The expanded KIldare Village outlet shopping centre will add 31 new tenants and 500 extra jobs by the autumn, while Pennyes is expanding its opening hours in Dundrum.
eanwhile, Brown Thomas has pushed back opening of its new Dundrum store until spring 2022. As retailers bet on consumers returning to physical shops Kildare Village, run by Value Retail Management Ireland, reopens this Monday, May 17 with a string of new tenants to be added over the coming weeks.
They include Pinko, an Italian women’s fashion brand, and Gym+Coffee – the Irish athleisure brand, in which One Direction star Niall Horan is an investor/advisor. Other new tenants include Murphy’s Ice Cream and a Skechers outlet. The new development will also feature a multi-storey car park.
Virtual shopping proved so popular during lockdown that it will remain a permanent service at the outlet, a spokeswoman confirmed.
In a new development, Clara Halpin has been appointed deputy director of personal and private shopping at Kildare Village. Ms Halpin previously worked in Dublin, advising male and female corporates and legal eagles on how to do suits, pm dressing and weekend casual.
Ms Halpin says the new hybrid business office model may trigger a new hybrid in office attire. People are eager to get dressed up, she says, “but they will have a more creative approach to it”.
“People have got used to a more unstructured vibe, but I think they are going to want to be smart. They still need a jacket, but they may go with a softer jacket,” she said.
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Elsewhere in fashion retail, Dundrum Town Centre has confirmed that Next are expanding their children’s offering into the former Lipsy store next door.
While Dundrum’s core opening hours are 9am-9pm, the Penneys outlet in Dundrum will operate from 8am-10pm during the first week.
The planned opening of the new Brown Thomas store in Dundrum – in the first two floors of the former House of Fraser store – has been moved out from autumn to next year.
“We are delighted to open Brown Thomas in Dundrum in spring 2022. Exciting plans are well underway to create a store like no other, and reinvent a retail experience for our customers,” a spokesperson for Brown Thomas Arnotts said.
And on Grafton Street, luxury clothing brand Canada Goose – who triggered queues when they opened their Dublin store last December – has confirmed that they will reopen on Monday after the premises was emptied of stock during lockdown.
