christmas 2017 trading is on a par with last year, according to Retail Excellence Ireland (REI), which described the final week of pre-Christmas trading as “less than robust”.
The busiest ever Black Friday period sucked up a significant proportion of conventional Christmas demand, according to the organisation.
In addition, ...