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Retail sales fell by 1.1 per cent year-on-year in January to $84.3 million. Five of the seven sectors in the Retail Sales Index saw drops in sales revenue. The biggest loser was the motor trade, with an 11.8 per cent fall in sales revenue, attributed...

Upmarket women’s clothes store Calypso is set to reopen next week after a makeover. The Front Street fixture has been closed for around two weeks for modernisation. Pierre Dutoya, chief executive officer of store owners Hornburg Calypso, said the hig...

A taste of Bermuda is now available in a specially-designed goodie bag with island flair. Authentically Local Bermuda has launched the bags, reusable and adorned with original artwork featuring a Gombey dancer and other island images, to target the l...

Island craftsman Jon Faulkner is to go back to his roots with a new venture in Dockyard. Mr Faulkner, who has worked in pottery for around 30 years, is opening the Jon Faulkner Gallery in the Bermuda Clayworks building. He said: “Bermuda Clayworks wi...

Sneaker giants adidas is to bring back a retro design — with a Bermuda touch. The adidas Bermuda sneaker, first seen in the 1970s, has been reborn as part of the company’s Originals range of classics. According to sneaker websites, the design will fi...

A Hamilton restaurant has started charging for bags and donating the cash to a tree-planting scheme in a bid to boost the environment. Nonna’s Kitchen wants to encourage people to reuse bags in a drive thought to be the first of its kind in Bermuda. ...

Retail sales last December fell 2.4 per cent compared to the same period in 2015. The total spend dropped to $108.9 million from $111.6 million, with three of the seven sectors monitored by Government statisticians reporting decreases in sales revenu...

A smoothie and juice business that started as a home-based enterprise a few months ago has set up in premises on Elliott Street. The change was necessary after a house move meant there was no longer space at home to prepare juices for clients. In Dec...

It is only February, but it is turning out to be a busy year for Joshua Bate Trading Bermuda. The business is celebrating its 25th anniversary and has just relocated the Bate’s showroom to larger premises. The appliance and building materials compan...

It has not taken long for gourmet popcorn store Savory Kernels to pop up in a second location. The company sprang into business at the end of October when it opened its doors upstairs from Pic a Pet, on Queen Street. Now residents in the east can get...

Retail sales hit $96.4 million last November — a 4.9 per cent increase on the $91.9 million for same month in 2015. All sectors in the Retail Sales Index survey experienced increases, with the exception of clothing stores, where sales revenue decline...

Long-time fishing tackle store owner Bobby Rego is to retire — and he’s put his 40-year-old business up for sale. Mr Rego, a prize-winning fisherman, said at the age of 72, it was time to cut bait and sell off his Flybridge Tackle. He added: “After 4...