Joules set to open 100th store

Fashion and lifestyle retailer Joules will open its 100th store this Friday, November 20, in Dublin.

Located on Wicklow Street, Dublin, the landmark 100th store also marks the brand’s first city centre store in the Republic of Ireland, its other store is in designer outlet shopping centre Kildare Village.

The Dublin store spans across two floors and will stock the brand’s range of menswear, womenswear and children swear.

Commenting on the opening, Joules founder Tom Joule said: “I am so pleased we are opening in such a vibrant city like Dublin. Joules has grown almost beyond recognition since I started it more than 25 years ago, and I’m so proud of everything we’ve achieved.

“We might now have reached 100 stores, but our mission remains exactly the same: to create fun, quality products which stand the test of time, and to build on being what our customers love.”

The milestone follows Joules financial results for 2014/15, which showed that total revenue grew by 22 percent to 117 million pounds with EBITDA rising by 18 percent to 10.7 million pounds. In the UK, revenue increased by 17.5 percent across the brand’s retail, online and wholesale business.