Pippa O’Connor has admitted she’s “disappointed” as she will have to close her POCO pop up shop in Kildare Village today – just one week after opening.
The POCO by Pippa owner opened her 14th pop up shop last Wednesday, but due to new Level 5 restrictions – the store will have to close for six weeks from 6pm this evening.
Taking to Instagram on Tuesday night, Pippa told her followers: “We’ll be closing our lovely shop tomorrow evening at 6pm.. I’m disappointed for our Kildare Village team, they’ve all worked so hard in helping to set the shop up.”
“We’ve had a great first week & everyones spirits were high.. but! it’s not the end of this pop up.. We’ll be back again in December.”
Pippa continued: “Thank you to everyone we met since last Wednesday in Kildare village & for the lovely feedback since.”
“Our online shop will still be operating as normal. Our POCO office team are busy working from home & are happy to help if anyone needs assistance.”
The mum-of-two launched the brand back in 2016, and started out just selling a range of jeans at first.
Four years later, Pippa has grown her business by adding shoes, shorts, skirts, jackets and a range of t-shirts and sweatshirts to her collection.
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In another post, Pippa said she was feeling “incredibly sad” for business owners during this difficult time.
She wrote: “I watched a shop owner on the news earlier getting very emotional talking about closing their doors again.”
“I feel incredibly sad for the businesses that this will have a massive effect on. Some might not be able to open up again.”
“To those struggling I’m thinking of you.. I’ll do my best to support local and to support Irish.. I have a feeling everyone will be doing the same,” she added.
