Monthly Archives: June 2011

Irish attitudes towards debt forgiveness for home owners experiencing repayment difficulties or negative equity. As revealed on the RTE Frontline:

A brilliant guide to life in the ‘Post-PC’, smartphone world:

Is this the year Ireland’s recession reaches bottom for Irish consumers? The latest ‘summary of the forecasts’ from DKM shows a consensus around a further real reduction this year and a weak recovery next year. With inflation picking up both … Continue reading →

We Irish are a private lot. Especially about our wealth and our health. As the chart below shows (from a fascinating Eurobarometer report on attitudes to privacy online and offline), we have the highest level of agreement with the statement … Continue reading →

Germany is Europe’s largest consumer market: worth €1.5 trillion this year alone. Not surprisingly, a growing number of Irish businesses are now seeking opportunities to sell to German consumers. The good news is that a large number of Germany’s 82 … Continue reading →

Want to align your business with a market segment that will more than double in value in the next twenty years? Then look no further than the over 50s market. We’ve blogged about them before, but research from New Zealand … Continue reading →

In these difficult times, who do Irish people think are most supportive around the world? Some surprising answers from our April omnibus: