Land of Leather to expand Irish operations
The company plans to expand its network of 90 or so shops across Britain and Ireland to a minimum of 140 over the next five years. It has 12 stores here — two in Dublin, one each in Athlone, Tralee, Bray, Kilkenny, Limerick, Cork and Sligo and three in the North. The Kilkenny and Bray stores were opened during the company’s second quarter.
According to a company spokesperson, details of sites and investment are commercially sensitive, but the firm would be looking to open in places where it won’t be cannibalising its own business. All of Land of Leather’s stores are company owned and investment on individual shops can range from around £30,000 (€45,000) to £250,000 — depending on whether they are brand new sites or existing shops which have been bought from other companies.
