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Shops/Businesses opening/closing

biko

This thread is for information about shops, restaurants and other businesses you have seen opening or closing.

It is not for hearsay ("someone told me X or Y is about to open/close") but for your own personal observations.

It is not for speculations on why a place opened/closed.

Chat is fine but keep it on topic.

Be civil to staff and proprietors of local businesses.

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GerardKeating

Whereisgalway wrote: »

Sports direct are rumoured to be interested

Rumours are off-topic for this thread, but most of the actual stores (including the Galway outlet) are still owend by Roches Stores, and leased by Debenhams.

Bredabe

Are all the supermac's closed? I cant find any info on delivery from them.

Nua

Bredabe wrote: »

Are all the supermac's closed? I cant find any info on delivery from them.

Yeah - they're all closed til further notice

GerardKeating

Bredabe wrote: »

Are all the supermac's closed? I cant find any info on delivery from them.

Yes, they all closed about 2 weeks ago, it on their website.

Whereisgalway

GerardKeating wrote: »

Rumours are off-topic for this thread,.

So is back seat moding

Arghus

So is Marks and Spencer's still open in there at the moment?

[Deleted User]

They had a general ad on the radio earlier in the week stating all their stores are open as usual so I would think it is.

flazio

I imagine M and S, the newsagents and the pharmacy in there are still running.

Bredabe

GerardKeating wrote: »

Yes, they all closed about 2 weeks ago, it on their website.

Are they or anyone else doing deliveries?

Mrs OBumble

flazio wrote: »

I imagine M and S, the newsagents and the pharmacy in there are still running.

Correct, as at last Saturday anyways.

Its only the food section of M&S that's open though, not the clothes.

[Deleted User]

Whereisgalway wrote: »

Sports direct are rumoured to be interested

Mike Ashley, the owner of Sports Direct owned part of Debenhams before it went into administration last time (last year?). In Ireland that administration took the form of an examinership which allows for restructuring, renegotiation of leases etc.. He tried to take it over fully but instead had his investment wiped out. He might try again but the Irish company this time is in liquidation which is more extreme, the liquidator will be in charge and their goal will be to maximize the funds for the creditors quickly.

Whereisgalway

[Deleted User] wrote: »

Mike Ashley, the owner of Sports Direct owned part of Debenhams before it went into administration last time (last year?). In Ireland that administration took the form of an examinership which allows for restructuring, renegotiation of leases etc.. He tried to take it over fully but instead had his investment wiped out. He might try again but the Irish company this time is in liquidation which is more extreme, the liquidator will be in charge and their goal will be to maximize the funds for the creditors quickly.

Excellant insight, I remember him trying the take over alrite. Very shrewd businessman

flazio

Bredabe wrote: »

Are they or anyone else doing deliveries?

Why not look in the Restaurants doing delivery thread.
I'm on mobile so I can't link but it's only about 5 threads down.

ben.schlomo

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

Correct, as at last Saturday anyways.

Its only the food section of M&S that's open though, not the clothes.

Clothing will likely reopen shortly as both Tesco and Dunnes have kept theirs open.

Arghus

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Clothing will likely reopen shortly as both Tesco and Dunnes have kept theirs open.

Tesco clothing and hardware is not open.

ben.schlomo

Arghus wrote: »

Tesco clothing and hardware is not open.

Clothing and home sections are open in dual department stores e.g. Oranmore. Dunnes Terryland have moved some homeware to ground floor along with the usual depts.

45mhrc7evo1d3n

JCX BXC wrote: »

Big loss, that'll be quite a gaping hole, can't see who'd fill it. The M&S shopping center (as it could perhaps now be known) will effectively be useful only as a city center parking complex.

Shame to see Debenhams go. But finally a long overdue opportunity for M&S to take over the whole building. The West deserves a full-blown Marks.

ben.schlomo

Aaron Nice Key wrote: »

Shame to see Debenhams go. But finally a long overdue opportunity for M&S to take over the whole building. The West deserves a full-blown Marks.

That's not how retail at large and M&S is going, I'd expect it to lay empty for some time. Retail was struggling before the crisis, many will be at or beyond breaking point whenever this is over.

45mhrc7evo1d3n

ben.schlomo wrote: »

That's not how retail at large and M&S is going, I'd expect it to lay empty for some time. Retail was struggling before the crisis, many will be at or beyond breaking point whenever this is over.

Weird to see people thanking a post predicting a dire future for the retail sector. Why would you welcome bad news for large numbers of employees and a lack of choice for the shopping public? I am well aware of the challenges faced by retail businesses these days but I try to be optimistic about the future for stalwarts such as Marks.

[Deleted User]

Aaron Nice Key wrote: »

Weird to see people thanking a post predicting a dire future for the retail sector. Why would you welcome bad news for large numbers of employees and a lack of choice for the shopping public? I am well aware of the challenges faced by retail businesses these days but I try to be optimistic about the future for stalwarts such as Marks.

You have a funny way of interpretating his post

45mhrc7evo1d3n

Deleted User wrote: »

You have a funny way of interpretating his post

There’s no interpretation. I don’t have an issue with the post itself, I just find it depressing that people would thank it. For me, thanks are for good news and helpful or inspirational posts. But that’s just me

Arghus

I find on boards that I give thanks for realism.

JCX BXC

Aaron Nice Key wrote: »

There’s no interpretation. I don’t have an issue with the post itself, I just find it depressing that people would thank it. For me, thanks are for good news and helpful or inspirational posts. But that’s just me .

Yeah, kinda, strange to read into it too, people thank posts they agree with, have you not been here long?

Mrs OBumble

Aaron Nice Key wrote: »

. Why would you welcome bad news for large numbers of employees and a lack of choice for the shopping public?

Online shopping has led to an explosion of choice, not a lack of it.

[Deleted User]

M&S is a shop I rarely if ever go into, have very little imo. From the very brief looks around their clothes section they aren’t even on the same planet as Debenhams who had a large selection clothes, lots of proper brand names etc. H&M similar, a place I wouldn’t ever go into all low quality cheap stuff, specially for men it is very unappealing.

Be a big disappointment if something much better doesn’t go into the space left by Debenhams.

Redo91

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Clothing will likely reopen shortly as both Tesco and Dunnes have kept theirs open.

Dunnes Birarhill have their clothing section closed. Pretty sure Terryland do too.

ben.schlomo

Redo91 wrote: »

Dunnes Birarhill have their clothing section closed. Pretty sure Terryland do too.

Brairhill is on a separate floor. As I said ones where they are dual department are open, Terryland was up until last Sunday when I was last in, not aware of it changing since. Are you pretty sure or certain? When were you there?

b.gud

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Brairhill is on a separate floor. As I said ones where they are dual department are open, Terryland was up until last Sunday when I was last in, not aware of it changing since. Are you pretty sure or certain? When were you there?

Clothing was also open in Westside Dunnes when I was there last week

Bredabe

flazio wrote: »

Why not look in the Restaurants doing delivery thread.
I'm on mobile so I can't link but it's only about 5 threads down.

Tks, I looked at each delivery company www and couldn't find one that did, that's when I asked here.

Redo91

ben.schlomo wrote: »

Brairhill is on a separate floor. As I said ones where they are dual department are open, Terryland was up until last Sunday when I was last in, not aware of it changing since. Are you pretty sure or certain? When were you there?

Sorry I thought you meant dual department as in a department that does groceries and clothes. Didn’t know you were talking about places that do both but on separate floors.