Eason's Mullingar to close

Natonstan

Terrible news, whenever I get home this has always been my favorite book shops in Mullingar, fingers crossed they get a new location closeby

http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2016/04/01/4117271-eason-confirms-mullingar-closure/

pm.

I think that location is cursed.... nothing seems to last there

nice_guy80

Dunnes are the landlords. Nothing surprises me with that shower

Lt Dan

Natonstan wrote: »

Terrible news, whenever I get home this has always been my favorite book shops in Mullingar, fingers crossed they get a new location closeby

http://www.westmeathexaminer.ie/news/roundup/articles/2016/04/01/4117271-eason-confirms-mullingar-closure/

Wow , if a major outlet like this closes, business anywhere is screwed. Will they relocate in town? Do not know the area that well, but surely even Eason's can survive in a town like Mullingar even with the decline in sales of newspapers and books

Natonstan

Lt Dan wrote: »

Wow , if a major outlet like this closes, business anywhere is screwed. Will they relocate in town? Do not know the area that well, but surely even Eason's can survive in a town like Mullingar even with the decline in sales of newspapers and books

I don't currently live in Ireland so I can't say for sure, but anytime I'm home and I'm in there the place is always packed so I have no idea how this happened, the closest one to Mullingar now seems to be Athlone, there's not a single store in County Offaly (I figured Tullamore might have had one)

nice_guy80

Easons in Mullingar is a franchise

AngryHippie

They came along as tenants (under Dunnes Stores), and opened a book and stationary shop with 30m of existing businesses (That have done well in the town for years) of the exact same nature at a time when Amazon is crapping on book stores everywhere.

Hardly surprising.

Paulownia

AngryHippie wrote: »

They came along as tenants (under Dunnes Stores), and opened a book and stationary shop with 30m of existing businesses (That have done well in the town for years) of the exact same nature at a time when Amazon is crapping on book stores everywhere.

Hardly surprising.

As long as people are in thrall of online shopping shops will continue to close. Anyone who moans about shops closing in small towns should examine their own buying behaviour. Easons is a mass market shop, if they can't survive in Mullingar nobody could

Lt Dan

Paulownia wrote: »

As long as people are in thrall of online shopping shops will continue to close. Anyone who moans about shops closing in small towns should examine their own buying behaviour. Easons is a mass market shop, if they can't survive in Mullingar nobody could

Agreed, but, Mullingar is hardly a "small town". Well, it is, compared to the metropolitan of Athlone; boom boom :P

Paulownia

Lt Dan wrote: »

Agreed, but, Mullingar is hardly a "small town". Well, it is, compared to the metropolitan of Athlone; boom boom :P

What happened Day's bazaar, they used to have a good selection of books?
Easons selection was always limited to best sellers

nice_guy80

Paulownia wrote: »

What happened Day's bazaar, they used to have a good selection of books?
Easons selection was always limited to best sellers

People are drinking more coffee and buying less books

Paulownia

nice_guy80 wrote: »

People are drinking more coffee and buying less books

What has happened, are we no longer a literary nation, are the young just obsessed with mobile phones and iPads ?
Will reading books and bookshops return?

nice_guy80

ereader. cheaper, lighter.

L.Jenkins

Then you have Amazon, plus a wide variety of other sites that sells Books and Stationary. If Eason as a whole wants to survive in the long term, they need to go online. Something Xtravision should have done in a similar manner to Netflix.

Mrs cockett

dID dEBENHAMS OPEN IN mULLINGAR?

Paulownia

nice_guy80 wrote: »

ereader. cheaper, lighter.

I'd still prefer books, and I think many people feel the same. But people ARE reading less, other leisure pursuits have taken over like computer gaming for instance. But the fact remains, and Eason is a bad example, although they did give local employment, that towns are dying because people are not shopping locally.

nice_guy80

Paulownia wrote: »

I'd still prefer books, and I think many people feel the same. But people ARE reading less, other leisure pursuits have taken over like computer gaming for instance. But the fact remains, and Eason is a bad example, although they did give local employment, that towns are dying because people are not shopping locally.

If you're going on holidays you cannot bring 5 books with you in a case

My house is clogged up with books.
Ereader means less hassle.

Lt Dan

Paulownia wrote: »

What has happened, are we no longer a literary nation, are the young just obsessed with mobile phones and iPads ?
Will reading books and bookshops return?

There was I thinking Cecila Aherne was our new hope. Where is she lately anyway? Very quiet . Writer's block? LOL

ongarboy

Mrs cockett wrote: »

dID dEBENHAMS OPEN IN mULLINGAR?

No but it was in the news last week that Shaws Department store is taking over the old Texas store.

Paulownia

nice_guy80 wrote: »

If you're going on holidays you cannot bring 5 books with you in a case

My house is clogged up with books.
Ereader means less hassle.

I bring them and give them away when I have read them

I said

Rumour has it they are going into the old baked site in Dominick st

FineFilly

Easons has reopened on Dominick street in the old bakery premises