Almost half of all online purchases made in Ireland last year were through a mobile device – the second-highest rate in Europe after the UK – amid an internet shopping boom fuelled by Covid restrictions on bricks-and-mortar shops.
Beauty brand Sculpted by Aimee will open a new store on Dublin’s Grafton Street this month and has also done a deal with retail giant Boots which will see it stocked in UK stores.
Irish startup Hosted Kitchens has six new ‘dark kitchen’ hosting facilities across various planning stages that could indirectly create as many as 360 jobs when fully operational.