coylemj wrote: » Tesco probably does something similar with the Merrion Centre being their flagship store.
coylemj wrote: » Local management typically have no say whatsoever in the matter. I don't know the details for Tesco but I heard a while back that Dunnes Stores grades their stores into three categories so for example, St. Stephens Green and Cornelscourt would be top tier and then you go down the scale according to local economic conditions and the propensity of locals to buy more expensive food items. Tesco probably does something similar with the Merrion Centre being their flagship store.
Marcusm wrote: » I imagine the Swan Centre Dunnes has been similarly graded as it has Sheridan's Cheese, Baxter & Greene, specialist butcher etc. By contrast the Rathmines Tesco is a kip.
coylemj wrote: » That's very interesting and is the exact reverse of the situation I remember about 30 years ago when I lived off Upper Rathmines Road. I stopped going to Dunnes in the Swan Centre because they started squeezing out established brands in favour of 'own brand' products. The final straw was when they pulled Yoplait yoghurt from the shelves so I moved my business to Quinnsworth (now Tesco) instead.
peardrops155 wrote: » A CeX opening up on Georges Street in Dun Laoghaire. Work being done on the shop at the moment and saw the sign in there while walking past. Seems like a good addition? Not many places like that in the town.
josip wrote: » Parcel Motel have announced they're closing their Tesco Ballybrack location due to "circumstances beyond their control"
ongarboy wrote: » https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2017/0719/891387-aldi-to-become-tenant-in-refurbished-frascati-centre/ Aldi to open at the Frascati SC in Blackrock. Is it me or is this a kind of underwhelming announcement? I'd have thought a shopping centre in one of the most affluent suburbs in Ireland would be seeking more high end type food retailers for it's expanded floorspace (eg Donnybrook Fair, Fallon & Byrne or even Fresh)? I think Aldi is a great store but they can be found just about everywhere.
Stephen15 wrote: » Yeah I would have thought so too. However I didn't see Donnybrook Fair/Fallon Byrne type shop opening opening up. I would have thought something more along the lines of Dunnes Stores.
coylemj wrote: » I visit my local Lidl at least twice a week so have nothing against the discount stores but I'd have expected the expanded Frascati to include a full blown M&S and not an Aldi. Considering the building works had already started, I'd say the letting agents were getting desperate to let the space.
schemingbohemia wrote: » There's a significant distance to the next nearest ALDI though isn't there? Sandyford/Sallynoggin/Nutgrove leaves a lot of space for another one. Not too many other options for ALDI in the general area.
schemingbohemia wrote: » ongarboy wrote: » https://www.rte.ie/news/business/2017/0719/891387-aldi-to-become-tenant-in-refurbished-frascati-centre/ Aldi to open at the Frascati SC in Blackrock. Is it me or is this a kind of underwhelming announcement? I'd have thought a shopping centre in one of the most affluent suburbs in Ireland would be seeking more high end type food retailers for it's expanded floorspace (eg Donnybrook Fair, Fallon & Byrne or even Fresh)? I think Aldi is a great store but they can be found just about everywhere. Stephen15 wrote: » Yeah I would have thought so too. However I didn't see Donnybrook Fair/Fallon Byrne type shop opening opening up. I would have thought something more along the lines of Dunnes Stores. coylemj wrote: » I visit my local Lidl at least twice a week so have nothing against the discount stores but I'd have expected the expanded Frascati to include a full blown M&S and not an Aldi. Considering the building works had already started, I'd say the letting agents were getting desperate to let the space. There's a significant distance to the next nearest ALDI though isn't there? Sandyford/Sallynoggin/Nutgrove leaves a lot of space for another one. Not too many other options for ALDI in the general area.
coylemj wrote: » I visit my local Lidl at least twice a week so have nothing against the discount stores but I'd have expected the expanded Frascati to include a full blown M&S and not an Aldi. Considering the building works had already started, I'd say the letting agents were getting desperate to let the space. .....
xper wrote: » P.S. What odds Lidl will follow into the Blackrock Shopping Centre refurb within the year?
coylemj wrote: » There's no question about it, it's ideal for Aldi but I was addressing it from the perspective of the landlord and the other tenants. I'd say for example that Boots will be none too pleased to see Aldi coming in with all their cheap shampoo, soap etc. The problem for M&S of course is that Debenhams is a direct competitor for the sale of clothes so maybe that's why they decided not to expand in Frascati.
CeilingFly wrote: » This will be very much a "Blackrock" aldi. New flagship premium store and introduction of new fresh food lines - probably closer to M&S than the Aldi of 10 years ago. Sallynoggin is trialling some of the changeshttps://www.esmmagazine.com/aldi-ireland-revamp-stores-project-fresh/45626
jesus_thats_gre wrote: » Here is a different question. Is it not very rare for them to have a store located in a shopping centre like this? Granted, I have seen them in purpose built facilities with a handful of shops colocated but I don't think I have seen them in a shopping centre like this where there are other large anchor tenants?
caviardreams wrote: » Are there plans to redevelop the other shopping centre too? Had not heard that - interesting times for Blackrock!
xper wrote: » Here's a random question for people who have been around Blackrock longer than I have - did it ever have a cinema? Given the timing that both shopping centres were first built, it may have been just a few years too early for either development to include a multiplex.
