Heatons

linny

Is it true heatons are closing down

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linny wrote: »

Is it true heatons are closing down

Sign in the window yesterday saying closing down

Cabaal

Not surprising given the other place opening up, they were never going to keep two places open

dobbs2210

Yes Heatons are leaving Kilkenny.

Hike in rental rates apparently.

Dealz have already agreed to take up the tenancy position in place of Heatons so Kilkenny will now have a Dealz.

holyhead

I wonder will Iceland take over the SuperValu at some point in the future. Wouldn't be surprised. Regarding Heaton's I thought they were going to have a combo unit with SportsDirect. Time has proven differently.

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dobbs2210 wrote: »

Yes Heatons are leaving Kilkenny.

Hike in rental rates apparently.

Dealz have already agreed to take up the tenancy position in place of Heatons so Kilkenny will now have a Dealz.

Surprising. Thought that shop was a bit of a gold mine. Seems they are orientating the business towards the Sports end. Good to hear about Dealz though.

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holyhead wrote: »

I wonder will Iceland take over the SuperValu at some point in the future. Wouldn't be surprised. Regarding Heaton's I thought they were going to have a combo unit with SportsDirect. Time has proven differently.

Can't see it tbh. Super Valu will stand their ground there, it's doing reasonably well despite the best efforts of Musgraves post Superquinn.
How to run a good business that many customers loved and cheapen it

madmaggie

I'm surprised that Heatons didn't combine everything in the one store like in Carlow. I really like the Carlow store since they renovated. Ye know what to do, come over the border to the Fairgreen!

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dobbs2210 wrote: »

Yes Heatons are leaving Kilkenny.

Hike in rental rates apparently.

Dealz have already agreed to take up the tenancy position in place of Heatons so Kilkenny will now have a Dealz.

I don't think they are leaving. Are they not one of the tenants in the Mart site when it gets built.
I thought they were moving in with Sports Direct until then. I don't know for sure.

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madmaggie wrote: »

I'm surprised that Heatons didn't combine everything in the one store like in Carlow. I really like the Carlow store since they renovated. Ye know what to do, come over the border to the Fairgreen!

That's a much bigger store I'd think.

CeilingFly

Considering Heatons is now 100% owned by Mike Ashley (Sports direct, USC, Agent Provocateur and others), you wouldn't know what the plans are for stores.

up for anything

In so many threads and posts Dealz seems to be seen as great thing for a town. It's just a higher priced pound shop. It gets tiring seeing so much tat on offer.

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up for anything wrote: »

In so many threads and posts Dealz seems to be seen as great thing for a town. It's just a higher priced pound shop. It gets tiring seeing so much tat on offer.

Lots of people are on tight budgets these days, the likes of Dealz are doing a roaring trade for good reason; value.
I guess it all comes down to choice, people can choose to shop there or not.