Unite stores feature ‘in-and-out-of-store’ experiences to help local communities connect with sport while partnering with local athletes Expand Nike has agreed a deal to open its first Nike Unite store in Ireland at the Blanchardstown Centre in Dublin. Photograph: Lucy Nicholson/Reuters Nike has agreed a deal to open its first Nike Unite store in […]
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Gym+Coffee Launches Flagship At Dundrum Town Centre
Sportswear brand Gym+Coffee has launched a new flagship store at Dundrum Town Centre, four years after opening its initial pop-up store at the south Dublin shopping centre for two weeks in 2018. The athleisure company, founded by Niall Horgan, Diarmuid McSweeney and Karl Swaine in 2016, operates a further nine stores in Ireland and three in the UK. Gym+Coffee said the store on […]
Golden Discs open new flagship Dublin City store in Stephens Green Shopping Centre
Golden Discs are thrilled to announce the opening of a new city centre flagship store in Dublin’s Stephen’s Green Centre on Saturday October 22nd. Needing more space for the ever-expanding categories of vinyl and merchandise, they are relocating to a much bigger unit in the Centre. This larger space will allow Golden Discs to […]
Be Gift Card Ready for Christmas with a special offer from AIB Merchant Services
With rising costs through 2022, the end of year peak in takings will be welcome for REI members both large and small. Having an attractive Gift Card programme as part of your offer to Christmas shoppers is a great way to maximise revenue to the end of 2022. AIB Merchant Services and their partners […]
Retail Insights: Battersea Power Station, London
40 years after last closing as a power station, 10 years after starting redevelopment (£9B in costs), Battersea Power Station opens today as the latest first class shopping destination in London. Over 60 retailers have joined the space with the likes of Apple, Nike and Zara opening their latest concept stores. With all […]
Decathlon plans to open two more stores in Ireland
The Irish business of sports retail giant Decathlon has plans to open two more stores in Ireland “and expand in Limerick, Cork or Galway as a priority in the coming years”, according to a directors’ report in new accounts which show that Irish revenues at Decathlon Sports Ireland Ltd declined by 7% from €17.8 million […]
Ireland’s first contactless supermarket opens in Dublin
Ireland’s first ever contactless food store, Market x Flutter, was launched on Tuesday in Clonskeagh, Dublin. AI-powered computer vision allows shoppers to select their purchases and leave, without having to wait in line or stop to scan or pay. The food-store, developed for Flutter by Compass Group Ireland, stocks fresh meals including a selection of […]
Golden Discs celebrating 60 years in business
In 1962, aware of the growing demand for recordings from US artists which weren’t available in Ireland at the time, Golden Discs was set up on Dublin’s Tara Street by Jack Fitzgerald and Tom Rogers. Sixty years later, Golden Discs celebrates its diamond anniversary; a testament to the founders forward-thinking, and tenacious business strategy. […]
Applegreen And M&S Food Announce Exclusive Partnership
Applegreen and M&S Food have agreed an exclusive partnership to bring the latter to a number of the former’s locations across Ireland. According to the roadside retailer, a new ‘shop-in-shop’ will initially be available in five Applegreen locations and feature M&S Food, including fresh fruit, sandwiches, salads, and a selection of other M&S dinner […]
‘The Kind’ wins €50k Retail Opportunity with Champion Green
Sheelin Conlon, founder of eco-aware lifestyle brand, The Kind, has been named this year’s winner of the Champion Green Readymade Retail prize, in partnership with Aviva Life & Pensions. Almost 100 entries were received from SMEs eager to win the €50,000 retail opportunity, centred on a prime pop-up shop in the prestigious Blackrock Village Centre […]