Topic: Michael McNamara

St. Patrick's G.A.A. Club Notes

More . The Clubs Annual General Meeting took place last Monday evening 16th January at our Clubhouse. Mass for the deceased members and friends who ...

New camogie ground to be named after Fr McNamara

More . The Clare camogie board's new pitch in Doora is to be named after the late Fr Michael McNamara, who was synonymous with the sport in the...

Recovery at What Cost?

Consumers are still spending but what they're buying is quickly changing, and that could spell trouble to smaller vendors and the momentum of...
Retail data: December had strong sales, finishing 2010 on an upbeat note, despite snowAmericans spent more on clothes, shoes, luxury goods and electronics in December than a year earlier, extending retail sales momentum that had been building since August, according to data ...
Americans clicked up a record 30.8 billion dollars in online holiday sales in 2010, a jump of 13 percent from a year ago, a survey showed.The research firm comScore said holiday season retail e-commerce spending for the 56 days of ...

Late surge seen in US Christmas shopping

US retailers were hoping for bumper Christmas sales to ignite modest consumer spending, and there were fresh signs on Tuesday that they might get it, thanks to an apparent late shopping surge.MasterCard reported consumer spending had jumped 5.5 percent in ...

Holiday Retail Spending Rebounds

U.S. consumers spent 5.5% more in the 2010 holiday season than they did a year earlier, buying lots of clothes to counter cold December weather and...

Retailers Put a Bow on a Positive 2010

U.S. retailers put a bow on a positive 2010 and registered their best performance in five years according to preliminary reports released on...

Online U.S. holiday sales up 15.4 percent: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. online shopping rose 15.4 percent to $36.4 billion for the holiday shopping season, a MasterCard Advisors' SpendingPulse report showed.Online sales registered double-digit growth in six out of seven weeks since October 31, SpendingPulse said ...
Retailers saw another week of strong sales, as shoppers continue to snap up holiday merchandise. Increased consumer confidence, easy comparisons...