Halfords expanding again

Halfords has announced details of a new store opening in Swords, Co Dublin, which will increase the company's Irish portfolio to 23 stores.

The new Swords store, in the Airside retail park, will employ 18 people, which adds to the 368 number of Halfords Irish employees.

Bob Parker, Country Manager, says the Swords store reflects the growing success of Halfords in the Irish market. "We are fully committed to continuing our growth in Ireland and look forward to revealing plans of further development in the future.”

Halfords now sources car parts directly from original equipment manufacturers therefore ensuring that virtually every make of car is catered for.

Parker says the recent downturn in the economic climate has naturally created a major shift in Irish consumers’ car buying habits, therefore the need to maintain existing cars in good condition is more necessary than ever. The company offers a range of between 8,000-10,000 products depending on the size of the store.

Halfords provides a fitting service for the parts it sells, and all staff are fully trained in this area. For full information on products and services, the new website www.halfords.ie offers advice and product reviews to help customers.

New Halfords website

Halfords, the car accessories and leisure retailers, have launched a new Irish website, Halfords.ie.



It features over 8,500 products from bicycles to tents, car parts and accessories to car child seats. It also has information, advice and product reviews.

Online ordering is available and items can be collected using the company's new Reserve and Collect service from one of the 22 Halfords stores located throughout the country.

To mark the launch, the company has introduced permanent price cuts across almost 2,500 products throughout their Irish stores. This includes; Halfords 5L 5W 30 Part Synthetic Oil previously €37.99 now €24.99 or Halfords wiperblades 18" were €12.49 now €7.19.

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