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A gift shop set up to cater to the tourist trade has become a victim of the Covid-19 pandemic. Riihiluoma’s Flying Colours on Queen Street, Hamilton, has laid off 11 full-time staff on a temporary basis and closed its doors. The owners of the shop sa...

Supermarkets could limit the number of customers to 50 people at a time if a case of Covid-19 was confirmed, a business leader said this week. Zach Moniz, the manager of the Lindo’s Group of Companies, explained that plans were in place to manage a r...

Yarn store The Black Purl is to close its doors for good. The popular specialist shop for knitting and crocheting enthusiasts on Old Cellar Lane in Hamilton will shut down tomorrow at the end of the business day. Owner Cindy Ashton announced the clos...

Retail sales volume fell 4.2 per cent in December, traditionally the most important month of the year for the industry. All retail sectors saw their inflation-adjusted sales decline year over year, capping a grim run-up to the holiday season, followi...

A new motorcycle and accessories shop has opened on Spurling Hill. Helmet Town is a branch of Cycle Zone, the well-established business located on Somerset Road in Sandys Parish. The new shop sells Honda SH150, Daelin 125 and Reiju MRT motorcycles, M...

In an effort to provide customers with savings on groceries, The MarketPlace has launched a programme that gives access to “20 to 30 quality items” at low prices each month. This will be in addition to its normal bi-weekly specials, the company said....

Bermuda’s retail community is working hard to end a sales slump that has seen year-over-year declines in 19 or the last 21 months. News about “positive steps” will be shared soon, said Lorraine Shailer, who heads the retail division of the Bermuda Ch...

Retail sales fell 3.2 per cent by volume in November, making it the nineteenth month out of the past 21 when sales volume in Bermuda have fallen year-over-year. Motor vehicle, apparel and building material stores suffered double-digit declines. Acros...

Shoppers looking for a more relaxed shopping experience can now order groceries online and collect them at two more MarketPlace stores. The company started the online ordering and pick-up service last year and has now added Modern Mart and Somerset ...

Retail sales fell in both September and October to continue their downward trend. Motor vehicle sellers saw the biggest fall with an inflation-adjusted, year-over-year sales dip of 26.9 per cent in September and 21.4 per cent in October. Others to se...

Drinks distributor Burrows Lightbourn has begun to import an alcohol-free version of Heineken, the Dutch lager. Brewed using the same process as its alcoholic counterpart, Heineken 0.0% is full of natural ingredients while still delivering its iconic...

A man turned himself into police yesterday after a video posted on social media appeared to show him stealing goods from a tech shop. The footage apparently showed a man take items from the shelves in Red Laser, on Bakery Lane in Pembroke, and put th...