New Look Ireland in Liquidation

The clothes shops are there because that's what people still buy in person, in volume; and hence those are the shops that make money. The other types you want went out of business.

Second hand record shop don't make much money so can't afford big shopping centre rents; and audiophile shops need large floor areas which is why they're usually in industrial estates. There are no Sony stores in Ireland at all anymore, and one B&O which is in a rich suburb.

New Look going looks to be incompetent adaption to Brexit - loss making for the last four years when it wasn't before.

Their quality of clothes had really decreased in the last few years (though they are not the only retailers guilty of this one). Then their in-store "labels" that had a bit of quality to them were very expensive.

I would have shopped in new look a fair bit, though admittedly it probably would only scrape into the top 5, if even. They did nice dressy dresses that were suitable for corporate wear. I worked in city centre so Jervis was handy.

However in the last few years (I was discussing this with work colleagues today) before covid hit our offices adopted a more casual approach to work wear...only needed to go corporate if meetings etc but casual Friday was ok for the week.

Then COVID hit and wfh has been in place so dresses and tights (eugh) are a fairly distant memory.

So between their stock being less than great, no longer working near one and no longer needing 4 days a week worth of dressy clothes. My own spending has decreased substantially.

I'm definitely not an unique case.

I think COVID brought a fairly unexpected shift in our shopping needs. Then as mentioned already brexit may not have helped.

It is sad to see another option going, between Debenhams and a-wear closing their doors too.

It is sad to see. I used to love when they had shelves of shoes that you could just go in and try on. Liffey Valley New Look was my favourite. Going to miss it. There quality and selection of shoes had badly dropped over the last few years. Ironically I bought myself a brand new pair of New Look shoes from my local charity shop this week and when I say brand new I mean there was not a mark on the soles. They were are spotless.

Hopefully the employees find new jobs elsewhere. I wonder who ir what will replace the New Look shops. As fir too many clothes shops I disagree.

By the way Quiz is also in trouble again too :(

It could also soon be gone.

I used to love going clothes shopping but honestly I find the shops so despressing now.

There is no buzz anymore, most shops are half empty even on what used to be a typical busy Saturday.

New Look, River Island etc, the clothes are really rubbish quality now but yet expensive.

Heard one of their managers on the radio saying rapidly rising labour costs and other overheads over the past 4 or 5 years, and other overheads like rates, just means that many retail businesses now are un-viable and just hanging on. Lots of little things - for example employers having to pay staff for the Feb bank holiday when there was no Feb bank holiday years ago - add up.

You'd have to think that Shein and Temu are having a significant impact here.