#064: The Bottom Line - US Elections, Consumer Expectations for Christmas, Retail Excellence & Kilkenny Chamber Awards 2020

The US elections have been dominating headlines and with election day fast approaching, to get perspective on how it might unfold John spoke with Mark Little.  Having served as RTE’s first ever Washington Correspondent in the late 90’s, Mark has huge experience of American politics and shares his thoughts on the elections and how the result may impact Ireland. With just over 50 days to Christmas Day, Christmas 2020 is going to be a festive season with a difference. To understand how it may impact on business and how Irish consumers are going to spend Christmas John spoke with Anne Zahan, Strategy Director at Core Research about their recently released research “Christmas Expectations – how people will navigate Christmas 2020”With Retail Excellence Ireland estimating that up to 60,000 employees in the retail sector will lose their jobs, MD of Retail Excellence Ireland Duncan Graham Ireland joined John to speak about the sector during Level 5 Restrictions, he discusses how adaptable retail has been and the performance of the sector during the year. Duncan highlights the challenges facing retailers in the final quarter of the year and the uncertainty heading into 2021. John Hurley, CEO of Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce joined John to speak about the Kilkenny Chamber of Commerce Awards and how they will be an awards ceremony with a difference this year.With thanks to O’Neill Foley, Produced by Deirdre Dromey.To contact the show, email [email protected]