LOFT is currently hosting a massive ‘relocation sale’ with up to 70% off as its Northern Quarter pop-up prepares to shut its doors.
The Manchester-based furniture and homeware brand – which was founded with humble beginnings by Benjamin Hall back in 2003, and soon became the place to go to furnish interiors as the city started to blossom with brand-new flats, apartment blocks, offices, and student accommodation in the early noughties – opened its pop-up store in the heart of the Northern Quarter at the start of 2020.
The LOFT Shop was opened to build on the company’s success after making a huge impact on the Build to Rent (BTR) and Purpose Built Student Accommodation (PBSA) markets.
With new lines arriving every week, the pop-up was designed with the community in mind and aims to provide local people with high-end furnishings at affordable prices, by filling the space with ex-display pieces, end-of-line furniture ranges, and surplus project stock.
LOFT also prided itself on reaching out to small, independent Manchester-based artisans to give them free pop-up space at weekends in store and help them have a high street presence.
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And it’s safe to say that it’s been a huge success ever since opening.
LOFT is currently hosting a massive ‘relocation sale’ with up to 70% off / Credit: LOFTLOFT opened its pop-up shop in the heart of the Northern Quarter at the start of 2020, and it’s been a huge success ever since / Credit: LOFT
Sadly though, all good things must come to an end, and in-line with LOFT’s digital strategy for the future, the company has announced that the pop-up will be leaving the high street on Friday 29 October and moving online-only instead.
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But it’s not leaving without giving the community the chance to grab themselves some unmissable offers first.
How does up to 70% off on furniture and home accessories sound?
Throughout its time on the high street, The LOFT Shop has had a range of different deals available almost every day of the week, but the ‘Relocation Sale’ has by far some of the biggest offers yet, so if you’ve got a space that needs furnishing, have some grand refurbishment plans, or you’re just looking for new accessories to make your house a home, then there couldn’t be a better time to get high-end pieces on a budget.
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This may be your last weekend to make the most of everything on offer before the pop-up officially bids farewell next Friday, but The LOFT Shop is open seven days a week, so there’s still plenty of time to pop down and clinch a bargain this week.
All offers will be available until Sunday 31 October, and you can find more information ahead of your visit to The LOFT Shop here.
And don’t forget, LOFT will still be online after the pop-up closes – shop.loft.co.uk
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Anthropologie set to open flagship store in Manchester’s Royal Exchange
Daisy Jackson
Beloved lifestyle and fashion store Anthropologie is finally coming to Manchester, opening a new flagship store in the beautiful Royal Exchange building.
The American brand is famed for its curated range of clothing, shoes, accessories, activewear, beauty, wellness, furniture, home décor, bridal, and loads more.
Hoardings are now up for the new Anthropologie store, just off St Ann’s Square in the heart of Manchester, and one of three new UK openings planned for this year.
Anthropologie will also be opening in Liverpool and Glasgow before the year is out.
All three new stores will stock the home and accessories ranges, as well as clothing from brands like Anthropologie’s own labels Maeve, Pilcro and Daily Practice.
Anthropologie in Manchester will span more than 5,000 sq ft and promises to ’embody the heritage of the historic building’.
It’s owned by the same parent company behind Urban Outfitters and Free People, the former of which just opened a new store at the Trafford Centre for the first time.
Matt Hilgeman, Managing Director at Anthropologie International, said: “We’re delighted to be opening in Manchester, a city that embodies the cultural energy and creativity at the heart of Anthropologie.
“Manchester is an ideal location for our continued UK expansion after Liverpool. This store represents an important milestone for Anthropologie, and we’re looking forward to welcoming the local community into a space that feels both inspiring and unique.”
Anthropologie Manchester officially opens on 26 November.
First vendors confirmed Glossop Market Hall, including two indie Manc traders
Danny Jones
The first vendors for the upcoming Glossop Market Hall have been announced, and the lineup includes two beloved Greater Manchester independent businesses.
Better still, the third is another noteworthy name from the North West.
Glossop Market Hall is scheduled to launch later this year, setting up shop in the historic town hall complex, where the High Peak Borough Council, a retail shopping arcade and various other municipal buildings have stood in various different iterations for nearly well over a century.
With the Derbyshire town set to celebrate the opening of the newly revamped market hall, those behind the new Glossop attraction have now revealed the first three names set to take up residence there.
As you can see, the biggest names already signed on to cook from one of the six kitchens is a Manchester favourite food hall in its own right: Hello Oriental.
The Pan-Asian paradise not only has a subterranean space below Circle Square, but also at The Trafford Centre, as well as a dessert spin-off in Freight Island.
Indie trader number two comes in the form of B&V Trading, who are based at Stanley Square in Sale and specialise in eco-friendly, UK-made treats, toys and essentials for four-legged friends.
After proving a hit with the locals, their small stall at nearby Altrincham Market has grown to see them open up not just a second site in the leafy Cheshire suburbs of Knutsford back in 2022, but now boast a third location in neighbouring Macclesfield.
Speaking of Macc, local gin and whisky makers, Forest Distillery – based up at the famous Cat and Fiddle Inn pub towards the Peaks – they round out the first wave of regional businesses set to pop up in Glossop Market Hall (GMH) when it finally arrives this winter.
And once again, as the update on social media reads: “This is just the beginning”.
Natives, day-trippers and tourists from all over are bound to visit this place when it opens sometime in November (exact date still TBC), and with space not only for a dedicated bar, dining space and a coffee shop, but a total of 17 retail spaces, we can’t wait to see what comes next.
GMH becomes just the latest among a growing trend of food and drink halls popping up all over our part of the country, with virtually every Greater Manchester borough now boasting at least one of their own – or, in the city centre’s case, what feels like a dozen now.
Exhibit number… not sure, we’ve lost track at this point.
Emily Sergeant -
21st October 2021 
