Top 30 'best stores in Ireland' features seven finalists coming from Limerick

Comhrá

A bit of good press about some of Limerick's shops.

https://www.breakingnews.ie/business/these-are-irelands-top-30-stores-according-to-new-list-954413.html

02/10/2019 - 10:55:00Back to Business Home

A list of the top 30 'best stores in Ireland' features a record-breaking seven finalists coming from Limerick City. The top stores in the Retail Excellence list include Brown Thomas in Dublin and Cork book store Vibes and Scribes.

The 'top five friendliest places' were also announced today. The five finalists are the cities of Cork and Limerick as well as Ennis, Naas and Carrick-on-Shannon. The Friendliest Place competition is the central part of the Retail Excellence Annual Awards, which were established in 1997 to promote best practice and encourage the highest standards in the Irish retail industry.

David Fitzsimons, Group CEO, Retail Excellence said: “We enjoyed a record entry of over 550 stores to this year’s AIBMS Retail Excellence Awards. We are now down to the Top30. Each of the 30 will now be visited in person by UK retail trends company Echochamber. They will also make a detailed financial submission to Grant Thornton.

"The outcome of the visit and the financial submission will determine the overall winner. The quality of entry this year has been first-class and we look forward to celebrating the very best of Irish Retail on November 9 in the Great Southern Hotel, Killarney.”

Arboretum Home & Garden Heaven, Old Kilkenny Road, Leighlinbridge
Carlow Brown Thomas, Grafton Street, Dublin 2
Cakeface Patisserie, Irishtown, Kilkenny
Casey's Furniture, Raheen Roundabout, Raheen, Limerick
Centenary DIY, Home & Garden, Britta's Road, Limerick
Cunningham's Pharmacy, Block C, River Village, Monksland, Athlone, Westmeath
Dominic Smith Expert Electrical, Dundrum Village Centre, Dundrum, Dublin
Eddie Rocket's, South Anne Street, Dublin
Esquires Coffee, Catherine Street, Limerick
Faller's Jewellers, Williamsgate Street, Galway
Flynn's Homevalue, Kilrush Business Park, Dungarvan, Waterford
Freshii, Cross Street Lower, Galway
Fun Tech Global, Northside Shopping Centre, Coolock, Dublin
Garvey's SuperValu, Grove Island, Corbally, Limerick
Garvey's SuperValu, Parnell Street, Dungarvan, Waterford
Gerry Browne Jewellers, Main Street, Portlaoise, Laois
Grey Heron, Bridge Street, Bandon, Cork
Hook & Ladder, Sarsfield, Limerick
Insomnia, Main Street, Cavan
McCauley Health & Beauty Pharmacy, Charlemont Street, Dublin
McMahon Opticians, Landmark Court, Dublin Road, Carrick-on-Shannon, Leitrim
Murphy Larkin Timber Products, Riverstown Business Park, Tramore, Waterford
Nano Nagle Place, Douglas Street, Cork
Petstop, Limerick One Shopping Park, Childers Road, Limerick
Phelan's Pharmacy, Blackrock Hall, Blackrock Avenue, Skehard Road, Cork
Shaw's Department Store, Crescent Shopping Centre, Dooradoyle, Limerick
The Kilkenny Restaurant & CafNassau Street, Dublin
Topline Murtagh, Fredrick Street, Ashbourne, Meath
Vibes and Scribes Bookshop, Lavitt's Quay, Cork
Windyridge Nurseries & Garden Centre, Rochestown Avenue, Dúnlaoghaire, Dublin

jonski

Centenary DIY, Home & Garden, Britta's Road, Limerick

Anyone able to direct me to this store ? Google has decided it doesn't exist , or at least my google has .

fryup

Its in Thurles Tipp (unless there's another one in Limk?)

Mc Love

Great to see my alma tabernam listed in that.

kilburn

No Idea how Garvery's Corbally are on that list they dont know what stock rotation is and a large amount of items in the fridges are out of date

Granadino

kilburn wrote: »

No Idea how Garvery's Corbally are on that list they dont know what stock rotation is and a large amount of items in the fridges are out of date

Maybe they paid to enter, like the advertising awards etc

Niska

Granadino wrote: »

Maybe they paid to enter, like the advertising awards etc

Most likely. I assume at the very least you must be a member of retail excellence, and these are the subscription fees:

http://www.retailexcellence.ie/membership/#rate-table

Micro 1-4 staff €250
Small 5-20 staff €365
Medium 21-100 staff €585
Large 101 – 250 staff €985
Extra Large 251 – 600 staff €1585
Corporate >600 staff €3885