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<p><b>Switzer & Company</b>, also known as <b>Switzer & Co.</b> and <b>Switzers</b>, was a chain of department stores in Ireland.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p>On 6 June 1890, Switzer & Company was incorporated under the chairmanship of John Wright Switzer. This company had begun as a drapers and tailors in 1838 at 91 <a href="page.php?w=Grafton_Street">Grafton Street</a>, Dublin, and as it expanded it moved to Commercial Hall on the corner of Grafton Street and <a href="page.php?w=Wicklow_Street">Wicklow Street</a>. These new premises allowed for the</p><p>
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