The Hughes & Hughes store in Dundalk, which was first opened in 2004, has reopened today creating eight jobs.
Derek Hughes, Managing Director, said, ‘To be re-opening our much acclaimed store in Dundalk is very gratifying and illustrates the long term confidence we have in Dundalk. I am especially pleased for our Manager, Ellie Winters, and many of our staff, who will be rejoining us.’ He added that ‘Trading in our other five stores that have reopened has been very strong over the last three months and we are confident that Hughes & Hughes Dundalk will follow this trend.’
Ellie Winters, Hughes & Hughes Dundalk Manager said, ‘This is a great day for everyone in the Hughes & Hughes family and especially for people associated with the store here in Dundalk. All eight of us are book enthusiasts and we are looking forward to sharing our knowledge and passion for books with our customers once again.’
The re-opened Dundalk store is still located at Clanbrassil Street, covers 3,200 sq ft and stocks 20,000 titles. The store offers a large young readers section including titles for pre-school age readers.
The new holding company that owns Hughes & Hughes, Sivota Limited, have now reopened six of the company’s former stores:
- Hughes & Hughes, St. Stephen’s Green Shopping Centre, Dublin 2
- Hughes & Hughes, Pavillions Shopping Centre, Swords, Co. Dublin
- Hughes & Hughes, Omnipark, Santry, Dublin 9
- Hughes & Hughes, Dundrum Shopping Centre, Dublin 14
- Hughes & Hughes, Ennis, Co. Clare
- Hughes & Hughes, Clanbrassil Street, Dundalk, Co. Louth.
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