Brown Thomas owner Central Group overpaid for European department stores
Thai family-owned company bought portfolio including world-famous Selfridges store in 2021 from billionaire Weston family
Arnotts
Toddler awarded €47,000 after fall against Santa’s sleigh in Arnotts
Boy has been left with a permanent scar, the Circuit Civil Court heard
Veteran of Irish business Tom Toner has died
Inaugural chairman of Forfás held directorships with a number of major Irish groups right up until his death on Saturday
Saudi Arabia’s investment fund takes stake in Brown Thomas and Arnotts owner
Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund will hold 40% of company behind well known department stores
Ex-Arnotts and Harrods executive pulls out of Fenwick role
Nigel Blow, who also led Brown Thomas, had been due to take up his new position in the coming weeks
Brown Thomas Arnotts posts record revenues despite lost income from Dublin riots
Group behind department stores made a bottom line loss due to non-cash charges relating to a sale and leaseback property transaction
Brown Thomas Arnotts fashion buying director Shelly Corkery leaves to ‘explore new opportunities’
Corkery had spent 24 years with the Irish department store retailer
Investors in UL programme reported to be spooked by student housing controversy
Seen & Heard: DNG enters the mortgage broker market; Quanta Capital targets Signa assets; and Virgin Media refused €30m for public service broadcasting
‘It’s a growing market, it absolutely is’: Meet Ireland’s online beauty entrepreneurs
Industry insiders say online business as much as tripled in size during the pandemic, fundamentally changing the sector
Munich prosecutor opens money laundering investigation into Signa
Preliminary investigation initiated into Bavarian developments by collapsed luxury property group
Signa company’s failure due to ‘illicit’ transactions, creditors allege
Claim contradicts earlier findings that company, which part owns Brown Thomas and Arnotts, founded on rising interest rates and their impact on property valuation models
Signa creditors push to oust management over property fire sale fears
Properties held by Signa, which part owns Brown Thomas and Arnotts, are being sold or transferred with limited transparency, groups representing dozens of lenders say
Signa creditors file criminal complaint with Austrian anti-fraud prosecutors
Group of creditors to René Benko’s property empire seek urgent investigation into collapsed group
Berlin’s KaDeWe department store files for insolvency
Store is part owned by Austria’s Signa Group, which is also co-owner of Brown Thomas and Arnotts in Ireland
Unsolicited bid for Brown Thomas Arnotts, nursing home losses, and Dalton Philips plan to rebuild profits at Greencore
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Brown Thomas Arnotts could have been sold for the second time in a year
Latest accounts for the Irish department store retailer show that it was the subject of an unsolicited offer in August 2023, which ultimately came to nothing
Brown Thomas has busiest-ever trading month in December despite fallout from city-centre riot
Latest accounts for Brown Thomas Arnotts show that a third party bid was made last August for Irish department store retailer but talks ended without a deal
‘Potential bidders’ for Ires assets emerge amid rebel shareholder campaign
Seen & Heard: BT-Arnotts’ ‘car-free Dublin’ warning; tax debt deadline extension; Tara Mines rescue plan rejected; Cadbury site plans
St Stephen’s Day sales: Arnotts saves Christmas by honouring ‘massive’ discounts
Panicked bargain hunters feared missing out on discount televisions and matresses
Fall of former Brown Thomas and Arnotts owner continues with self-administration move
Signa collapse leaves line of creditors and unfinished buildings in its wake
Brown Thomas and Arnotts part-owner files for insolvency
Filing will concern dozens of European banks over their exposure to indebted group
O’Connell Street traders fight to recover ground lost to riots
O’Connell Street is supposed to be Dublin’s main thoroughfare but instead vast tracts of land lie empty awaiting redevelopment
What is and isn’t open for business in Dublin today
Dublin riots: Life in the city centre is partially returning to normal but there are fears that there could be more trouble
‘Shame on those people’: Arnotts chief rounds on rioters
Dublin businesses ‘massively concerned’ about cost and impact of riots on trade in what is busiest trading period of the year
Is change in the air at Brown Thomas and Arnotts?
Thailand’s Central Group has moved to take full control of the department stores’ parent group
Housing on target, Mainstream restructuring and how the Brown Thomas owner lost control
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Thai investor takes control of Brown Thomas and Arnotts
Central Group acquires additional equity in company behind department stores, giving it majority control of the Selfridges group
‘I know it sounds mad that a wine opener can help somebody, but it does give independence’
‘I know it sounds mad that a wine opener can help somebody, but it does give independence’
Restructuring of Brown Thomas owner ‘does not change anything’ for Irish operations
Rene Benko, founder of Signa Holdings which owns store and Arnotts, handing over control of €23bn empire for restructuring
A snapshot of trading by Brown Thomas and Arnotts since their takeover last year
Accounts for parent group show Irish department stores made a loss from mid-August 2022 under new owners
Owner of Brown Thomas, Arnotts records £124m loss
Department store portfolio was bought by René Benko’s Signa Group and Tiang Chirathivat’s Central Group for £4bn
Dublin’s post-Covid plans: ‘There is no vision and no strategy ... our citizens are losing out’
Violent and antisocial behaviour along with lack of forethought for city’s future threaten capital’s standing for tourism, say leading retailers, cultural bodies and business organisations
Noel Smyth gets go-ahead for 245-bed hotel above Arnotts
Dublin City Council concludes development will ‘contribute to the regeneration’ of the area
Noel Smyth appeals rejection of Arnotts build to rent scheme
City Council has rejected developer’s plan for 159-units in blocks up to 12 storeys high over landmark retail outlet
Deutsche Bank cuts ties with Brown Thomas co-owner René Benko
Developer named by prosecutors last year as a suspect in long-running corruption investigation
Miriam Lord: Clerys’ reopening felt more like a corporate process designed to draw veil over closure that broke Dublin’s heart
Department store’s abrupt closing, leaving hundreds out of work with only basic redundancy, left a sour taste
Permission refused for Smyth’s 12-storey Arnotts apartment plan
Developer had sought to construct 159 build-to-rent units at the Dublin store site
Tesco, Aldi and Brown Thomas Arnotts admit ‘more to do’ to close gender pay gap
More men in senior roles means women earn less on an hourly basis, while Tesco and Brown Thomas also have wide bonus gaps
Post-Christmas sales: Ten shops with great sales and what to buy there
Arnotts, Brown Thomas, Shaws and many more retailers promising all manner of discounts on everything from Aran jumpers to Zippo lighters
UK retailer Joules calls in administrators after struggling to secure funding
Fashion and homeware brand operates three stores in the Republic and two in Northern Ireland
Brown Thomas and Arnotts parent posts record pretax profit of €8.94m
Group had shipped a loss in the previous year
Noel Smyth to seek permission for hotel on site beside Arnotts
Plan for nine-storey hotel involves the demolition of three open air levels of Arnotts’ multi-storey car park
Lenders register charges against Brown Thomas Arnotts as new owners take over
Thai-headquartered Central Group and Austrian Signa Holding completed the €4.7 billion deal for Selfridges group last week
‘To sleep, perchance to dream’: How to recreate five-star luxury at home
Expert tips on making your bedroom a restful space
The best SPFs for under make-up
Some sun protection creams will act like a primer, others won’t interfere with your foundation
Brown Thomas opens €12m Dundrum outlet with dress rental and intravenous vitamins
Sustainability-focused store will employ about 400 staff, including 220 new full-time roles
Emer McLysaght: We cannot accept a return to street-sweeping jeans
Nineties fashion trends are making me feel ancient and sick
Policy supports high-rise tower at Arnotts car park, property firm says
Fitzwilliam Real Estate plans 12-storey build-to-rent scheme in Dublin city centre
Tried and tested: I used a €45 shampoo for a month
What’s so special about Augustinus Bader Haircare? Laura Kennedy finds out
Retail lurched in 2021 from winter lockdown to summer boom
Reviving city centre retail and labour shortage will be big challenges for year ahead
New owners of Selfridges plan luxury hotel at flagship London store
Austrian-Thai group also buying Brown Thomas and Arnotts
Pricewatch’s 2021: An expensive year for consumers
Covid, Brexit, rising energy costs and supply chain issues combined to put the squeeze on
Brown Thomas and Arnotts sold in £4bn deal
Thai/Austrian consortium buying Selfridges group from Weston family
Thailand’s Central Group days away from closing £4bn deal for Selfridges, sources say
Joint venture set to acquire group that owns Brown Thomas and Arnotts stores
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