Editing Derry (section)

===Shopping===
[[File:Austins 2007 SMC.jpg|thumb|[[Austins of Derry|Austins]] department store]]
The city is the north west's foremost shopping district, housing two large shopping centres along with numerous shop-packed streets serving much of the greater county, as well as [[County Tyrone|Tyrone]] and [[County Donegal|Donegal]].

The city centre has two main shopping centres; the [[Foyleside Shopping Centre]], which has 45 stores and 1,430 parking spaces, and the [[Richmond Centre (Derry)|Richmond Centre]], which has 39 retail units. The Quayside Shopping Centre also serves the city side and there is also Lisnagelvin Shopping Centre on the Waterside. These centres, as well as local-run businesses, feature numerous national and international stores. [[Crescent Link Retail Park]], located in the Waterside, has several chain stores and has become the second largest retail park in Northern Ireland (second only to Sprucefield in Lisburn).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.derryjournal.com/business/Crescent-Link-Retail-Park-bought.3462253.jp |title=Crescent Link Retail Park bought for £92 m |date=9 November 2007 |work=Derry Journal |access-date=15 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926054908/http://www.derryjournal.com/business/Crescent-Link-Retail-Park-bought.3462253.jp |archive-date=26 September 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref> Plans have also been approved for Derry's first Asda store, which will be located at the retail park sharing a unit with Homebase.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/derrys-first-asda-store-to-create-350-jobs-29007917.html |title=Derry's first Asda store to create 350 jobs |date=22 December 2012 |work=Belfast Telegraph |access-date=31 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101193927/http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/business/news/derrys-first-asda-store-to-create-350-jobs-29007917.html |archive-date=1 January 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref> Sainsbury's also applied for planning permission for a store at Crescent Link, but Environment Minister [[Alex Attwood]] turned it down.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-20812156 |title=Attwood gives ASDA green light for new Londonderry store |date=21 December 2012 |publisher=BBC News |access-date=31 December 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608083705/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-foyle-west-20812156 |archive-date=8 June 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Until the store's closure in March 2016, the city was also home to the world's oldest independent department store, [[Austins of Derry|Austins]]. Established in 1830, Austins predates [[Jenners]] of [[Edinburgh]] by 5 years, [[Harrods]] of London by 15 years and [[Macy's]] of New York by 25 years.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.austinsstore.com/Pages/about_us/austins_in_brief |title=Austins in Brief |work=AustinsStore.com |access-date=20 June 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090817121617/http://www.austinsstore.com/Pages/about_us/austins_in_brief |archive-date=17 August 2009}}</ref> The store's five-story [[Edwardian]] building is located within the walled city in the area known as The Diamond.