Amazon’s wind of change still gusting down the high street
The 2008 recession shuttered small-town retailers across Ireland. The tide of technology has kept them closed
Last month saw a flurry of trading reports from retailers on the level of activity in the last quarter of 2018. All eyes were on the trends to emerge from December – the most important month of the year for so many retailers – to see whether the trends that are emerging in changing consumer behaviour are becoming more embedded.
The Irish consumer spending index, produced by IHS Markit, revealed that face-to-face spending ...
