Eason & Son

For other uses, see Eason.
Eason and Son Limited
Private
Industry Retail
Wholesale
Advertising
Founded 1819
Headquarters Dublin, Ireland
Products Books
Stationery
Newspaper
Cards and gifts
Toys
€9.7m (2003)
Website

Eason & Son (or Eason's as it is more commonly known) is a group involved in the wholesale, distribution and retail of books, newspapers, magazines, stationery and cards on the island of Ireland (In both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland).

The chain of 34 retail and 16 franchised Eason stores exist throughout the island. The company is headquartered in Dublin and employs over 1,800 staff. The company, which is privately owned, had a profit of 9.7 million in 2003 on a turnover of €372 million. Recently, the company has moved into franchising, with a number of new retail units operating independently under the Eason brand. Most of these are located in shopping centres or smaller towns which do not already have an existing Eason shop. Conor Whelan is Managing Director. The company's current slogan is "Whatever you're into, get into Eason", replacing the previous slogan "So many reasons to shop at Eason's".

List of divisions, ownership of other companies and acquisitions

An Eason branch in Carryduff

See also

References

  1. easonadvert.ie
  2. maps.google.com
  3. rte.ie
  4. Kehoe, Ian (2007-01-14). "Eason and Menzies sign joint distribution deal". Sunday Business Post (Financial Times Information).

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Eason & Son.

Eason & Son: A History by L M Cullen. (438pp, 16 plates Dublin 1989.)

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, April 01, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.