Primark

...and event planning. Primark is a retail group in the value sector and operates a total of 191 stores in Ireland (where it trades under the Penneys brand), The Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Germany and the UK. Primark employs in excess...

In this article: Associated British Foods, United Kingdom, Vendor Relationship Management, Supply chain, Germany, Portugal, and Ireland

...hires international trading chief The discount clothing giant Primark has hired a former Marks & Spencer director to be its new international trading chief, as it ramps up its international expansion. Julian Kilmartin is to join the...

In this article: Arthur Ryan, Marks & Spencer, C&A, Next, Moss Bros, and Ireland

...of the company, which is owned by Associated British Foods. He joined ABF in 1969 to launch the clothing business, starting with Penneys in Ireland and later Primark in the UK. His replacement will be chief operating officer Paul Marchant,...

In this article: Arthur Ryan, Associated British Foods, UK, Germany, and Ireland

...this lyric was dubbed over as 'Penneys'. Liverpool's five story 84,000 sq ft Primark was the world's largest, but has now been superseded by the Primark in Bristol at 82-92 The Horsefair Primark on The Headrow in Leeds city centre,...

In this article: United Kingdom, Ireland, Associated British Foods plc, Panorama, The Observer, Weston family, International Labour Organisation, and War on Want

...we can't better that number," Mr Bason said. Primark has stores in Ireland, Spain, Portugal, Holland and Germany - plans to launch in Belgium, with a store in Liege, and Austria next year. ABF said that Primark's profits for the year to...

In this article: Sugar, Recession, Arthur Ryan, Twinings, EU, and Austria

...part-time basis. Primark's formula of cheap, disposable fashion has chimed with changing consumer tastes in its core markets of the UK and Ireland, where snobbery towards discount clothing has evaporated in recent years. The roots of the...

In this article: Arthur Ryan, Marks and Spencer, Debenhams, Next, Topman, River Island, and Associated British Foods

...the first Primark store in Dublin in 1969 (called Penneys). The first UK stores opened five years later, and by 1984 Primark had 22 stores in the UK and Ireland apiece. The chain now accounts for over one third of parent ABF's profits...

In this article: Arthur Ryan, UK, Ireland, Ben Dunne, Associated British Foods, and Galen Weston

...guest, who has plenty of jokes, anecdotes and is full of life." Primark has stores in the UK, Spain, Portugal, the Netherlands, Germany and Ireland, where it trades as Penneys. It plans to enter Belgium, with a store in Liege, and Austria...

In this article: Arthur Ryan, Associated British Foods, and Galen Weston

...its management to enter Belgium in 2010. Primark, which has 188 stores in countries including the UK, Ireland and Spain, will open its first store in Germany in the city of Bremen tomorrow. Earlier this year, it launched in Portugal with...

In this article: Belgium, Arthur Ryan, Associated British Foods, Europe, Rotterdam, and Bremen