44% of Irish employees are working longer hours at home compared to the workplace
March 24th 2021

New figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows sales volumes in retail rose by just 0.3% in September, but were up 8.6% compared to the same period last year.
Excluding car sales, retail sales were up 0.7% versus August and up 8% on an annual basis.
The latest figures show a 0.1% decline in the value of retail sales from August. However, when compared to September 2014, there was a 4.9% rise in value of sales.
The sectors with the largest month-on-month volume decreases were furniture and lighting (down 2.6%), food, beverages and tobacco (down 2.2%) and bars (down 2.6%).
The ‘other retail sales’ category rose 1.9% versus August, while ‘non-specialised stores’ volumes gained 1.2% and fuel rose by 0.6%.
For more on this article, please visit: The Irish Times