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Primark in the USA | 1 Day to go

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Primark is one of our favourite Retailers in Excel Recruitment. As well as recruiting for them, we adore the fashion and value for money concepts that spreads through a range of divisions. Their leap towards beauty, with salons in selected stores saw them establish themselves as one of the most innovative and progressive retailers. Their opening in Boston on September 10th will see them make retail history. We trawled through Instagram with the #PrimarkUSA hashtag to bring you the most exciting photos as they prepare to launch. Best of luck from everyone in Excel Recruitment.

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All images found under the #primarkusa hashtag with a total of 368 images.

Instagram Sources: @primark, @lj.preston, @birdy.fashion, @jaynebibby, @its_justme_j, @diwali2512, @wendug,

Penney’s Boston – All you need to know

Posted on | by Aisling Rafferty

Primark (*Penney’s in Ireland and referred to as both throughout this piece) will make Retail history by opening their first of many Fashion Stores in the United States. The fast fashion retailer synomous with affordable trends begin their ascent in the US market in just under one month and are promoting their mantra of ‘Amazing Fashion, Amazing Prices’.

The now iconic retailer which first opened in Dublin’s Mary Street in 1969, will have a dilatable 77,000 sq. ft 5 storey unit in the historic Burnham Building, a former retail space housed by US retailer Filenes. The opening on September 10th is naturally being monitored closely by both sides of the Atlantic. With such a revered history and name in retail, Penney’s naturally have become an anchor tenant.

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The Burnham Building, located at the bottom of the €570 million Millennium Tower Skyscraper. Source: www.industrytap.com

Primark’s US website went live yesterday (August 10th 2015 – http://www.primark.com/en-us/homepage). So far they have made a conscientious effort to slot seamlessly into the US and the website includes Boston City guides, ‘Coming to America’ blog posts and tailored content by their Style Guides pertinent to the US fashion market.

Penney’s will continue their trend of physical only sales, with no online shopping facility available. Currently Primark have 289 stores across nine countries and their retail trajectory remains unrivalled. Excitingly the USA will be Penney’s tenth country and Italy will become their eleventh, with a store planned for Arese in Spring/Summer of 2016.

Numerous stores will be opened across the US. The Penney’s board have located suitable retail outlets in Philadelphia and New York which will open in due course (believed to be before the end of 2015) aiming for a cohesive Retail shopping experience for customers across the USA.

Primark have already begun their press previews of their Autumn/Winter collection. Furthermore the have designed a tailored guide that will be distributed to key social media influencers and online bloggers. The Boston Store will open at 10am on September 10th.

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*Some images were sourced from The Irish Independent article that is viewable here: http://www.independent.ie/style/fashion/fashion-news/irish-retail-chain-penneys-makes-history-with-first-american-store-31441912.html

Penney’s to expand to Italy

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Fashion retailer Penney’s has plans to embark on the Italian market, eyeing up potential stores. Known as Primark to UK consumers, has plans to open three Italian stores next year. It is believed that the first Italian store will open North West of Milan in Summer 2016.

Primark opened in France 18 months ago and have had success across all French operations. The first French store opened in Marseilles 2013 and the second in Dijon 2014. This is believed to have been an encouraging factor in opening Italian stores. They currently operate 250 stores across Europe in 8 countries and are one of the most revered fashion retailers.

With 38 stores branded as ‘Penneys’ across Ireland, they also have stores in Spain, The Netherlands, Portugal, Germany, Belgium and Austria.

Source: http://www.newstalk.com/Penneys-Primark-Italy-expansion-Marseilles-Dublin

Penneys pulls out of Naas and plan to sell site

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International Retailer Penney’s have dropped plans to develop a planned new store in Naas, Co. Kildare. They will also sell their recently vacated site in Co, Kildare town. The nearest Penney’s store will now be located a 20 minute drive away in neighbouring town Newbridge.

Six years ago development of a partially built shopping centre was abandoned and the loans were acquired by NAMA. Business in the town has since deteriorated since a decision allowed Tesco to build one of the largest Irish supermarkets on the outskirts of Naas.

Discounter Aldi have opened a second Naas store, close to Tesco off the Monread Road. Aldi’s other store is also on the outskirts of the town on the Newbridge Road. Estate agents Bannon are seeking €3 million for the 1.31-acre town centre site with planning for a large retail building, and €800,000 for the recently closed Penneys store a short distance away.

Penney’s had originally paid €27 million for the prime complex in Naas town, which at the time included a Superquinn and 60 space car park.

Source: http://www.irishtimes.com/business/commercial-property/penneys-drops-entirely-out-of-naas-1.2209652