Should employee performance reviews be scrapped?
Learning skill of immediate feedback will pay off in world of remote working
Covid-19 precautions drive up costs at Dunnes Stores
Group’s businesses in Northern Ireland lost €1.1m in 2019
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Revenues slip at Dunnes Stores NI unit
Group now operates only in Ireland and Spain, after closing British stores
Telling the truth may not always be the best career move
The truth can hurt and telling it like it is may be a luxury your career cannot afford
If you cannot manage up, you cannot manage at all
Too often, senior executives expect managers to drive staff towards impossible targets
Dunnes Stores: How it transformed from value grocery to epicurean dining destination
After arrival of German discounters Dunnes chose to make a play on upscale Irish food
Dunnes Stores fails to overturn award in legal dispute at Galway shopping centre
Heffernan instructed staff to close the doors at store minutes after receiving legal proceedings from centre’s operator
Unique designs and affordable prices key to Jo Harpur Jewellery’s success
Inside Track: Business Woman of Year finalist says managing stock is a challenge as orders grow
Dunnes Stores seeks to buy pizza chain
Firm makes bid for Base Wood Fired Pizza as part of effort to become more ‘foodie’
Study finds communication between management and workforces is poor
‘You can’t over-communicate... If it’s bad, say it’s bad. If it’s going to be tough – say so and ask for help’
Taking the long view of Ben Dunne as he turns 70
Caveat: The businessman transformed industries and lifted the lid on links between corporates and politicians
How Musgrave worked through the night to do €25m Donnybrook Fair deal
Buyout completed early on Friday, six weeks after Dunnes Stores exited sale process
Dunnes Stores withdraws from talks to buy Donnybrook Fair
Opportunity knocks for one of Dunnes Store's rivals
Diarmuid Gavin’s Dunnes deal: How the seed was sown
The TV gardener’s plantation-style home and American travels inspired a joint venture
Diarmuid Gavin and Dunnes Stores aim for Outer Spaces
Caveat: Better value beats them all, but sharper ideas can trump the competition
Game on for Smyths toys family after €79m European deal
Caveat: Transformation to pan-European market leader will not be child’s play
Dunnes Stores opens in-store hair and beauty salon
Blow Salons expands from traditional Dublin 4 base to Henry Street
Margaret Heffernan lauded as early backer of Ultimo lingerie business
Pendulum Summit hears Dunnes boss was among first to stock Michelle Mone’s line
The ongoing struggle to bridge the gender pay gap
Closing the divide is not just about more money. It’s really about fair play.
Dunnes Stores takes £250m dividend from UK operation
Retail chain records 2016 revenue of just under £100 million for UK operation
World of Work: Performance reviews a ‘discredited ritual’
Research shows Irish businesses need to radically alter staff feedback processes
Hooking up with Dunnes Stores helps butcher Pat Whelan raise the steaks
Artisan meat chain hungry to grow under ownership of Dunnes Stores
Seen & Heard: Sports Direct looks to buy Dunnes Stores outlets
Abu Dhabi interest in Bank Centre and B&Q lobbying among stories in the Sunday papers
Pitt has dug in following INM row with Buckley, but for how long?
Caveat: Boardroom tension at Independent over aborted purchase of Newstalk
Dunnes has knuckles rapped again by the High Court
Judge said Dunnes had abused the process of the court in action involving Ferrybank shopping centre
How to improve the dreaded performance review
Immediate feedback instead of annual reviews benefits both employees and managers
Paying attention to the little things builds better businesses
Companies will prosper if they get management and staff to work together, expert says
Dunnes Stores €900 price tag no barrier as limited-edition collection sells out
Clothes by designer Joanne Hynes prove big hit with ‘cool’ older women
Harry Crosbie loses appeal over €77 million Nama debt
Businessman had appealed a High Court decision granting the judgment to Nama
Inside Track: Eileen O’Connor, Café Riva founder
The Irish catering company provides gourmet food to private jet companies
Dunnes keeps going posh amid rumours it had a bite at Avoca
Retailer headed by Margaret Heffernan starts 2016 with legal battles with landlords
Dunnes Stores slims down its Irish corporate structure
Simplification of structure could make it easier to separate business along geographic lines if family was ever to sell part of the business
Nama challenges Dunnes over delays to plans for The Square
State agency loses patience over proposed €40m extension
UK expansion would test the mettle of Dunnes Stores’ Iron Lady
Taking the plunge across the water would represent one of the biggest strategic pivots in the company’s 70-year history
Seen & Heard
Abu Dhabi Investment Authority to bid for Nama portfolio and Neil Monahan benefits from debt write-off
Miriam Lord: MacSharry can’t ruin Kenny’s mood
While the Government was away from Kildare Street, the seagulls attempted a coup
Better value beats them all, no matter what
Dunnes Stores grows sales by 6.5 per cent in three months despite high-profile disputes
Dunnes Stores protest hears calls for collective bargaining Bill
Dublin rally attended by about 3,000 hears calls for Government action to help workers
Workers left in limbo as Dunnes plays high-stakes game
Shutting of Gorey outlet is typical of the chain’s combative tactics
State agencies criticised over attitudes to employment conditions
TDs renew criticism of Dunnes Stores and ‘phenomena of zero-hour contracts’
Mandate to meet solicitors over Dunnes strike stance
Union to seek legal advice for staff who allege they have been targeted since stoppage
Heffernan personifies the combative corporate culture of Dunnes
When it comes to conflict, Dunnes Stores seems sets on trying to beat them all
Joan Burton: Bill to push employers to enter collective bargaining
Tánaiste tells Dáil Circuit Court will have power to enforce Labour Court decisions
Joan Burton calls on Dunnes management to talk with workers
Fianna Fáil says senior Government Minister should ‘lift the phone’ to company chief
Kerry cheesed off at Dunnes Stores over trademark row
Kerry Group taking aim at Dunnes in a trademark row over Cheestrings brand
Dún Laoghaire vote on business district a ‘do or die’ moment for town
Retailers divided on merits of proposed Business Improvement District
Robert Heron quits legal firm Matheson to join Dunnes Stores
Heron joins Dunnes at a time when the group have added significantly to their leadership team
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