Primark, known as Penneys in the Republic of Ireland, is an Irish clothing and accessories company which is a subsidiary of AB Foods, and is headquartered in Dublin. Launched in the U.S. in September 2015, the brand now has eight U.S. stores located in Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania.
The Westfield Group is an Australian shopping centre group undertaking ownership, development, design, construction, funds/asset management, property management, leasing, and marketing activities. The multinational company is listed on the Australian Securities Exchange and has interests in and operates one of the world's largest shopping centre portfolios with investment interests in 104 shopping centres across Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, New Zealand and Brazil, encompassing around 23,000 retail outlets and total assets under management in excess of A$63 billion.[2] In 2010, the Westfield Group split 50% of its Australian and New Zealand assets into the Westfield Retail Trust, trading on the Australian Stock Exchange as ASX: WRT.