As a family butcher, you know the importance of providing high-quality products and top-notch customer service. Your customers rely on you for their daily meals, and you take pride in providing them with the best possible experience. But with the world changing rapidly, it's important to adapt your business to stay ahead of the curve. Most people think of butcher shops as small businesses that sell only over their local meat counter, but that is no longer the case. Thanks to the internet and the digital revolution, small businesses all across the country are expanding their market and using technology ...

Charity retailers have an imminent need to to adapt, survive and sell online, with many charities largely dependent on their survival. Covid-19 restrictions have resulted significantly reduced footfall and repeated closures of brick-and-mortar charity stores nationwide as case numbers continue to soar. The shift towards a digital world has been greatly accelerated, with the strong likliehood of lasting effects when society returns to normal. This offers a unique chance for charities to recoup losses accumulated over closures and pave the way for improved operations with an increased volume of sales through e-commerce. Charity retailers must not be overlooked, although their ...

Retailers have the opportunity to adapt to online selling in an effort to recoup their losses. Grow your business online with help of the Trading Online Voucher Scheme. Funding support is available to help retailers strategically enhance their online sales capabilities. Successful applicants will be awarded financial assistance of up to €2,500 with co-funding of 50% from the business along with training and advice to help your business trade online. Businesses that have already received a Trading Online Voucher can now apply for a second voucher. Funding can be used towards adding payment facilities or booking systems to your website or developing new ...

Local retailers are moving online to compete with the ecommerce giants and save their Christmas trade, according to digital growth agency, Grofuse.   Amazon and other ecommerce sellers have done significantly well out of this pandemic, and in order to compete with the ecommerce giant and keep their customers, smaller retailers must be selling online, says Grofuse Director Ian Cullen. He adds: “Black Friday is just one week away and with Christmas fast approaching retailers can capitalise on increasing online demand to compensate for the decline in footfall. The trade of local retailers who are not already selling online is ...

Spending for Christmas continues at a steady pace despite Level 5 restrictions, as consumers revert to shopping online. As footfall remains low and uncertainty of when restrictions will be eased remains high, retailers are moving to mitigate lockdown measures by implementing click and collect and delivery services. According to the latest spending analysis from e-money provider Revolut - which is based on data from over one million Revolut customers in Ireland - the majority of purchases in Ireland are now made online. The figures offer an insight into how the latest level of restrictions has impacted on consumer spending. The biggest ...

Traditional brick and mortar stores continue to struggle with the potential for thousands of high street units to be left empty by the end of this pandemic year. The Covid-19 fallout is rewriting the rules of retail and it’s believed that many shoppers who have switched to buying online may keep doing so long after the coronavirus threat has passed. According to research from the Local Data Company another 18,000 high street units could be left empty this year, almost double the number in 2019 as the Covid-19 pandemic continues to affect trading. The research states that the closures would ...