Category: Retail

The Island’s online shopping directory, shopiom.com recently celebrated its first birthday this bank holiday weekend.  Launched in September 2009, shopiom.com has helped to set up over 40 local businesses online in a scheme by the Department of Economic Development to encourage increased sales for independent retailers.  Last Saturday, teams of three took to the streets [...]

Shop IOM invites the public to join in their first birthday celebrations this Saturday, the 28th August 2010. Shop IOM teams will be out and about on Douglas Strand Street and Ramsey High Street between 11.00 am and 3.00 pm giving out birthday cakes, Shop IOM balloons and dozens of prizes. The public are encouraged [...]

Following 18 months of extensive market research, Isle of Man Creamery has relaunched its full product line of milk, cheese, cream and butter in a bid to gain market share on Island and invigorate consumer demand for the brand. The rebrand is being hailed as ‘so much more than a label change’ by the Creamery [...]

Manx Telecom customers who pre-registered for a new iPhone4 have become the first on the Island to take delivery of Apple’s latest smart phone. This iconic device is now available at Manx Telecom shops, however they advise you to act quickly as they’re going fast, with more stock arriving weekly. The iPhone 4 is slimmer [...]

Specialist retailer of model kits Model Tech recently moved to The Strand Shopping Centre on Douglas high-street owing to increasing trade and the need for larger, more centralised premises. Before becoming one of the only independent retailers in the Strand Shopping Centre, the business was successfully operated for six years in Port Erin by owner [...]

The Island’s longest established shopping centre is celebrating its 20th birthday by inviting all the Island’s residents to a special party. The Strand Shopping Centre in Strand Street, Douglas, is set to mark its landmark anniversary with a week of celebrations. A fun day will be staged on Saturday 7th August and will include a [...]

Manannan’s Cloak brings together a range of texts in the Gaelic language of the Isle of Man from the earliest writings to the present day, along with their English translations. Written Manx arrived comparatively late, and the size of the Island’s population was not conducive to the widespread development of Manx literature. Nevertheless, the amount [...]

The Department of Economic Development held a workshop last week with Steve Emecz from Powa (the new name for Venda for Small Business), the e-commerce solutions provider, for local retailers.  The workshop was part of the ongoing support Powa and the Department of Economic Development provide for local retailers on the recently launched shopping directory, [...]

Fish lovers around across the UK and on the continent can now enjoy the exceptional quality of Isle of Man produce and products, including both fresh fish and delicatessen foods, thanks to Paddy’s HookedonFish.co.uk, a new, custom e-commerce website designed by Digital Design, the Internet marketing division of PDMS Limited. Created for the retail and [...]

Isle of Man News, 21 April 2010 – Approved Venda developer  Digital Design, the Internet marketing division of PDMS Limited, has just launched Hooked On Fish, a custom designed eCommerce website for Paddy’s, the retail and wholesale fish-selling arm of Island Seafare. The site is based on  the Venda framework with the support of the [...]