Menswear shops throughout ireland

ctbfashion

hi i have recently setup a small fashion brands wholesale company for men. i have been showing smaples around dublin but cannot believe how little indies are left. i will be going around the country with samples next weekend just wondering if anyone could help me with the name of some menswear outlets.

any help appreciated.

Woodgate

I'm in Waterford City, so....

Gregory's Menswear, Patrick Street.
Tony Roche's Menswear, Georges Court.
Heroes (Fitzgeralds, aswell, same owner), Barrandstrand Street.
J.C. Originals, Patrick Street.

If I think of any others I'll add them in later.

Good luck with the venture.

maxer68

Most main streets in Ireland will ahve a decent mens shop or two. Dublin is full of over priced shopping centres with over priced stores.

ctbfashion

Woodgate wrote: »

I'm in Waterford City, so....

Gregory's Menswear, Patrick Street.
Tony Roche's Menswear, Georges Court.
Heroes (Fitzgeralds, aswell, same owner), Barrandstrand Street.
J.C. Originals, Patrick Street.

If I think of any others I'll add them in later.

Good luck with the venture.

thanks mate. thats a great start seems like alot of places in waterford city. any more info would be great,

ye it is full of the big multiples kind of sad to see alot ofthe old independents gone

wixfjord

Quite a few in Wexford town, Fitgzeralds, Hores etc.
Couple in Enniscorthy too.

It'll be more likely to be smaller provincial towns that you'll find the most in.

Kat2011

Hi CTB Fashion,

Are you interested in selling online?
A new Irish online department store launched a few weeks ago <snip>
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Best of Luck!

ctbfashion

thanks everyone for the info hopefully it will help me get myself up and running and any additional info would be great or contacts.

cheers,

ninty9er

Have you thought of approaching Shaws buyers?

Limerick
Connolly's have 7 stores - 4 on Patrick Street, 3 in the Crescent.
Mike O'Connell - Catherine Street. Specialise in plus sizes, but do everything
Sextons - Thomas Street
Noels - Wickham Street

There's another place up by South's Pub on O'Connell Avenue but the name escapes me, and a place in the Parkway Shopping Centre

There's one or 2 more on Thomas Street

markymark21

ctbfashion wrote: »

hi i have recently setup a small fashion brands wholesale company for men. i have been showing smaples around dublin but cannot believe how little indies are left. i will be going around the country with samples next weekend just wondering if anyone could help me with the name of some menswear outlets.

any help appreciated.

In Bray (second largest town in Ireland and with only one decent mens clothes shop) you have 'Allens' (01)2863678

ctbfashion

keep them coming folks really helpful im going to get on the phone today

thanks

Herbalist

Hi Ctbfashion, Something might help is to search online to get listings by location.

For example I went to www.yourlocal.ie there for you and typed "Menswear Shops" into the 'I'm looking for' box and then specified a location and a list of them came up. You could do this for the locations you are interested in?

I have no connection to the website it can just be very handy when looking up by location.

maxer68

ctbfashion wrote: »

keep them coming folks really helpful im going to get on the phone today

thanks

Don't be surprised if you get told no by everyone - selling somethign new over the phone is near to impossible.

You've 2 ways to approach this.

1 - Get a list of names / addresses together (golden pages will have this), post them out some basic information and say that you will call them in a few days to discuss. At the very least they'll know what you are about and also they will have a little information about the product.

2 - Get in a car and drive into all the main towns in Ireland. A good nationwide rep would cover the country in less than 2 weeks and you can decided yourself before entering a store if your product will sell there.

Another tip - don't jst call into every mens shop. Ask yourself if the product you sell is suitable for the store you are entering. Is the price point correct, is the image correct.

Finally don't sell on credit or at very least get 50% of invoice paid. Do not offer sale or return and don;t take the sale if you have any doubts about the retailer. - Thankfully anyone who has survived the last 3 years will probably survive forever, but you have to be careful.

bigneacy

Dundalk -

FJ Murphy
Mr James
McKenna Man

ctbfashion

maxer68 wrote: »

Don't be surprised if you get told no by everyone - selling somethign new over the phone is near to impossible.

You've 2 ways to approach this.

1 - Get a list of names / addresses together (golden pages will have this), post them out some basic information and say that you will call them in a few days to discuss. At the very least they'll know what you are about and also they will have a little information about the product.

2 - Get in a car and drive into all the main towns in Ireland. A good nationwide rep would cover the country in less than 2 weeks and you can decided yourself before entering a store if your product will sell there.

Another tip - don't jst call into every mens shop. Ask yourself if the product you sell is suitable for the store you are entering. Is the price point correct, is the image correct.

Finally don't sell on credit or at very least get 50% of invoice paid. Do not offer sale or return and don;t take the sale if you have any doubts about the retailer. - Thankfully anyone who has survived the last 3 years will probably survive forever, but you have to be careful.

thanks for this. its tough for me as i have a full time job now and im doing this in my spare time. and your right its tough to get constant no over the phone but i will keep going and take all the advice thanks

colinthomas

Hiya,
ICE Menswear, Esmonde St. Gorey. There stuff is fantastic and the guy there is really sound.

ctbfashion

colinthomas wrote: »

Hiya,
ICE Menswear, Esmonde St. Gorey. There stuff is fantastic and the guy there is really sound.

Hi thanks for the info what type do they sell. Cheers.

howyanow

geraghtys menswear,lombard street,galway.
ask for sharon/paul.

colinthomas

its all kinds really....aimed at 25+ market mostly but theres a fairly broad range.
053 9483675 is the phone number listed for them.