Östersund concentrated to the shopping and pedestrian street Prästgatan where large local shopping malls such as "Kärnan" and "Mittpunkten" along with department stores such as Åhléns are located. Large clothing companies such as H&M, Lindex and smaller like WESC, approximately 50 restaurants, shoe stores, sporting goods retailers like Stadium and Intersport, several supermarkets (Östersund has rather few convenience stores), etc. Storgatan, the street that runs parallel with Prästgatan is also lined with shops, restaurants and coffeehouses. Unlike Prästgatan this street is not a pedestrian street. Östersund is the city in Sweden with the most square metres of window display per capita.
Retail in the Republic of Ireland of main street newsagents, stationers and booksellers is the largest in the country. The main petrol station brands in Ireland sometimes operate convenience stores - including under the Circle K brand at formerly Topaz branded stations. Or by Petrogas under the Applegreen brand. While main street retailing is declining, a number of British 'high street' brands continue to operate in the market. These include Dixons, Next, Debenhams, Topshop, Boots, Argos, Dorothy Perkins, Maplin, Currys/PC World, T.K. Maxx, and others. Irish equivalent retailers and brands include newsagents Eason & Son, record stores Golden Discs, pharmacy chains Hickey's, Sam McCauley's, & McCabes,