Calls For Toys Stores To Be Classed As Essential Retailers Ahead Of Christmas

The owner of an Ennis toy store is calling for toy stores to be deemed as essential services in the lead-up to Christmas.

If toy stores remain closed until December 1st, then the crucial pre-Christmas retail period will be squeezed into little more than three weeks.

Toy store owners feel they’ll be adversely affected as they gain no benefit from the January sales – they also worry about a surge in people if they’re only allowed to open for such a short period.

Daithí O’Connor, proprietor of World of Wonder Toys, who have a store in Ennis, says 40% of their sales are made in the lead up to Christmas.