{"id":81025,"date":"2023-11-06T10:49:06","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T10:49:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/?p=81025"},"modified":"2023-11-06T10:49:06","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T10:49:06","slug":"people-are-only-just-realising-the-clever-meaning-behind-the-primark-name-and-what-the-shop-was-originally-called-the-sun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/posterboyedit.com\/beauty-and-fashion\/people-are-only-just-realising-the-clever-meaning-behind-the-primark-name-and-what-the-shop-was-originally-called-the-sun\/","title":{"rendered":"People are only just realising the clever meaning behind the Primark name – and what the shop was originally called | The Sun"},"content":{"rendered":"
IT\u2019S one of the most famous budget fashion chains in the UK – but do you know how Primark got its name?<\/p>\n
The retailer first opened its doors in 1969 in Dublin and now employs over 70,000 people around the globe, with 400 stores across 14 countries.<\/p>\n
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While many shoppers affectionately refer to the shop as everything from \u201cPrimarni\u201d to "Primada", it actually had a different original name.<\/p>\n
When it first started serving Irish shoppers, it was called Penneys, and still goes by that name there.<\/p>\n
However, when the chain expanded and was looking to open its first shop in England it had to rethink the name.<\/p>\n
The issue was that the American retailer JC Penney already had the right to use the name in the region.<\/p>\n