Hughes: WH Smith In Terminal Two Is A Shame
Speaking on RTÉ’s Today With Pat Kenny radio program Derek Hughes of Hughes & Hughes has condemned the decision to allow WH Smith enter the market in Dublin Airport by awarding them the contract for Terminal Two saying: ‘You also have…
Irish Top Ten Week Ending 02/04/2011
Mother’s Day clearly worked wonders for book sales, and the winner, as seems to be the case at the moment, was fiction. Patricia Scanlan sold a positively Christmas-like 5,759 units last week, while Joseph O’Connor (aided no doubt by the…
Analysis: Eason's New Strategic Plan
The first thing to say about Eason’s Strategic Plan is that it isn’t very encouraging (full text below). The plan is described by the company as, ‘wide ranging and combines significant investment over the next three years in IT platforms, store refurbishments and renovations, new category…
Book Retail Sales Rise In December
The books, newspapers and stationery segment of retail sales saw a very modest increase in December 2010 of .2% volume and .4% in value when compared with November 2010. However, the newly released Central Statistics Office data on retail sales…
Irish Top Ten Week Ending 15/01/2011
Despite the wall to wall publicity and the drama of a leadership challenge in the air, The Fitzpatrick Tapes failed to unseat Emma Donoghue’s Room from the top spot. Nonetheless it put in a strong performance for a January title…
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