Irish cigarette sales slump
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Cigarette sales in Ireland have fallen by 17.6 percent this year after it became the first country to impose a nationwide ban on smoking in the workplace.
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UK retail sales fall for the second month in a row in November, the CBI says, but stores remain upbeat about Christmas.
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Ireland's leading economic think tank on Thursday downgraded its forecast for the country's gross domestic product (GDP) growth next year to 2.3 percent.
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The Gap had a dismal November sales period.
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State tobacco monopoly Bulgartabac shares slid Thursday entailing a 0.45% decline of Bulgaria's stock index SOFIX to 590.50 points.
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Pier 1 Imports Inc.  on Thursday said November sales had fallen 15.3 percent at its stores open at least a year as aggressive advertising and discounts failed to attract more shoppers.
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Sales of 4x4 vehicles have fallen sharply across the UK, a survey is expected to reveal.
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According to media reports, the British Government is not going to follow Ireland&#39;s lead an initiate a national smoking ban in public places.
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Shares in record company EMI sink nearly 15% as the company sees lower-than-expected sales.
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Rank reports a fall in profits and says Scotland's smoking ban has hit trade at its 14 Mecca Bingo halls there.
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U.S. auto sales are expected to have dropped in May as a weak housing market and higher gas prices sapped demand, analysts said this week.
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Cadbury Schweppes said trading at its beverage business had been weaker than expected during the US and European summer with sales of fizzy drinks hit by poor weather.
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Online sales of untaxed cigarettes are provoking a stampede of protests from a disparate collection of antitobacco groups, cash-strapped state governments and local retailers.
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Struggling French carmakers Peugeot-Citroen and Renault post lower sales for the first of the year.
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Business & money: Official data reveals a worse-than-expected fall in retail sales last month
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Take advantage of a pessimistic environment in Ireland.
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German retail sales took an unexpected tumble in November, denting hopes for a noticeable pick-up in consumer spending in the eurozone's biggest economy, where chronically weak domestic demand remains the main stumbling block to recovery, any time soon.