For the record, Argos also operated in Ireland too, and hopefully most readers won't be surprised to learn it hasn't been part of the UK for about 100 years.
Otherwise the Argos nostalgia is identical.
Otherwise the Argos nostalgia is identical.
EDIT: as corrected below, Penneys is the original, Primark is the name change. Apologies!
I think the UK needs their schools to study our shared(!) history/past 800 years of colonialism.
> Like Ireland has Primark, but it's called Penneys
Penneys is an Irish founded & HQed company. "The world has Penneys, but it's called Primark" would be more correct - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primark
> The Penneys brand is not used outside of Ireland because it is owned elsewhere by American retailer J. C. Penney.
If I notice something is different she says - "well you know, it's a different country, of course things are different"
But in either case she bristles a bit, like these things ought to be neither surprising nor interesting to me. Like the UK ought to teach the colour of Irish postboxes in schools and of course the road signs are in kilometres and we use the Euro but we drive on the left and have the same plug sockets. It is all a sign of my colonial arrogance I am sure.
> Penneys is an Irish founded & HQed company
Primark/Penneys is still an Irish founded company whose headquarters and decision making happens in Ireland, regardless of who the owners are.
These are present in a few European countries; my favourite variant was visiting Stockholm for the Eurovision song contest, where some had been reprogrammed to play beepy but recognisable versions of Sweden's last two winning songs. So you could listen to a ticky version of "Euphoria" while waiting that switched to a fast version of "Heroes" while it was time to cross.