Patrick Freyne: My favourite corporate psy-ops of the season – or Christmas ads, as they’re called in the suburbs
Patrick Freyne: here are my favourite corporate psy-ops of the season – or Christmas TV ads, as I believe you call them in the suburbs
TK Maxx
Paralympian Katie O’Brien wants to give back to the place where she ‘became part of a community’
O’Brien is an ambassador for Enable Ireland. Some of her earliest memories are of spending time at the centre in Galway—playing with peers and swimming through hydrotherapy. Initially attending for physiotherapy, she always viewed it as fun rather than treatment
Pretax profits at TK Maxx operator increase to €5.54m
Directors said the rise in revenue was driven by fewer Covid-related store closures last year
Green light for €135m Liffey Valley Shopping Centre extension by Hines
An Bord Pleanála granted permission despite opposition from The Square in Tallaght
Developer Pat Crean’s Marlet in €56m deal for Tralee retail park
Manor West Shopping Park comes fully occupied with rent roll in excess of €5m
Christmas ads keep faith with supply chains in season of trade strains
Several of this year’s festive campaigns have already arrived – even if the HGVs have not
Galway’s Corrib Shopping Centre on the market for €18.5m
Centre near Eyre Square is latest disposal from Marathon Asset Management
Digital rights group targets Irish companies over cookie consents
Max Schrems-backed group has sent 560 GDPR-related complaints over cookie banners
‘Brisk’ footfall as retail fully reopens with shopping centres busier than city streets
Average transaction values said to be high as shoppers satisfy pent-up demand
Pandemic savings: How some people have saved thousands by working from home
Pricewatch: Many saving on commuting, food and coffee costs, but utilities are up
‘It’s the most I have been out in months’: Gym-goers return to their workouts
After being closed for 15 months, one Cork gym is welcoming customers again
A week of eased restrictions: ‘It’s reopening way too fast’
Irish people are surprised ‘unlocking’ happened so fast – too fast for many of us
Seán Moncrieff: Meh is the most sensible feeling in ‘these difficult times’
Our bad days contain a quality of nothingness: an emotional state best described as Meh
Coronavirus: How Covid-19 may reshape the Irish retail landscape
The pandemic is set to result in long-lasting changes to consumer behaviour
Crosswords & Puzzles
Crosswords & puzzles to keep you challenged and entertained
Stardust
Inquests into the nightclub fire that led to the deaths of 48 people
Common Ground
How does a post-Brexit world shape the identity and relationship of these islands
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