Last chance for a vintage bargain as Nine Crows launches closing down sale
They’ll be missed.
French Church Street vintage shop Nine Crows has announced it is shutting up shop for good, with a closing down sale running throughout this week until Sunday, May 25th.
Owner Emma Fraser announced the sad news over the weekend, adding that she is ‘gutted’ over the decision, and blamed changing shopping habits and rocketing business overheads.
“We’ve had such an amazing few years in Cork and are so grateful for all of the love and support we got from this amazing city during that time.” the business founder said in a statement on Instagram.
“We are really proud of our Cork team and the community they built around our shop from day one, the stories of chance encounters and friends made through our shop mean so much to us. Our wonderful team down there have made this decision even harder to make.”
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T”he reality is that changing shopping habits towards cheap online alternatives, dropping tourist numbers, the mass emigration of our vibrant young people, alongside a rental, rates and tax system that seems to be set up against small businesses, makes it nearly impossible to run a homegrown business in Ireland right now.”
Fraser said her other stores, Nine Crows Temple Bar and Loot on Drury Street in Dublin are open and full of new stock.
“As we’ve said before, Amazon, Shein, IKEA etc may not notice your support, but we and all of the independent businesses that give this country its soul definitely do.” she added.
