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Wednesday 2 December 2020
The CCPC has also reminded businesses they have additional responsibilities under consumer protection law when setting new or additional fees.
The contactless limit was increased to €50 in April in response to the Covid-19 crisis.
Consumer prices were 0.5% lower in May than in the same month last year.
Ads from moneylenders will now have to contain warnings about high interest rates, as well as encouraging consumers to look for other options
The company has said it is trying to resolve the issue as quickly as possible and denied prioritising UK customers over Irish ones.
Consumer spending is set to reach almost €5 billion this month.
The CCPC said the warning is especially noteworthy ahead of the Christmas period.
Customers are urged to check that their broker is registered before taking out insurance.
The KBC Consumer Sentiment Index has fallen to 75.3% in September from 77.2% in August.
More than 100 aircraft have been used as part of the UK’s repatriation fleet and some 115,000 people have been flown back to the UK.
That’s according to the latest Kantar Worldpanel supermarket shares.
One of the main rights consumers have when they buy online from an EU-based retailer is to return an item and receive a refund.
Almost 350,000 potentially unsafe products were seized in Ireland last year.
Dunnes Stores accounted for 22.3% of the consumer spend in the latest period.
Hotels, restaurants and hairdressers are among those affected.
Retail Ireland said that there will be an increase in sales this year of over €150 million.
The strength of the Euro against Sterling over the past two years has also made cross-border shopping more appealing.
Dunnes Stores accounted for 22.1% of the consumer spend in the latest period.
Consumer sentiment is at its lowest level since December 2016.
EU member states agreed to withdrawing the inefficient bulbs from the market in 2009.
Tesco accounted for 22.4% of the consumer spend over the course of the 12 weeks to 12 August.
Ice-cream, alcohol and barbeque foods have been in high demand in recent weeks.
Ice-cream, alcohol and barbeque foods are in high demand.
The Minister for Business says a lack of vouchers regulation ’causes confusion and worry’ for shoppers.
Tesco is just 0.3% ahead of SuperValu, according to the latest Kantar Worldpanel figures.
The company sells refurbished smartphones at marked down prices.
The company sells refurbished smartphones at at marked down prices.
A hard Brexit could increase the cost of living by up to €1,300 per Irish household per year.
Customers took to social media to complain about their spoiled Christmas dinners.
Researchers found US poultry – washed in up to four chemical disinfectants – does not meet EU safety standards.
In the first six months of this year there has been €16.6 million gross card fraud.
The previous limit stood at €2,000
Consumers are being warned about fake fidget spinners.
You might be surprised at how much help is at hand.
People also had issues with electrical goods, online services and car rental.
A new study by the ESRI has examined the phenomenon.
Footfall is down, but spending is up.
The value of these goods could be in excess of €8 million.
People have been spending more money on clothes and shoes too…
Tesco is still coming out on top.
THE SHOPS ARE back, festive music is playing and the weather is going to get absolutely Baltic this week. Even though it’s been a strange year, you’d know Christmas is on the way.
But although it’s a time for giving and the shops are open again, the usual scenes of charity fundraisers on the streets will likely be less frequent due to public health concerns.
Many people make a point of putting some money, food or other items away to make a donation to a particular cause around this time of year, and will likely have to go a bit out of their way to do so in 2020.
Are you one of those people? This morning we want to know: Will you be giving to charity this Christmas?
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