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, Golden Discs is

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’s oldest home-entertainment specialist retail chain, with twenty outlets nationwide, and an online store as of November 2019. Their current offering includes music and film in physical formats, audio playback equipment, and pop-culture merchandise. The chain's presence around the country had diminished in the early part of the 2000s, making a significant loss by 2008 and entering

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in 2009, with multiple store closures during this period. It returned to profitability in 2013 and has expanded its retail footprint since.

Tesco Ireland Partnership

In November 2016 it was announced that Golden Discs concessions would move into more than half of Tesco Ireland's stores as part of a 3 year commercial agreement. "Golden Discs at Tesco" concessions operated as standalone units within Tesco stores offering CDs, DVDs and Games. The agreement made Golden Discs Ireland’s largest home-entertainment retailer with 96 locations nationwide. This agreement came to an end in 2019.

2017

The company set about its first attempts at expansion since the introduction of austerity with the opening of three new branches in November of that year located in The Square Town Centre, Tallaght, Main Street,

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and a pop up shop at 52 Henry Street,

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. There was also a complete overhaul of the website to include a new web store, which gave customers more access to their full product offering.

2018

2018 seen continued success for the business, with stores opening in

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Town Centre Shopping Centre,

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, Market Cross Shopping Centre,

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and

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, Dublin.

2019

An increase in turnover to €13.2m and profits to €192,000 was cited as being down to an increase in sales of vinyl. This year the company opened new stores in

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, (closed down in 2022)

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and

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, Dublin 1 while closing 1 store in Swords, Co Dublin.

Current locations

20 branches are currently located in

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Shopping Centre,

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, Stephen's Green Shopping Centre, Jervis Shopping Centre, The Square Town Centre,

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, Patrick Street

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in Co. Cork,

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Shopping Centre in Co.

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, Showgrounds Shopping Centre

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, Whitewater Shopping Centre Newbridge in

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, Main Street North

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, Market Cross Shopping Centre in

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References

'Vinyl revival' and new stores keep profits spinning at Golden Discs

Golden Discs records first profit in more than five years

Golden Discs reports a return to profit

* ttp://www.rte.ie/ten/news/2013/1022/481943-golden-discs/ Golden Discs back in Stephen's Green from Thursday

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