How a Wicklow shop lasted 25 years on Main Street by selling ‘a bit of everything’

How a Wicklow shop lasted 25 years on Main Street by selling ‘a bit of everything’

For 25 years, Avondale Sports has been a landmark on Rathdrum Main Street, quietly adapting to changing tastes and fashions while responding to what people in the town actually need. Stocking its shelves with products ranging from running spikes to gas cookers, co-owner Bill Porter says that locals shopping locally is key to their longevity, and that “diversifying is the only way” to compete with online retail.