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BROWN THOMAS ON Grafton Street and Arnotts are to fully reopen this Wednesday, 10 June following the government’s announcement to move to ‘Phase Two Plus’ next week.
Brown Thomas stores in Cork, Limerick, and Galway will fully reopen on Thursday; opening times will be 10.30am until 6pm.
Other major retailers such as Penneys and Ikea have also announced they will re-open stores with street access next week; with Penneys re-opening from Friday 12 June Ikea opening from tomorrow.
Health Minister Simon Harris urged people ahead of their reopening that just because shops are re-opening soon “doesn’t mean we all need to go at once”.
Although the stores are reopening, those who wish to attend the stores are reminded that some strict measures will be in place to ensure their health and safety are protected.
These include the option to pre-book visits, a ‘virtual queuing’ system, and a ban on touching or trying on beauty testers.
A number of measures in place in both Brown Thomas and Arnotts include:
There will also be a free same-day home delivery service for customers who buy some larger items, to avoid them having to bring them on to public transport.
A ‘click & collect’ area will be at the Brown Thomas car park in Dublin, so customers can remain in their car to collect their purchases.
Brown Thomas is also offering virtual consultations and appointments can take place with women’s and menswear personal shoppers and stylists.
Arnotts customers will be able to shop for furniture virtually from next week.
“We have been planning the safe reopening of our stores for weeks and all necessary safety measures will be implemented prior to opening in compliance with government and HSE guidelines,” a statement said.
Donald McDonald, Managing Director of ‘Brown Thomas Arnotts’, said: “We are looking forward to welcoming our customers back to our beautiful stores where they will be able to shop our entire offer in a safe and inspiring way.
Customers will experience some differences in how things are done as we ensure the highest safety and hygiene standards are adhered to, but we are confident that our customers will enjoy the new innovations that we have introduced, which will make their shopping experience as seamless and enjoyable as ever.
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Take that Belgium you f*ckers.
Ha!
I can’t wait to get out of this kip, maybe go to a country where good news feels good, instead of this hole where good news is nothing more than propaganda for the sheepies
I wouldn’t buy a used car off him. Everything is looking rosy, except we owe around 200 billion and are still borrowing about 9 billion a year. But if they still want to give it to us we’ll take it.
That’s not his comments or what his job is. His job is just to get the best loan rate and that’s what he’s commenting on.
So what is our debt to GDP ratio ? Irish Times today says it was 123.7 % at end 2013. Corrigan says it’s under 100% ?
It’s not his fault we owe 200BN. Remember “we all partied !!!”……..now if they get us to repeat it often enough………..
So what! Massive money printing and zero interest rates is forcing investors to invest in junk bonds like ours to get any sort of return coupled with Dragi saying he’d intervene if countries were close to default is pushing down interest rates. Greece’s bonds are also around 3.6% Ffs and they defaulted to the tune of 100bn! The fact of the matter is austerity and Keynesianism for the banks has increased debt and risk in the world economy, setting us up for a monster crash bigger than 2007! What will that mean for us? Confiscation of savings and destruction of pensions, further collapse in income and ever widening wealth and income gaps. Whupdedoo!
I think as a country we need to decide what the bottom is in terms of support. It seems we just can’t decide how far left we are trying to go. Until then people will always feel hard done by.
Hooray!!!
I don’t judge my economy on how good our bond yields are or how many new McJobs have been created. I judge it on how well the state cares for kids with special needs or how many homeless I see sleeping in doorways in Dublin’s business district every morning.
People matter more than interest on bonds.
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