Noted | Eason adds Hughes & Hughes outlets to chain – Retail News | Service Industry News | The Irish Times – Wed, Apr 24, 2013
The sad decline of Hughes & hughes as an independent chain has reached something of an odd end with the news that three of its four stores will become Eason fanchise stores: Eason has reached agreement with Hughes & Hughes…
Hughes & Hughes To Close Dundrum Store
Hughes & Hughes is to close its Dundrum Centre store on 10 March 2013. According to the company the ‘closure will in no way affect the other H&H branches, all of which will remain open.’ The cafe based in the…
Briefly Noted | Loss-making Eason faces boardroom shake-out – Irish, Business – Independent.ie
An interesting piece on Eason from the Sunday Independent this weekend. Of note is the dramatic loss in sales from the migration of much of the passenger footfall to Terminal 2 in Dublin Airprort, not doubt the fall in Eason’s…
Briefly Noted | Hundreds of bookshops face closure – Telegraph
The BA has called for more free parking in town centres and a reduction in red tape to help struggling businesses. It also argued that charity shops present “unfair competition” to bookshops due to the valuable tax breaks they get….
Amazon Launches Kindle In France
Online retailing giant Amazon has launched the Kindle Device and ebook store in France. The newest Kindle eInk reader is available there for €99 but the company does not seem to have made the new touch screen Kindles or the…




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