There’s currently a limited-time sale going on over at The Manc Store online to celebrate Black Friday.
If you’re looking to get a head start on stocking up on some Christmas presents for your loved ones, need a last-minute Secret Santa gift for your work colleague, or you just fancy treating yourself to some Manchester-themed accessories, then you might as well bag yourself a bargain while you’re at it.
The Manc Store – the dedicated merch platform of The Manc Group – is filled with all things Manchester, with a range of specially-designed jumpers, t-shirts, hoodies, mugs, canvas prints, and more to get your hands on.
But, to properly mark the national shopping holiday that is Black Friday, there’s some mega discounts to make the most of.
How does 20% off on everything site-wide sound?
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‘Sausage Roll Christmas’ and ‘Gallagher Christmas Mug’ / Credit: The Manc Store‘Merry Christmas to suiiii’ / Credit: The Manc Store
Originally a US tradition that has made its way over to the UK, Black Friday takes place annually on the Friday after Thanksgiving, and this means that for the next three days, shoppers can head on over to The Manc Store to get 20% off on all the items listed on site.
Coronation Street lovers can grab jumpers and mugs with the iconic ‘Tis the season to get absolutely Roy Croppered’ and ‘Tis the season to get Gail Platted’ designs on the front, while Manchester United fans can grab a jumper or t-shirt printed with the new design ‘Merry Christmas to Suiiiiiiiiiiiii’ that pays homage to Cristiano Ronaldo’s iconic goal celebration.
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Festive foodie fans can shop designs such as ‘I’m only here for the pigs in blankets’, and ‘I love you more than sausage rolls’, as well as the return of the other popular sausage roll-themed design ‘All I want for Christmas is you’.
‘Tis the season to get Gail Platted’ and ‘Brewdolph’ / Credit: The Manc Store‘I’m just here for the pigs in blankets’ / Credit: The Manc Store
The fan-favourite ‘Naughty, nice, nobhead’ design has also made a return this year, and there’s also the chance to grab 20% off on the best selling ‘Rainy City’ and ‘Worker Bee’ ranges, as well as a number of other themed designs for proud Mancs.
A hand-picked selection of some of the most popular ‘Manc Dictionary’ definitions have even been added to mugs, t-shirts, and canvas prints too.
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So that’s your Christmas shopping sorted.
‘Angin’ and ‘Athlete’ Manc Dictionary designs / Credit: The Manc Store
The 20% off Black Friday offer is available on The Manc Store until Sunday, and you can shop all the items online here.
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Shopping
Popular night-time indie shopping market returns to Manchester tomorrow
Emily Sergeant
A unique indie shopping market is returning to Manchester, and you’ll be able to shop from 50 local small businesses all under one roof.
In case you hadn’t heard, the hugely-popular Night Market UK is back by popular demand, and it will be stopping off in our city centre for one night only tomorrow as part of the current leg of its tour across the country.
Returning to Manchester, but this time at a new location down at Fairfield Social Club in the Green Quarter, the unique night-time shopping experience will be showcasing more than 50 local small businesses – with everything from bespoke fashion items and beautifully-crafted homeware, to candles, artwork, silverware, and more on offer.
Brutal Fashion, Lost in Music, Urban Botany, and Dapper Alice are just a handful of the indie traders you’ll be able to shop from.
With event organisers promising there’ll be “a stall for everyone” to browse on the night, some of the other traders in attendance, include artisan producers, artists and bakers, as well as Fairfield Social Club’s resident street food purveyors Isit Kitchen, and pizza pros Killa Carbs.
DJ Clara B will also be taking over the club’s sound system too, and will be blasting tunes to set the scene all night long.
From bespoke fashion items and silverware courtesy of Brutal Fashion, to dazzling musical art prints from Lost in Music, and sculptural candles from Urban Botany to beautifully crafted homeware by Dapper Alice, there will be a stall for everyone on the night.
A popular night-time indie shopping market is returning to Manchester tomorrow / Credit: The Night Market UK | Kunal Mahesh Tewari (via The Night Market UK on Facebook)
The Night Market UK will open at Fairfield Social Club from 6pm tomorrow (Friday 26 July), and will run right through until 11pm.
Tickets are now on sale from just £4 each, and can be purchased in hourly entry timeslots – which organisers say “keeps the atmosphere just right” and ensures there’s enough space for everyone to be able to stay as little or as long as they’d like.
You can buy on the door or grab your tickets in advance here.
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Shopping
Stockport’s popular pre-worn school uniform shop is reopening for the summer
Emily Sergeant
A popular pre-worn school uniform shop is reopening in Stockport for the summer, and you can grab items for less than £1.
As the rising cost of living crisis sadly still continues to make its impact felt nationwide, Stockport‘s popular pre-worn uniform shop will throw open its doors following huge success last year and an “overwhelming demand from cash-strapped families“.
It’s popping up inside the town’s Merseyway Shopping Centre for the summer holidays to provide locals with massive savings on next year’s school clothes.
Shoppers can get their hands on pre-worn uniform pieces from as little as 50p each.
Stockport’s popular pre-worn school uniform shop is reopening for the summer / Credit: Matthew Nichol Photography (via supplied)
The shopping centre says The Pop-Up Uniform Shop is all about providing Stopfordians with “good quality, secondhand school uniform” – with items from schools all across the Stockport borough set to be available when it opens next month.
The pop-up shop will be selling uniform items from all schools across the Stockport borough when it opens next month.
Expected to be a widely-popular addition the Greater Manchester town once again once it returns from 10-17 August, all funds raised from the shop will be going back into the community – with donations set to be made to local food bank, Chelwood Food Bank Plus, as well as one of the UK’s leading arts and mental health organisations, Arc Centre Stockport.
Families will be able to grab items from as little as 50p / Credit: Merseyway (via Facebook)
Ahead of the shop’s opening next month, donations are currently being accepted
Uniform donations can be branded or unbranded but must be “clean and wearable”, and some of the items being accepted include sweatshirts, cardigans, blazers, skirts, pinafores, trousers, shorts, polo shirts, shirts, shoes, plimsolls, PE kits, and school bags.
Donations will be accepted until Monday 5 August, and can be dropped off at the dedicated collection bin in the undercover mall outside Specsavers.
“Many families in our community face financial challenges, making it difficult to provide their children with necessary school uniform items,” explained Victoria Nichol, who is the Centre Manager at Merseyway Shopping Centre, ahead of the shop’s opening.
“The Pop-Up Uniform Shop aims to alleviate this burden by offering affordable uniform options for those in need while offering a sustainable alternative to buying new.”