Stores opening or re-opening in Sligo

tommyamnesia

job seeker wrote: »

I was in it yesterday evening, I got the fish and chips. It's half price on Sunday. I waited about 10 minutes and it was very nice!

Harvey Norman for Sligo Town according to newspaper reports.

AlmightyCushion

tommyamnesia wrote: »

Harvey Norman for Sligo Town according to newspaper reports.

Currys are moving to a bigger unit in the retail park. Harvey Norman are then gonna take the unit Currys are currently in and the 2 units next to them.

tommyamnesia

AlmightyCushion wrote: »

Currys are moving to a bigger unit in the retail park. Harvey Norman are then gonna take the unit Currys are currently in and the 2 units next to them.

Harvey and Currys /PCWorld in the same Retail Park? Is that unusual?

Andy From Sligo

lovely news- was always hoping HN were going to open up in Sligo. Cannot be bad a bit of competition for eachother if they are both to be in the retail park. Should be a win-win for customers with both places having offers to outdo eachother

sligojoek

They'll operate a cartell and keep the prices up. HN were never the cheapest anyway.

For Forks Sake

tommyamnesia wrote: »

Harvey and Currys /PCWorld in the same Retail Park? Is that unusual?

Not remotely, off the top of my head, they're both in the same park in:
Carrickmines, Blanchardstown, Swords, Tralee and Naas

Stores in Limerick and Cork are also in very close (less than 5 mins drive) proximity to each other.

DesperateDan

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Not remotely, off the top of my head, they're both in the same park in:
Carrickmines, Blanchardstown, Swords, Tralee and Naas

Stores in Limerick and Cork are also in very close (less than 5 mins drive) proximity to each other.

Dundalk, Mullingar

Andy From Sligo

sligojoek wrote: »

They'll operate a cartell and keep the prices up. HN were never the cheapest anyway.

had some great deals in HN just over Christmas there

For Forks Sake

DesperateDan wrote: »

Dundalk, Mullingar

Harveys shut those two stores around 6 years ago.

Andy From Sligo

I remember years ago hearing that HN were going to open up in sligo town. This was even before Currys set up shop in the retail park but it never materialized.

tommyamnesia

For Forks Sake wrote: »

Not remotely, off the top of my head, they're both in the same park in:
Carrickmines, Blanchardstown, Swords, Tralee and Naas

Stores in Limerick and Cork are also in very close (less than 5 mins drive) proximity to each other.

Do they compete against each other or cooperate {cartel}?

Andy From Sligo

I wonder how many staff is employed in a Harvey Norman store? - because those poor souls who are gonna loose their jobs soon in Next store need to send in their CV's now to be in with a chance

For Forks Sake

tommyamnesia wrote: »

Do they compete against each other or cooperate {cartel}?

They usually compete, especially on the likes of tvs and kitchen appliances.

Andy From Sligo

For Forks Sake wrote: »

They usually compete, especially on the likes of tvs and kitchen appliances.

they do that thing "if you find it somewhere cheaper we will match the price or better" thing as well I think

For Forks Sake

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

they do that thing "if you find it somewhere cheaper we will match the price or better" thing as well I think

http://www.harveynorman.ie/corporate-information/best-price-guarantee.html

http://www.currys.ie/content/price-promise-we-wont-be-beaten-on-price/926

CeilingFly

tommyamnesia wrote: »

Do they compete against each other or cooperate {cartel}?

Similar stores will always look to be close to each other - brings a lot more customers.

Think of any shopping centre. The stores targeting 18-30 year olds are all together. The shoe stores are all close to each other, the sports stores are close to each other.

If you are looking for electronics you'll go where you have a choice before you go somewhere you don't.

Dazzler88

Lovely chips in the new place in Castlebaldwin

T-Bird

There is a new petrol station and store next to Jones oil in Finisklin where McPartland was. Just drove past it at lunchtime and saw it just as I was passing it and thought I was seeing things lol.

ectoraige

T-Bird wrote: »

There is a new petrol station and store next to Jones oil in Finisklin where McPartland was. Just drove past it at lunchtime and saw it just as I was passing it and thought I was seeing things lol.

Yeah, looks like it does food as well, I think one of the signs says "diner" anyway. Could do a great trade with the Ursuline.

mickwat155

ectoraige wrote: »

Yeah, looks like it does food as well, I think one of the signs says "diner" anyway. Could do a great trade with the Ursuline.

Taken from Sligo fuels Facebook page

sligojoek

Took me a while to work out where it was.


https://www.google.ie/maps/@54.2765733,-8.4852975,3a,75y,138.32h,84.62t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sB4s8riRwVHyJ4OI3jUf8rQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

T-Bird

mickwat155 wrote: »

Taken from Sligo fuels Facebook page

Says under new management so it's not new. But I can't remember it being there before.

Buford T Justice

T-Bird wrote: »

Says under new management so it's not new. But I can't remember it being there before.

It was part of McCormacks when they went tits up, never had a deli or retail element before

sligostandard

Saw in the Champion that planning was giving to another Insomina in O’Connells street, despite their hesitation due to the ‘proliferation of café/coffee shops’ in town

Mint Sauce

Work started on clearence and developement of The Mill on the Finisklin Road for the new Lidl. Really hope they have a traffic plan for when it opens.

Andy From Sligo

sligostandard wrote: »

Saw in the Champion that planning was giving to another Insomina in O’Connells street, despite their hesitation due to the ‘proliferation of café/coffee shops’ in town

so 2 insomnia's and not just the case of present insomnia moving to OCS no?

sligostandard

Andy From Sligo wrote: »

so 2 insomnia's and not just the case of present insomnia moving to OCS no?

From what I can read no, there is to be a new Insomnia opened in O’ Connells Street. Mind you I could’ve misinterpreted it, but was there word that they were moving or what?

Andy From Sligo

Thought the quayside SC was building some kind of new entrance around where tiger was , and insomnia is opposite that , so maybe they are just moving, I'm not too sure

Vlove

Stoked is opening above the strand bar https://www.facebook.com/Stokedstrandhill/?fref=mentions

job seeker

Vlove wrote: »

Stoked is opening above the strand bar https://www.facebook.com/Stokedstrandhill/?fref=mentions

Is that restaurant for hipsters?