Smyths

Smyths Toys Superstores
Private
Industry Retail
Headquarters County Galway, Ireland
Number of locations
 100 Stores
Area served
 Ireland & United Kingdom
Products Toys
Website www.smythstoys.com

Smyths Toys Superstores is an Irish chain provider of children's toys and entertainment products with over 100 stores throughout Ireland and the UK.

The company is run by four brothers,[1] operates over 100 stores in total: nineteen stores in the Republic of Ireland, five in Northern Ireland and a further ninety-six in England, Scotland and Wales.[1] It was founded in Claremorris, and is that country's largest toy retailer.[2] claiming to have 60% of the €320M market.[1] Ten years earlier, the company had four stores and sales of €20 million.

Smyths store in Hull

The Globe Retail Park in Naas, Ireland was subject to a fire on 27 July 2016 that destroyed of one of the store's stockrooms, causing the store to temporarily close, with operations being moved until repairs could be made.[3][4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Webb, Nick (2008) "Smyths toys with a plan for expansion into UK", Irish Independent, 22 April 2007
  2. ↑ "Toy mega store for Rayleigh Weir", Essex Echo], 13 September 2008
  3. ↑ http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/news/smyths-toy-store-evacuated-after-blaze-34917914.html
  4. ↑ http://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/hundreds-shoppers-queue-outside-toy-8706456

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