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BUDGET CHAIN DEALZ will open another 10 new stores over the next year and offer 300 more jobs as it keeps up an aggressive expansion of its Irish operations.
The UK-owned, single-price retailer will open a flagship Dublin city centre store early next month as part of its three-year push into the country.
It has opened 35 stores since the first started trading in late 2011 and the latest growth drive will also include several outlets being launched over a four-week period including in Wexford, Dundalk and the second Dealz outlet in Cork
The company said it had hired 1,000 workers in Ireland so far and invested over €53.6 million in the local economy with another €4.5 million to come over the next 12 months.
Its latest jobs announcement is on top of a string of extra positions the company announced in late 2012 as part of plans to open 10 new Irish stores that year.
Fully dedicated to Ireland
Dealz chief executive Jim McCarthy said the company was “fully dedicated” to the Irish market and its expansion plans would keep creating jobs for local workers.
Total sales for its UK parent company Poundland went up more than 13% between March 2013 and the same time this year to hit nearly £1 billion (€1.27 billion), although its pre-tax profits shrunk about 19%.
At the time it already had 528 Poundland and Dealz stores open, and it was planning to set up another 60 each year, according to the company’s most recent financial report.
The news comes as a recent Retail Ireland survey found consumers’ thrifty buying habits from during the recession had become ingrained and price was the most important consideration when doing their regular shopping runs.
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At this stage, we should just copy the Chinese model and shut down all events, flights and travel in and out of Europe for a couple of weeks. It will hurt for a while but need to keep the big picture in mind.
@Nomad: Nope.
It’s already here, clearly. And in reality, there was zero chance of stopping it, as long as trade, commerce and tourism were given priority. So now we just have roll the dice with the health system. As someone with parents in their 80s, one of whom spent Christmas in hospital with the flu, I can tell you it’s going to be a lot more ‘disappointing’ than cancelling the odd parade…
Just cancel all major up coming events, full stop lifes are more important than someone feelings
Call me naive, but the reason for the Ireland Italy game being cancelled, was due to a large influx of Italians potentially from the affected regions arriving here? Well then what about the 30/40 flights a day into ireland from italy carrying plenty of italian passengers? Same situation no?
@Robert Grant: Italy isn’t the only European country with detected cases, should we close down the airports and ports completely?
@Robert Grant: The cases in Italy are in the north and under quarnteen so they are not exactly all off boarding planes to Ireland
@Gavin Conran: ah stop that now…that would make sense
@Gavin Conran: So the planes are empty then??
@Gavin Conran: what I mean is it’s a contradiction to cancel the games and still allow people travel here from affected regions of that country. I’m sure the italians who were going to travel to the game have flights booked so I’m sure they will still come and make a weekend of it and frequent our bars, restaurants and be mixing with plenty of people. It’s just a contradiction in my opinion.
@Gavin Conran: I know some crew working in Bergamo Airport and even though the city is on a lock down, airport is still fully functioning, bringing at least 2 fully loaded planes to Dublin daily
@Robert Grant: The cancellation is about 50,000 people being in a confined space, even one person there with the virus could cause a catastrophy.
It was a good call to cancel the match
All them multinational tech companies having People come and go from all over the world. What could possibly go wrong? I wouldn’t be surprised if it’s here already and HSE won’t release the news. As simple Simon says Ireland should expect ” a very big increase” in suspected corona virus cases in the next few week’s
@Stevo The Man On A Mission them dirty foreigners coming over here infectioning us with their dirty foreigner germs….
Get a grip their Stevo – it’s right to be cautious, but it’s wrong to get hysterical
@Dave Harris: ehhh what ?
@Stevo The Man On A Mission Returns: You should go on off to bed, lock your doors and just shrivel away.
@Ian Breathnach: It’s a completely anonymous account and makes outrageous statements. It has little courage. You should ignore it.
@Stevo The Man On A Mission Returns: they tuk err jerbbs
We’ve a lad here in this factory who returned yesterday from a skiing holiday in northern Italy. Our employer said dey got info saying hes fine so long as he doesnt show symptoms. I asked why are we relying on info from the most inept organisation in the country to keep us healthy
Probably a good thing they cancelled the Rugby match
Apparently the Clayton hotel in Dublin has just been closed off and men in hazmat suits seen entering. Could be precautionary, seen on Twitter
@Declan Edward: the jacks probably over flowed
@Declan Edward: there is no clayton Hotel on pearse St.
@OBean.ie: apologies, it’s only what I read earlier
It looks like it was a good call to cancel the match
No one is controlling anything its on the way a nd now its unstoppable
@Braonain Proinseas: What do you think is going to happen? In the space of 3 months the UK has 15 cases 9 of which have fully recovered and the rest still needing treatment or longer stays in hospital. Get some fckin perspective.
Quarantine people arriving into the republic or the virus will spread.
That video of the Clayton was posted over 12 hours ago. It was only for a few seconds and the 1 man didn’t even have anything in his hands, what was he going to check the person out with? More likely some idiot dressed up to try create hysteria. Nothing would surprise me in this town!
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