The Irish Times

Seen and heard: IDA paying US giants for jobs and consumer sentiment wavers

Amazon eyes UK Homebase stores and Ford warnings over Brexit

Sun Aug 19 2018 - 12:24

Trade war tops agenda as US actions take toll on Turkish lira

Business Week: Vulture funds, housing and corporate struggles fill the headlines

Sat Aug 18 2018 - 05:40

Homebase to close three of its 11 Irish stores

Store also plans to cut 1,500 jobs as struggling home-improvement chain seeks to shore up performance

Tue Aug 14 2018 - 18:43

Bayer shares fall up to 14% after Monsanto’s Roundup lawsuit

California jury has ordered a Bayer subsidiary to pay €254m for not warning of cancer risks posed by its main weed killer

Mon Aug 13 2018 - 11:20

Homebase to cut 1,000 jobs by shutting 80 stores next week

DIY chain with 11 Irish outlets was bought by restructuring experts Hilco in May

Wed Aug 08 2018 - 14:44

Bank of Ireland attracts interest as markets generally flat

Weaker oil prices hit majors, including Tullow Oil, BP and Royal Dutch Shell

Fri May 25 2018 - 18:57

Wesfarmers concedes defeat with £1 sale of Homebase

Restructuring specialist Hilco buys DIY group after Australian retailer learns an expensive lesson

Fri May 25 2018 - 16:52

Are DIY skills becoming a thing of the past?

We lost our DIY skills in the boom when we we got notions and hired people to do things for us

Mon Mar 26 2018 - 00:00

Market turmoil, tracker scandals and sporting profits

Business Today: the best news, analysis and comment from ‘The Irish Times’ business desk

Wed Feb 07 2018 - 06:34

Homebase takeover becomes tale of retail disaster

Australian owners write down almost £600m after totally misjudging market

Wed Feb 07 2018 - 05:25

Global stocks extend biggest sell-off since 2016

Investors remain spooked by threat of inflation in US

Mon Feb 05 2018 - 18:35

Homebase owner mulls exit from UK and Irish markets

Wesfarmers is reviewing future of its 250 Homebase stores in UK and Ireland after bungling 2016 takeover

Mon Feb 05 2018 - 07:08

Brexit drives profits down 72% at Laura Ashley

Fashion and homeware retailer cites weaker pound and ‘challenging’ trading conditions

Wed Aug 23 2017 - 17:55

Laura Ashley shares drop 18% after profit warning

Home furnishings and womenswear group says its full-year earnings will take £2.8m hit

Tue Aug 15 2017 - 19:12

Retail parks bounce back as recovery in spending picks up

Dublin centres have less than 4% space available, according to BNP Paribas Real Estate

Wed Oct 12 2016 - 05:05

Argos has best sales performance for two years

Improvement despite takeover by Sainsbury’s and poor weather

Thu Jun 09 2016 - 07:52

Pricewatch queries: Direct debit bounce leads to unwelcome charges

Plus: Homebase has experts on all things fairy

Mon Jun 06 2016 - 01:00

Debenhams gave year-long commitment to Irish arm in December

Irish operation has accumulated losses of more than €22m in past three years

Fri May 13 2016 - 01:00

Argos owner faces wait for approval on Sainsbury’s takeover

Deal expected to complete in third quarter of year assuming no intervention by authority

Wed Apr 27 2016 - 18:55

North’s largest retail parks bought for €55m by Lotus and Tristan

Junction One in Antrim and The Outlet outside Banbridge cover 95 acres in total

Wed Apr 13 2016 - 07:40