Heatons was an Irish chain of department stores, established in 1946. It operated throughout the island of Ireland and sold fashion, homeware and sporting goods.
Heatons briefly held a franchise for British Home Stores,[1] and also co-located some shops with Iceland during their first venture into Ireland.
By 2002, Heatons had 26 shops nationwide.[2] That year, Sports Direct International (now Frasers Group) acquired a share in the business, and over the following years, it increased its share to 42.5% by at least 2007 and to 50% in 2010.[3][4] Over the years, Sports Direct shops (usually branded as Sportsworld) began to be co-located with some of the Heatons shops, with 36 co-located sites existing by 2016.[5]