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22 May '13 |
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DEAL: Waltons Music to open 700sq m space at Retail Park 2 Blanchardstown Centre
Waltons Music, one of Ireland’s longest surviving retail businesses, is to open a large new store at the Blanchardstown Centre in west Dublin. The outlet will have a floor area of 700sq m (7,534sq ft) - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
22 May '13 |
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Shake-up at St Stephen’s Green centre
Pierce Molony said that with so many small shops on Grafton Street, fashion retailers could not find sufficiently large premises to suit their operations. The reconfiguration is also expected to be o - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
22 May '13 |
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DEAL: 12 Castlemarket at South William Street, Dublin 2, has been let at a rent of €40,000 pa
The previous contracted rent was €54,500. Eoin Feeney of BNP Paribas said the landlord accepted an offer at the quoted rent because of the proposed use and covenant on offer. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
21 May '13 |
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Davy Byrnes: profile
It’s still a very traditional pub where patrons do not have to compete with the sound of piped music or a blaring TV and Doran says there are no plans to change that well-tested formula. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
20 May '13 |
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More shops forced to shut doors as town struggles in face of recession
It's another eight full and part-time jobs gone in Dun Laoghaire and will swell the number of vacant shops, offices and other retail spaces in the area to more than 60. - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 May '13 |
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The Butler’s Pantry eyes expansion
Next weekend sees the opening of the 10th outlet for The Butler’s Pantry, the high-end, Dublin-focused food retail chain that has been on the go since 1987.
The shop in Castleknock is the first such - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
17 May '13 |
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Fallon & Byrne starts afresh
Vincent Byrne and Karen McHugh both have 13 per cent and the remainder is held by company secretary Shane Harte. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
17 May '13 |
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Emigrant flies home to snap up landmark beach pub for €755,000
The Brittas Bay pub, including eight chalets, eight holiday homes and a plot of land, went under the hammer for €755,000 – far less than the estimated €3m it sold for last time. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
12 May '13 |
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Wave of examinerships on way as retailers fight sky-high rents
Neil Hughes, of Hughes Blake: "Typically a landlord is also in a position of some difficulty. They may have a bank behind them and the bank may have Nama behind them so you have very strong pressure - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
10 May '13 |
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Harvey Norman narrows Irish losses to €19.4m
Blaine Callard: “Whilst some Irish landlords have made modest rental concessions, many have not. We are determined to correct the distortions of boom- time upward only rents. In a very difficult econo - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
08 May '13 |
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Hope for HMV’s Irish stores
Restructuring specialist Hilco is in negotiations with landlords with a view to reestablishing HMV in the Republic. Declan Stone of Colliers International confirmed yesterday that the company is plann - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
08 May '13 |
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M&S in talks to anchor Limerick centre
The prospects of finally completing a partially built €50 million shopping centre in Limerick city have been greatly enhanced as discussions continue between the promoter and the UK giant retailer Mar - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
08 May '13 |
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Clodagh McKenna plans new restaurant in Blackrock
The new restaurant, due to open this summer, will extend to 350sq m (3,750sq ft) and will seat 120 diners. It will occupy a split-level site with frontage internally over the mall and externally to th - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
08 May '13 |
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Rent reduction deals save 780 jobs at two major retailers
ALMOST 780 retail jobs have been saved after the DIY chain B&Q and high street fashion outlets Pamela Scott successfully used the examinership process to renegotiate crippling rents. - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
08 May '13 |
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Hope for 900 Xtra-Vision staff as buyout on cards
The outlets closing here are mainly in Dublin and include The Square in Tallaght, Rathmines, Baggot Street, Swords, Ongar, Sandymount, Phibsborough and Carpenterstown and Roscrea, Co Tipperary. A tota - Subscribe |
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© Irish Examiner |
08 May '13 |
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International retailers may copy court route to cut rent
More international retail chains may follow B&Q and Pamela Scott into examinership in a bid to make landlords tear up crippling rent agreements following the rescue of almost 800 jobs in those compani - Subscribe |
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08 May '13 |
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CBRE: Disconnect between economic and occupier demand drivers in retail market
Download Dublin Retail Market View here > In their latest Q1 Irish Retail Market View publication CBRE note that while monthly and annual retail sales are down across a number of sectors, the level of - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
30 Apr '13 |
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1,000 jobs on the line as receivers begin search for Xtra-vision buyer
But joint receivers Luke Charleton and Colin Farquharson of accountancy firm Ernst & Young vowed to keep the stores open until a buyer was found. Xtra-vision Ltd is owned by a company called Birchhall - Subscribe |
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© Irish Independent |
28 Apr '13 |
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Property tax hits sales at retail giant Musgrave
Musgrave, the biggest Irish owned retailer which runs the SuperValu and Centra empire, suffered a blip in sales as a result of the arrival of the hated property tax, according to chief executive Chris - Subscribe |
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© The Irish Times |
24 Apr '13 |
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Eason adds Hughes & Hughes outlets to chain
Eason & Co has added six franchised outlets to its chain of stores, including three shops belonging to rival Hughes & Hughes, which is run by businessman Derek Hughes. - Subscribe |
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