Dunnes Stores (Department Store)

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~ ~ Dunnes Stores are the Irish equivalent of Marks and Spencers in the UK, and in fact were to a large extent modelled on that company. But whereas Marks and Sparks have seen a recent downturn in their trading fortunes, Dunnes Stores have gone from strength to strength since the late Ben Dunne opened his first store in Patrick Street in Cork on March 30th, 1944. It is a sign of the consistency of this company to always deliver what the consumer ...
...~ Throughout their 57-year history, Dunnes have always been leaders and innovators in Irish retailing. In the 1960’s, they were the first department store to display their goods on racks, in order that the customer could more easily browse, every shop up until that time keeping goods behind the counter. They were also the first to provide lunchtime sustenance for hungry workers. On his own lunch break, Ben Dunne noticed that many office workers ... Read review

Advantages: Nice clothes relatively cheap
Disadvantages: Fashion mood swings

...buy your best clothes in Dunnes Stores up yours. " Well, thats no longer my opinion. Dunnes Stores is one of those traditional, cheap department stores. I remember it when it was a bog standard supermarket, however in my town they now specialise in clothes and other household utilities. It is December, and feeling a little cold and unenthusiastic about Christmas, I popped into Dunnes Stores to see if I could pick up a bargain. TK Maxx is ten miles ...
...needed something cheap but different. Dunnes Stores didn't disappoint! I had once before looked in Dunnes and was taken aback by the shleves upon shelves of mens clothing that was simply for chavs, spides, scallies, whatever you want to call them. Pink and yellow, all that. This time however Dunnes had definatly hit my Christmas feelings on the head. Simple, plain, neat fitting red jumpers. No logos, no drawings. And, fully wollen. Sexy! This jumper ... Read review

Advantages: none noted
Disadvantages: no real bras on sale

Dunnes has been called the biggest seller of lingerie in Ireland - but if you want to buy a bra with no padding, you will not find anything of interest in their Dublin shops. Yes, it seems that all women of all size and shapes apparently want padded bras according to the lingerie purchasing department at Dunnes, notwithstanding the fact that many (most?) women are not interested in making their breasts look larger (although more shapely might be ...
...pretty standard bra size (34 C), I was shocked to find that the only bras on sale without padding in that or any size there-abouts were sports bras. Who is purchasing for this shop? If it is a woman (and I hope it is), she obviously has some issues re. real breasts, but why this should become part of a totally lop-sided sales strategy is beyond me. Most women have breasts, and they want to buy bras of all types - sport, day-to-day, sexy etc - that ... Read review

Advantages: Value
Disadvantages: Lack of mainland UK locations

Dunnes Stores is one of the largest retail companies in the republic of Ireland, with a large amount of stores in Northern Ireland and 10+ on mainland UK. What appears to be a blatant rip off of Marks & Spencer (St. BERNARD as opposed to St. Michael), they provide excellenct value groceries, and usually, VALUE range clothing (ie, Cheap). While the Mainland Stores may not have any grocery departments to speak of, these only are drapery stores, I ... Read review