Online sales snowballed on Thursday and Friday as a Status Red weather alert forced the nation indoors and retailers to shut up shop. Strong sales across e-tailers were expected to continue over the weekend as they seek to recoup revenue lost through store closures with special online offers. “We’ve seen a 25 per cent spike in sales since the onset of the snow,” Vavavoom managing director, Paddy King said. Holland and Barrett distribution manager for Ireland, Jonathan Heffernan reported a similar uplift in online orders to their Ballina distribution centre. “It’s a time of year when people are particularly health conscious and sales of natural medicines and wholefood stuffs would be strong anyway but there’s been a huge surge in online sales over the last two days.

Source: The Irish Times March 02, 2018 17:15 UTC