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diy closures???

  • 16-06-2012 9:27am
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    kevinkmb36
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    ive past by brooks (diy and hardware store) on the ballysimon road lately and noticed the gates were closed...have they closed down does anyone know??
    also, heard a rumour that atlantic homecare are closing??
    all the diy stores have been hit badly with the recession im sure, but hopefully they aint closing...


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  • #2
    The Snipe
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    kevinkmb36 wrote: »
    ive past by brooks (diy and hardware store) on the ballysimon road lately and noticed the gates were closed...have they closed down does anyone know??
    also, heard a rumour that atlantic homecare are closing??
    all the diy stores have been hit badly with the recession im sure, but hopefully they aint closing...
    All in the Limerick business closing thread.


  • #3
    bazz26
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    Nearly all these DIY places popped up during the boom years when people were buying propertly like fools. Now that nobody is buying there are too many of these places. In saying that Brooks were around along time but were never exactly cheap.

    Brooks and Tubs and Tyles are part of the same group, it was announced months ago that Brooks was closing, I think they shut their doors back in April. Atlantic Homecare and Woodies DIY are under the same ownership of another group and they announced they were closing 5 branches of Atlantic Homecare nationwide, the one on Childer's Road was one of them. Kindof baffled me how they could both be owned by the same group yet end up competing against each other.

    I am also a bit amazed that the UK DIY chain stores haven't down scaled their number of stores here too. The likes of Home Base, B&Q and Wicks must be feeling the pinch too.


  • #4
    fryup
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    bazz26 wrote: »

    I am also a bit amazed that the UK DIY chain stores haven't down scaled their number of stores here too. The likes of Home Base, B&Q and Wicks must be feeling the pinch too.

    does anyone actually shop in that place?? its like a morgue sometimes


  • #5
    flyingsnail
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    Chadwick on childers road is also set to close.
    http://www.limerickleader.ie/news/business/chadwicks-set-to-close-its-limerick-store-1-3948235


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