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Manchester is finally set to get an H&M Home store

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson - 7th February 2022

It appears that Manchester will finally have its very own H&M Home store from this spring.

Hoardings for the popular homeware brand have appeared in the Trafford Centre teasing its arrival in the coming months.

The high street staple launched its own range of homeware back in 2009, which is now sold in shops across the country.

There are already H&M Home presences in London, Birmingham, Liverpool and Leeds, to name a few, some as stand-alone stores and others as dedicated home departments inside larger H&M stores.

Hoardings for H&M Home at the Trafford Centre. Credit: The Manc Group

And now, after years of asking, Mancs will finally be able to browse its amazing homewares in the flesh.

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The Trafford Centre’s H&M closed at the end of November for a refit, and is set to reopen soon with an H&M Home inside, the shopping centre confirmed.

H&M said that the new store will focus on customer experience and sustainability.

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The Swedish brand is working to create a ‘bespoke interior look and feel’.

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Toni Galli, country manager for H&M UK and Ireland said: “We are super excited to be offering our customers a brand new store at the Trafford Centre this Spring.

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“Our aim is to offer our customers a modern and meaningful shopping experience were style, creativity and culture are celebrated, and we are confident that our new store at the Trafford Centre will offer exactly this.

“We cannot wait to share more details with our customers soon!”

Featured image: H&M

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An adorable new Jellycat store has just opened in Manchester

Daisy Jackson Daisy Jackson Inside the Jellycat General Store in Manchester

The world’s most adorable brand has launched a big new opening in Manchester just in time for Christmas – welcome to the Jellycat General Store. 

The viral stuffed toy brand has created a charming traditional corner shop experience, where every shelf is stocked with all your essentials in cuddly toy form.

From squishy toilet rolls to smiling eggs to bunches of flowers, and ranging from pint-sized keyrings to giant plushies, there’s a Jellycat for everyone here.

They’re even arranged much like a supermarket would be, with an aisle full of fruit and vegetable-shaped toys and another of sports equipment and games.

Though first famed for its soft bunny toys and its signature black cats, Jellycat has hugely diversified its range in recent years and now you can get plushies in every shape and size imaginable.

It’s created something of a cult following for the toys, which appeal to all ages.

With this new Manchester store within Selfridges, Jellycat has taking inspiration from nostalgic shopping experiences, down to building window displays of retro tins and adding a striped awning over the entrance.

There’s even a blue bench outside where you can take photos with a giant Jellycat character.

The new shop within Selfridges at the Trafford Centre follows successful openings in Birmingham and others across Europe.

Vicki Cain, store director at Selfridges Manchester Trafford, said: “We’re delighted to welcome the new Jellycat General Store to Selfridges Trafford.

“It’s a fun destination for customers to explore the Jellycat collection, with so many fabulous creations to choose from. Who could resist cuddling up to one of the giant Jellies?

“Our customers are huge fans of Jellycat, so this new opening is perfectly timed for those starting their Christmas shopping.”

The Jellycat General Store is open now at Selfridges at the Trafford Centre in Manchester.

Inside the Jellycat General Store in Manchester

The viral toilet roll Jellycat toy
The viral toilet roll Jellycat toy
Aisles at the Jellycat General Store are arranged by theme
Aisles at the Jellycat General Store are arranged by theme
Seasonal Jellycat toys at the new Manchester shop
Seasonal Jellycat toys at the new Manchester shop
Jellycat's signature black cats
Jellycat’s signature black cats
The Jellycat toys at the new Manchester shop come in all shapes and sizes
The Jellycat toys at the new Manchester shop come in all shapes and sizes
An adorable gherkin
An adorable gherkin
Jellycat flowers
Jellycat flowers
The nostalgic Jellycat General Store in Manchester
The nostalgic Jellycat General Store in Manchester
Credit: The Manc Group

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Lidl are offering a reward for their Liam Gallagher plaque to be safely returned

Danny Jones Danny Jones Missing Lidl Liam Gallagher plaque reward

Supermarket chain Lidl are desperate and in dire need of our help: they’re offering a reward to whoever safely returns one of their most treasured possessions – a Liam Gallagher plaque.

If you don’t remember the rather silly story from earlier this year, Oasis’ soon-to-return lead singer did plenty of poking fun at the Co-op Live‘s opening date being pushed back and multiple cancellations.

The iconic frontman ultimately ended up playing his four nights at the state-of-the-art arena with no issues, but as a tongue-in-cheek testament to his joke that’d he play a “gig in Lidl” if the venue wasn’t ready in time, the German-founded group erected a plaque in memory of the gag.

However, Lidl’s beloved Liam Gallagher plaque has since gone missing but rather than launch a full-scale manhunt, they’re trying to keep up the festive spirit and instead offering a pretty significant reward to the person that brings it back to them.

Although leads on the missing bit of royal blue metal are scarce, the plaque that was hung outside their Newton Heath store back in June disappeared this month.

Not only was it an amusing bit of history for the brand but the sign itself actually became a bit of an ironic but nevertheless genuine tourist attraction, with people grabbing snaps next to it and it even featured on the Manchester Taxi Tour itineraries.

This little plaque was actually just the start of a weird love affair between the two; back in October, Lidl also dropped an absolutely perfectly placed advert right in front of a giant poster of Liam Gallagher’s Berghaus ad campaign in the centre of Manchester.

Very good indeed.

All that being said, they really would love to be reunited with the memento of their relationship, so much so that they’re offering a whopping £500 to spend in Lidl vouchers for its safe return.

Credit: James Speakman/PA Media Assignments (supplied via Lidl GB)

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Just think of all the nonsense you could buy in the ‘Middle of Lidl’ aisle, a.k.a. the best part of the whole shop.

Those who have any information on the whereabouts of the Liam Gallagher plaque should email the following address: [email protected]. The Burnage brothers aren’t holding grudges anymore and neither are Lidl.

Let’s bring Liam home for Christmas. As you were x

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Featured Images — Lidl UK (supplied)

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