Retail in The Republic of Ireland - Department/Clothing Stores

Department/Clothing Stores

The biggest clothing retailer in Ireland is Dunnes Stores, with 123 stores (some of these are food-only sites, however). Primark (under the Penney's brand) is also a major retailer in the clothing sector. Debenhams also have a chain of department stores in Ireland. The UK 'high street' chain River Island is represented by 37 stores with 15 of them in Northern Ireland. Within Dublin, Clerys and Arnotts are two major city centre department stores. Clerys only has a small number of other sites (as "At Home with Clerys"). Menarys are a Northern Irish clothing store. Tempest are another Northern Irish clothing store with a store in the Republic. Heatons are another Irish department store with 57 stores nationwide, and Brown Thomas though much smaller, is very long established and well known, and probably represents the very upper-end of the clothes retail market (but bought by Galen & Hilary Weston in 1971 so now part of a larger UK/ Canadian concern). Other clothing chains in the Republic include: Lifestyle Sports, H&M (Swedish), TK Maxx (American), and Next (UK). Avoca Handweavers is another Irish (and it seems, generally considered prestigious) small chain of stores selling some clothes fashions, but known generally for 'designer/ homemade' home & gift-wares, food and in-store cafes.