European Sales and Marketing Association
European Sales and Marketing Association

ESMA - EUROPE’S LEADING DISTRIBUTOR ORGANISATION FOR CONSUMER GOODS

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Ireland

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Allegro Ltd.
BR Marketing Ltd
Flanagan's Sales and Marketing
L.M.I. FOODS LTD
Robt. Roberts Ltd. Woodford Bourne
SHS Sales & Marketing (Ireland)

 

Area 70,182 sq. km
Capital city Dublin
National currency Euro
Population (2007) 4.3 million
Population density 52.74 people/km

 

Retail market comments
'In May 2008 the Competition Authority published an enquiry into the structure of the Irish grocery market between 2001 and 2006 to assess the impact of the lifting of the 1987 Groceries Order.'

'The report found that the Groceries Order had been keeping prices artificially high by limiting the extent to which retailers could use price to compete. Since its abolition, it was found that prices had dropped in previously regulated items, and competition is now more consistent across all of a retailer’s SKU count.'

'The report also found that the numbers of independent retailers has been decreasing since 2000 and is now almost 44% lower than then, indicative of a much longer-term trend.'

'Trends can also be seen in the increase of multiple retailers such as Superquinn, Tesco and Dunnes who, whilst only operating 5% of stores in the region, together account for 46% of the country’s grocery market turnover.'

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