Asked one of the employees in Westside when it would be open and he said not until next year
Treasure Chest is closing down. The shop was sold and they have sale signs on the windows and closing at the end of September. Very sad for Galway. It was a lovely shop.
Thanks Galway Beo but we already know.
The signs in the windows say "stock clearance". I just looked 30 mins ago, and have pictures.
They do not say closing.
Businesses that were sold change, for sure, but typically do not actually close during the transition. Please stop making mischief.
It's mind boggling bad. They must be so embarrassed to call themselves journalists.
They had an article the last week about a "massive sinkhole" opening in Oranmore. Clicked on the article and it was literally a tiny blemish at Station Road so small that it was barely noticable in the photo, in fact they had to circle it in red for the reader to even notice.
I understand that "clickbait" is a thing but at least other organisations actually put substance in their article.
Galway Beo is like "Gardai warn Galway public to be vigilant as crimewave rocks city" and the article is something along the lines of a wing mirror being broken off a car.
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Closing September 30th . If it was staying open as the treasure chest don't you think they would say that
Ah now don't be making mischief and upsetting some poor old dears.
It's in black and white pixels ffs
Sarcasm my friend, sarcasm!!
I know..... sorry, meant that for the original downer of mischief
That you - the comment in that article is the first time that Treasure Chest themselves have used the C word: it is not on signs in their shopfront, as was claimed by someone earlier.
I wonder what it means to say that the business has been sold, though. And if the staff are redundant or are being TUPED to the new owner.
A. The business wasn't sold.... the building was sold. The business is closing down.
Any whispers on the new owners identity ?
Batman
I am aware that when some shops or restaurants or other businesses are sold, that it can carry on with a new owner. It doesn't appear to be the case for Treasure Chest. The fact that they are having a stock clearance sale, they want things gone. They also said it on Facebook. Closing at the end of September.
Treasure Chest was one of Galway finest shops and it's going to be tremendous loss for Galway.
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It's really sloppy journalism to have allowed to print a story about Treasure Chest being sold, if it was actually the building not the business that was sold.
Also surprising that someone who was apparently such a great business-person was not able to sell the business. I can understand that for the smaller family run places, the business just "isn't" without the family but would have thought TC was beyond that.
One would assume that the business hasn't been making money and the only value left was the property.
Anyways, would it big enough for a Zara, seems to be the only shop people want to come to Galway.
Maybe Naughtons will make a comeback
Stop with the speculation now please.
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Jeez, it was a joke
Just saw the comment about Zara above and have been wondering for a while - why is Galway always missing out on decent shops? Loads of (even smaller) towns have shops like H&M, Jysk, Zara, Decathlon, etc etc - is it just crazy rent, the traffic, lack of interest?
Decathlon are in Dublin and Limerick, only.
Inditex (Zara owner) have been closing stores as opposed to expanding for around 3 years now. Same with H&M Group.
Indeed, however doesn't really explain why they never developed in the first place.
Galway is different from the other Irish cities in that it doesn't have a shopping centre like the Crescent or Mahon Point.
City council have an "Irish business first" type of policy. It'd be nice if it worked.
And probably will never have shopping centres like them....Galway is choking itself, walk through the city and lots of places boarded up and no big name retailers apart from a very small token M & S shop...TK Maxx possibly..Penneys.
Missus and her friends will hop into car and drive to Athlone or Limerick for the shopping centres and free parking.
Liffey valley is an hour and 40 min away and a superior choice of big retailers.
Any evidence to back up that claim? Exactly which foreign stores have been kept out by the council can you tell us.
The council can't decide who pays for a lease. Nothing to do with them. They decide if your shop is food or retail or the signage through planning but that's about it. They is no Irish first. The problem Galway has or at least had in the past is that most of the shops are too small for the multinationals to bother with.
Doubt the treasure chest is even big enough unfortunately. Galway needs a few anchor tenants to be able to draw people in from around Galway, Mayo, Sligo. At the moment it's fairly rubbish in most people's opinions.
At least it has pubs and restaurants I suppose.
Zara did try to move into Taaffes old shop on William Street back in the 2000s but council refused it and building remains boarded up on such a prime shopping street. The Taaffe family last ran it in 1996 so it's been idle in excess of quarter of a century. Is that a better outcome than a Zara occupying it?
Apart from Taffes, where is boarded up?
