Great news for the Citywest community. The nationwide restaurant chain, Camile Thai Kitchen has chosen Citywest Shopping Centre for its latest location.
As property managers and letting agents for the centre, we wish Camile the very best of luck as they create new jobs for the local area and become part of this thriving scheme.
EZ Living Interiors have opened their fifteenth Irish store at The Retail Park Liffey Valley. The store, which adds to an already impressive retailer line up in the park, is home to over 100 sofa collections, 50 dining sets, 50 bedroom ranges and a divine collection of home accessories, with everything from the timeless to the trendy. With an array of furniture designed and manufactured locally in Ireland, the Irish-owned family business is passionate about supporting Irish jobs, skill and craftmanship.
Bannon are proud to act as Asset Manager, Property Management Agents and Lettings Agents for the scheme.
To celebrate World Kindness Week, the team at Malahide Road Retail Centre carried out some random acts of kindness by surprising some of our shoppers with gift cards across all our stores to help with their shopping!
Happy shopping everyone!
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Occupancy rates continue to improve and retail sales reach an inflection point.
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A very exciting site visit earlier this week for Bannon’s Consultancy Team with Quintain Ireland at The Crossings, Adamstown where Tesco Ireland and Aldi Ireland are fitting out their new stores. Bannon are delighted to be appointed as Management and Lettings Agents for The Crossings, which upon completion will be the first new Irish shopping scheme delivered in over a decade.
For letting enquiries, please contact Darren Peavoy.
When a retailer considers expansion within or entry to a new territory, they must assess a wide range of factors to make a financially viable decision. Rather than Why Ireland, the Bannon Retail Team are using economic data to demonstrate to retailers – Why Not Ireland.
To start, there are several key statistics to Why Not Ireland:
The statistics don’t lie. These hard facts are aiding the post Covid retail recovery, providing confidence to expand to retailers and investors. This is evident in the number of new entrant brands who have recently signed expansion deals in Ireland including Lego, Russell & Bromley, Flannels, Carhartt & Pret A Manager to name a few.
The Bannon Retail Team is in active discussions with a range of additional new entrants. Some are considering Ireland ahead of the UK for store expansion. This is a significant shift away from the traditional route of opening in the major urban UK markets first.
Increased spend and the resulting increase in turnover is aiding retailers to make decisions to expand outside of the prime focus of city centres in Dublin, Cork, Limerick, and Galway. For example, Bannon recently welcomed Rituals to Marshes Shopping Centre in Dundalk. This demonstrates how a brand’s confidence in Ireland has seen retailer expansion strategy grow from Grafton Street to regional towns.
Whilst it might be viewed as a small country for expansion, the data provides a strong business case for retailers to decide Why Ireland should be a primary focus in their ongoing expansion plans.
Author: Jennifer Mulholland, Divisional Director, Bannon
Date: 12th October 2022
Bannon’s latest monthly Retail Pulse has now gone live. In this publication Neil Bannon shares some insights into the ongoing decline of online fast fashion retailers and Darren Peavoy focuses on the rebound in footfall levels which has been seen in Dublin City Centre.
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Super day meeting with international retailers at Completely Retail Marketplace in London for our retail team, James Quinlan, Jennifer Mulholland and Darren Peavoy.
Very positive interactions with plenty of requirements for the Irish market in 2023.
Predictably Irish Consumer Sentiment has dropped significantly in the face of an onslaught bad news; interest rates up, cost of living crisis, energy bills and the ongoing War in Ukraine. What will be interesting to watch is how this drop in sentiment manifests itself in retail sales.
To date year on year retail sales have held up well. Expect to see a divergence in performance across the retail sector as consumers prioritise certain spend categories over others. Sectors which are particularly sensitive to energy costs and and are in the highly discretionary spend segments will likely suffer the greatest squeeze whilst need based spending should hold up well based on strong demographics.
