What's the low down on Manchester's hight streets

 By Anna Fenlon

Style Advisor at Manchester Arndale

Manchester Arndale now has its own Gok Wan in the form of Debs Hatfield. Style Advisor Debs trawls through the Arndale’s 240 retailers picking outfits to suit your fashion requirements, completely free of charge.The service is available seven days a week and sessions range between twenty minutes and two hours, depending on your style dilemma. 

styleadvisor@manchesterarndale.co.uk  

 In Other News......... 

American Apparell opening in Manchester? 

Rumour has it that American Apparel is setting up shop in the Northern Quarter. The unsubstantiated whispers are that the site will be on Edge Street near Common bar. This will certainly bring footfall to the area but will this signal the beginning of the end of the Northern Quarters bohemian character?...Starbucks anyone? 

We'll keep you posted......

Proven at last - Shopping is good for you!

If you are a serious shopper you could cancel your gym membership! A recent study has found that the average female shopper burns 200 calories per shopping trip, which amounts to 12,120 calories a year. Men hit the shops with a little less stamina burning 8928 calories a year.  Researchers found that the average woman will walk 2.02 miles on each shopping spree. Going on five shopping trips a month means that adds up to 10.1 miles or 121.2 miles a year.  The study was carried out by Golden Square Shopping Centre in Warrington to coincide with their ‘Get Up and Go’ initiative to help shoppers drop a dress size.  Ian Cox, Marketing Manager at Golden Square Shopping Centre said: “Traipsing around the shops might not seem like a work out but this research proves that it can have the same effect as a trip to the gym.”  

The Rise and Rise of Manchester Retail Sector

 Manchester has superseded Birmingham as England’s second city from the perspective of most retailers.  Contributing the city’s retail strength has been the opening of the Arndale extension and the addition of independents including The General Store and Jeffery West.  Retail confidence in Manchester is only set to improve given developments to the Greater Manchester transport system and up and coming store openings including Nike and Camper.  Over at the Trafford Centre, retailers are being kept on their toes with rental growth of 6.7% in one year. Rent currently stands at £400 per square foot.

If you have any news you can contact

 emma@manchesterfashion.com