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Primark

Irish clothing retailer
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Summary

Primark is a brick and mortar[1]. Primark ranks in the top 10% of brick and mortar entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (15,393 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Member of: Partnership for Sustainable Textiles[3], Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh[4], Ethical Trading Initiative[5]
  • Country: Ireland[6]
  • Instance of: clothing store chain[7], business[8]
  • Founder: Arthur Ryan[9]
  • Owned by: Associated British Foods[10]
  • Headquarters location: Dublin[11]
  • Commons category: Primark[12]
  • Industry: retail[13]
  • Inception: January 1, 1969[14]
  • Location of formation: Dublin[15]
  • Parent organization or unit: Associated British Foods[16]
  • Official website: https://www.primark.com[17], https://www.primark.com/en-gb[18], https://www.primark.com/de-at[19], https://www.primark.com/fr-be[20], https://www.primark.com/nl-be[21], https://www.primark.com/de-de[22], https://www.primark.com/it-it[23], https://www.primark.com/nl-nl[24], https://www.primark.com/pl-pl[25], https://www.primark.com/pt-pt[26], https://www.primark.com/sl-si[27], https://www.primark.com/en-us[28], https://www.primark.com/sk-sk[29], https://www.primark.com/hu-hu[30]
  • Product or material produced: clothing[31]
  • Employees: 78,000[32]
  • Legal form: Limited Company[33]
  • Chief operating officer: Paul Marchant[34]
  • Owner of: Bank Buildings, Belfast[35]
  • Social media followers: 255,176[36], 249,654[37], 43,000[38], 262,804[39], 269,678[40], 43,800[41], 45,500[42], 50,100[43]

Why It Matters

Primark has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[44] Primark is known by 9 alternative names across languages and contexts.[45]

Related Entities

business Ireland

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

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  39. [41] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . YouTube API. Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [44] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [45] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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