Brown Thomas
Brown Thomas & Company Limited is a chain of five upmarket department stores in Ireland, with two located in Dublin, and one each in Cork, Galway, and Limerick. Together with Dublin's Arnotts department store, it is owned by UK-based Selfridges, which in turn is owned by Thai Conglomerate Central Group and Austria's Signa Holding.[2]
Company type
1848
Hugh Brown and James Thomas
88-95 Grafton Street
Dublin, Ireland
Ireland
Quality and luxury goods
€200 million (2016)
€85 million (2016)
Central Group
6,000 (2016)
Brown Thomas Arnotts Limited[1]
BT2
Dublin store[edit]
The 12,000 m² Dublin store on Grafton Street is the chain's flagship location. It includes boutiques for Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Celine, Gucci, Arami, Balenciaga, Prada, Armani, Jo Malone, Charlotte Tilbury, Bobbi Brown, Chanel, Burberry, Saint Laurent, Ralph Lauren, Coach, Michael Kors, Ted Baker. The store is split over 4 levels, with Menswear on the lower ground floor, the Beauty Hall and Accessories Hall on the Ground Floor, the Designer Rooms and Shoe Rooms on Level 1, Womenswear and Lingerie on Level 2 and the Living Department and the Children's Rooms on Level 3.[13]
Other store information[edit]
The stores appeal to a wide audience, selling both prêt-à-porter and haute couture clothing and accessories. The downstairs menswear section of the Dublin branch has been recently renovated. Ralph Lauren, Gant, Hugo Boss, Paul Smith, Dolce & Gabbana and Prada are some of the brands that can be found in the new men's basement area. Both the restaurant and cafe are now located together on the top floor of the store.[14][15]
Previously connected to the Dublin branch was Aya Sushi Bar,[16] on Clarendon Street. This was a conveyor-belt sushi bar, and a stop here provided some respite from shopping in the area. This closed in January 2009. In May 2009, a branch of Yo! Sushi opened at the same location.[17] [18]
BT2[edit]
Brown Thomas also operates the BT2 chain, which it launched in 1995, located in Blanchardstown Shopping Centre. The Dundrum Town Centre outlet closed in February 2022. There was previously a store on Grafton Street however this branch closed on 29 August 2016 with the premises now occupied by Victoria's Secret. These stores have more mass-market clothes aimed at the 18-35 market, such as Victoria Beckham, Acne Studios, Helmut Lang and COS. BT2 also sells a wide range of cosmetics.
Paris Hilton chose BT2 as the launch site of her perfume Heiress by Paris Hilton.[19]
For the year ending 30 January 2021, Brown Thomas had a gross profit of almost €74 million.[20]