Arnotts department store exterior in Dublin city centre, Ireland, with its distinctive vertical sign.

Arnotts department store exterior in Dublin city centre, Ireland, with its distinctive vertical ARNOTTS sign on the historic red-brick facade. The store is one of Dublin's best-known retail landmarks and has long formed a major part of the Henry Street shopping district on the north side of the River Liffey. The photograph is suitable for editorial coverage of Arnotts, Dublin retail, department stores, high-street shopping, city-centre commerce, Irish retail, shopping tourism, fashion, consumer spending, retail heritage and changing town centres. The tall sign provides immediate brand recognition while the decorative architecture places the business within the historic commercial streetscape of central Dublin. It can also illustrate business stories concerning department-store trading, consumer confidence, retail employment, city-centre footfall and the pressures facing large traditional retailers as online shopping and changing consumer habits reshape the sector. Bright daylight and the upward composition emphasise both the store branding and the architecture of the building.