Four Westmeath retailers in Ireland's Top100 Stores

Four retailers from County Westmeath have been named among the Top100 stores in Ireland by Retail Excellence, the country’s largest retail industry representative body.

Greenroad Pharmacy and Kilmurray’s Homevalue in Mullingar, Inglot in Athlone Town Centre and Park Jewellers in Golden Island Shopping Centre have all made Retail Excellence Ireland’s list of the Top100 best stores in the country. 

The four businesses are the only stores in Westmeath to make the list.

The Top100 stores are part of the Retail Excellence Awards in partnership with AIB Merchant Services, which were established in 1997 to promote best practice and encourage high standards in the Irish retail industry and are now the largest and most prestigious of its kind in Ireland. 

The awards take place at a black tie event on Saturday November 10 in the Malton Hotel in Killarney.

Lorraine Higgins, chief executive of Retail Excellence, said: “This year we were delighted to have received more than 500 store entries from every retail sector for our national retail awards.

“The quality of customer care and excellence throughout these entries made selecting the Top100 stores an extremely difficult task.
 
“Such high standards are particularly important given the difficult challenges facing retailers at present including the ongoing threat posed by Brexit, as well as domestic issues which we continue to work to resolve on behalf of our members.”

“I want to sincerely thank and commend each entrant and in particular, congratulate those announced today in our Top100.”

Congratulating the stores named in the Top100, Mark Patterson, head of Field Sales of AIB Merchant Services, said: “These retailers represent the very best of the retail industry in Ireland. 

“AIB Merchant Services are proud to partner with Retail Excellence Ireland to support such a prestigious event.”