Cork

:For other uses of Cork, see Cork (disambiguation). Cork City redirects here, for the football club, see Cork City FC

Retail

The retail trade in Cork City is developing quickly with a mix of both modern, state of the art shopping centre's and family owned local shops providing unique and often hand-made crafts. Most of the major department stores stock the latest fashions from the catwalks of Paris and Milan including Chanel and Armani. For the lower budget, other high street stores are also available. Shopping centres are all over the suburbs in places such as Blackpool, Douglas, Wilton and Mahon Point http://www.mahonpointsc.ie to name just a few. Others are available in the city centre, with plans and excavation work on-going for the development of two more large malls, expanding the capacity of the city centre, to rival that of the suburbs. Cork's main shopping street is St. Patrick St. and is the most expensive street in the country per sq. metre after Dublin's Grafton Street. Other shopping areas in the city centre include Oliver Plunkett St. and Grand Parade.

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