Following the opening of its first five Irish stores in 2019, Danish home retail brand JYSK plans to open seven more stores in the first half of 2020. The next two stores will open in Waterford at the end of February and in Limerick in late March. JYSK has its sights set on opening outlets […]
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Gordon report points to marketing’s disconnect
Former Glanbia Consumer Foods chief executive Colin Gordon has produced a new report with B&A director Ian McShane highlighting the shortcomings of accountability in Irish marketing and asks a series of probing questions. Gordon says a problem in defining what marketing means has seen media agencies and clients moving in opposing directions. A serious disconnect […]
Marketing Society Future Council to recruit
Following their Christmas event ‘How to Crack Christmas 2.0’, the Marketing Society Future Council are to recruit four new members for 2020. The invite to apply is open to anyone working in Irish marketing for up to five years. Volunteering with the council gives members a chance to expand their professional network by attending industry […]
Boots opens new Dublin city store
For the past 23 years, Boots has become synonymous in the minds of Irish consumers with health and beauty. Now the British pharmacy chain has marked a new chapter by opening a store on Dawson Street in Dublin city. The store will introduce new brands, innovative experiences and access to expert advice in pharmacy in […]
Guinness gives Kerry pub goers a festive lift
Hollywood actor Chris O’Dowd has surprised pub goers in Kerry by offering them a lift to local bars. Social Spin is a pilot initiative supported by Guinness and the Vintners Federation of Ireland (VFI) providing car transport to and from local pubs in North and South Kerry with 70 volunteer drivers showing up every day […]
Coke’s Christmas campaign up and running
Coca-Cola Ireland’s Christmas campaign kicked off with its annual Christmas Truck Tour launched in the RDS in Dublin. From there, it continued to further seven locations across the island of Ireland. Now in its ninth year, the tour sees the return of the brand’s Christmas merchandise cart, with all proceeds donated to charity partner, St […]
Gift voucher users face new rules
From now on, businesses in Ireland will need to review the terms and conditions of the gift vouchers they sell to comply with new rules under the Consumer Protection (Gift Vouchers) Act 2019. The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has guidelines to help understand how the new laws may impact on current gift voucher […]
Compass to cater for Happy Pear fans
Caterers Compass Group Ireland (CGI) has agreed a partnership with The Happy Pear which sees the roll-out of plant-based dining across locations across business and industry workplaces in the CGI network. Founded in Greystones, Co Wicklow in 2004 by twins David and Stephen Flynn, The Happy Pear brand promotes natural, healthy eating. The partnership sees […]
Dublin Zoo’s Emma Kiernan top marketer
Emma Kiernan, marketing manager, Dublin Zoo, was named as the Marketer of the Year (MotY)at an industry lunch for her work in helping develop Ireland’s top family attraction and not-for-profit organisation which welcomes over 1.2 million visitors a year. As the person responsible for driving revenue, she rolled out The Zoo TV series now in […]
Howard for Marketing Society Christmas lunch
Irish novelist, journalist and comedy writer Paul Howard will be the guest entertainment act at the Marketing Society Christmas lunch. Howard is undoubtedly best known for creating the cult character, Ross O’Carroll-Kelly, a fictional rugby jock whose exploits have been the subject of 19 novels and two other books that sold over 1.5 million copies. […]
Frank & Honest to plant 3,000 trees
Musgrave-owned Frank and Honest Gourmet Coffee is to plant 3,000 native trees by Christmas. The company have teamed up with hometree to plant the native trees in Moy Hill Farm in Co Clare. The trees being planted will not be cut down or sold for the duration of the tree’s lifetime. For every reusable cup […]
Mark Tighe named top journalist
News Ireland’s Mark Tighe was voted Ireland’s top journalist at the NewsBrands Ireland Journalism Awards. Tighe was also named top news reporter and saluted for scoop of the year for his Sunday Times reports into the FAI and its former CEO, John Delaney. Staff writers, reporters, columnists and freelancers were honoured in 25 categories. Reporter, […]
Irish whiskey ties in with The Irishman
Irish whiskey producer Bernard Walsh has a tiger by the tail and he is not letting go. The tiger is Martin Scorsese’s new movie, The Irishman, starring Robert De Niro and Al Pacino (above), and the tail is his own whiskey brand which shares the same name. Walsh is doubling down on his own movie […]
