Manchester city centre welcomes back The Pop-Up Club as it opens a cosy festive shop on King Street and hosts three bustling Deansgate Square weekend markets for an exciting, eclectic and diverse Christmas shopping experience.
Welcoming busy shoppers and talented local traders with just 54 days to go The Pop-Up Club allows shoppers to discover and purchase unique gifts breathing new life into the area’s Christmas shopping offer. Visitors can discover over 40 curated small brands and designers, including handcrafted and eco-friendly gifts, cards, ceramics, homeware, jewellery, artwork, kids prints and lots more.
Brands on offer include Mancunian founded brands such as music memorabilia from 71 MANC and embroidered clothing from one woman creative Bobbins Broider.
The Pop-Up Club will be ensuring visitors will stay in the Christmas spirit whilst sup[porting small and local businesses with their special series of ‘Meet the Maker’ Christmas workshops.
Individuals and groups can socialise and learn new crafts with small business owners in a fun and relaxing setting, allowing guests to chat with creatives for a more meaningful shopping experience this Christmas.
Taking up residence at iconic shopping destination King Street, the pop up experience will build on previous success that had shoppers stopping in their tracks to explore the small business experience. Sitting alongside well-known retailers such as The White Stuff, Pretty Green and popular restaurant El Gato Negro, the new store will open its doors to the public from Monday 1st November and be open until Christmas Eve (24th December). The store will welcome shoppers from 10am until 6pm Monday to Saturday and 11am until 5pm on Sundays at 50 King Street.
The Pop-Up Club previously held a successful shopping experience on King Street over the summer months, which supported many local traders and small businesses from the Manchester area. Traders such as Last Ember, Jess Davids Glass, Sighh Studio and Love Kiki Designs will return to the King Street location after enjoying successful stints and takeovers during the summer.
Independent trader Mark Lavelle from candle retailer Last Ember said, “To be given the opportunity to sell our products in such a prime location is a huge milestone for us. As a relatively new small business, seeing people buy and love our products through The Pop-Up Club brings some reality to our hopes of doing this full time some day.”
In 2020, The Pop-Up Club helped small retailers and traders generate £140,000 via its events and stores, and this year has succeeded in generating £200,000 for the small businesses it supports.
Not content with offering just one pop up shopping experience in the city centre, The Pop-Up Club will also host festive markets across November and December at Deansgate Square. The pop up markets, which are complete with a bar and a chance to meet the traders behind the goods, will take place on 27th and 28th November, 4th and 5th December and finally the 11th and 12th December. The Deansgate Square markets offer shoppers the perfect chance to have a drink, be social and rest after a day of shopping on the Manchester high street.
Founder Tillie Peel commented, “Returning to Manchester is exciting for us, and we can’t wait to open up a fresh, new space on King Street, which proved to be a huge hit for us last time. We met so many brilliant traders and retailers over the summer, but also felt hugely supported and welcomed by shoppers and the residents of Manchester too. We really enjoyed being in the middle of the city centre hustle and bustle alongside big name retailers, and also taking up residence in such a well-known hotspot like King Street.
With Christmas shopping now firmly on people’s minds, we want to help and encourage shoppers to remember that supporting local businesses can have a huge impact at this time of year.
There are over five and half million small businesses* registered in the UK and if every person supported a small business with just £10, a substantial figure of £5.5million would be generated for the local economy and British high street.”
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