Heatons is an

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department store, established in 1946. The store specialises in fashion, homeware and sporting goods. They have 21 stores around Ireland, 20 in the Republic of Ireland and one in the Northern Ireland town of Enniskillen. The Northern Ireland town of Downpatrick was the former home to a combined Heatons and

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store, as was Newtownabbey (now solely a Sports Direct store). Heatons has a ecommerce website which delivers to both Ireland, and Northern Ireland. Heatons briefly held a franchise for

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, and also co-located some shops with

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during their first venture into Ireland. Heatons was acquired by

Frasers Group Frasers Group plc (formerly known as Sports Direct International plc) is a British retail, sport and intellectual property group, named after its ownership of the department store chain House of Fraser. The company is best known for trading pre ...

(formerly Sports Direct International) in 2016, with Sports Direct having previously owned 50% of the chain from 2010, and having held a 42.5% stake since at least 2007. Newer Heatons stores have been built with an attached Sports Direct store and existing Heatons stores are being altered in order to additionally accommodate a Sports Direct store. Older stores have the Sports Direct branded as "Sportsworld", a former named used in the UK but which continued to be used in Ireland for some time after. The majority of Heatons stores (from a peak of over 50) have closed in their entirety to be replaced by a Sports Direct store alongside a smaller "Brand Max" store (another Frasers Group brand) selling some of what Heatons formerly sold.

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* {{Frasers Group Department stores of Ireland Companies based in Dublin (city) Clothing retailers of Ireland Irish companies established in 1946 Retail companies established in 1946 Sports Direct