Guineys

Guineys, Irish department store for home and fashion

Guineys is an Irish company that presents itself as an online department store and claims a history of more than 50 years offering what it describes as the best value for money. Its catalogue combines home equipment and textiles with fashion for the whole family, with a strong emphasis on baby and children's categories.

Home equipment and textiles

The home range is organised into several areas. In the bedroom it includes duvets and pillows, mattress protectors and toppers, mattresses, duvet cover sets, bed sheets and pillowcases, blankets and bedspreads, as well as furniture such as bed frames, headboards, bedside lockers, chest of drawers, dressing tables and storage benches. In the bathroom it sells towels and bath mats, bathroom accessories, laundry baskets, shower curtains and LED vanity mirrors.

The kitchen and dining section covers cookware and kitchen utensils, small electrical appliances, baking, kitchen gadgets, saucepans and frying pans, home storage, artificial flowers, waste bins, lunch boxes and drying racks, as well as crockery, glassware, cutlery and teapots. In kitchen textiles there are tea towels, table cloths, aprons, seat pads and oven gloves.

For the living room it offers rugs and doormats — including Persian, geometric, abstract and shaggy rugs —, table lamps and floor lamps, cushions and cushion covers, throws and sofa covers, photo frames, candles, incense and oil burners, mirrors and ornaments. The furniture section is completed with armchairs, shelves, side tables, radiator covers, footstools and ottomans, coffee tables, garden furniture — including rattan furniture and camping chairs — and dining room furniture with dining chairs, dining tables, dining table sets and sideboards.

Curtains, fabrics and haberdashery

Curtains are one of the most developed categories in the catalogue: ready-made curtains with eyelet and tape top or pencil pleat headings, blackout curtains, net curtains, voile curtains and kids curtains, along with curtain poles, blackout lining, blinds and tiebacks. The store also allows filtering by colour, with options in green, grey, pink, cream, white, black and blue. In the fabrics and lining section it includes dress fabric, oil cloth, craft fabric and curtain fabric, as well as haberdashery, wool and yarn, knitting needles and sewing.

Fashion, occasion wear and accessories

The fashion catalogue covers men, women and children. For men there are T-shirts, jackets and coats, shirts, hoodies, jumpers and cardigans, jeans and trousers, shorts, underwear, socks, nightwear, outsize clothing, sunglasses, watches, bags and wallets, belts and braces, hats, scarves and gloves, footwear — shoes, boots, trainers and slippers —, workwear, chef and kitchenwear and bathrobes. For women there are jackets, tops and blouses, trousers and jeans, skirts, dresses, footwear — slippers, shoes and boots —, nightwear, lingerie, workwear, knitwear, bathrobes and bags and purses.

The occasion wear category includes Holy Communion dresses, boys' suits, Communion accessories and Christening clothing and accessories. In bags it sells backpacks, schoolbags, cabin bags, lunch bags and wash bags. The kids and baby section covers baby bedding and baby clothing, baby bath, baby feeding, baby safety and baby essentials, as well as kids shoes and footwear, kids clothes, kids bedding and kids curtains, toys and craft and back to school items.

Brands and featured campaigns

Among the brands and collections the store highlights are Catherine Lansfield, Gaveno Cavailia, Tommee Tippee, Vivaki and Ellesse, the latter in bags and backpacks. The site gives visibility to seasonal campaigns such as the Halloween range and selections of wall art, and maintains a weekly offers section with discounted products.

Online shopping, collection and delivery

Guineys operates with online sales and a network of physical stores, and incorporates a store collection system that the user configures as a Click & Collect point. The company announces free returns and free delivery on orders over 50 euros, with store collection within an indicated period of two hours. The catalogue shows different availability for home delivery and for store collection depending on the item.