A Wear to invest €1m in Cork

FASHION retailer A Wear plans to invest e1 million in a new Cork shop at Mahon Point and relocating its existing shop at the Wilton shopping centre.

The company, which is owned by the upmarket department store group Brown Thomas, said yesterday that the store in the 250,000sq ft Mahon Point will open next February and will create 15 jobs in an investment of €500,000.

The remaining money will be spent relocating A Wear’s existing store at Wilton to the new part of the Tesco side of the Wilton site next month.