This is a pretty good TK Maxx, located at Trafford Retail Park, it's a short drive away from The…read moreTrafford Centre. The store is good, it's a fairly large size, over two floors, there is a selection of all sorts of bits and bobs including women's, men's and children's clothing as well as candy, luggage, sunglasses and footwear. You can choose between taking the stairs or the elevator between the floors. Like any TK Maxx, it is pretty much a jumble sale, you find something you like and then realise it's only in one size. Despite this, the store was clean and free of any obstructions and litter so it was easy to pass through. There is a small home section here including some furniture, although if you're looking for homeware in particular, there is a HomeSense (also owned by TK Maxx) at the Trafford Centre just around the corner. The staff in the store seemed friendly enough. There were some items which were heavily marked down from their "original price", but sometimes I just don't trust them. 4* - It's a good store and a useful addition to the retail park.

This is my nearest TK maxx store and its pretty good.It has a good selection of womensware and…read morehandbags to the front of the store and shoes towards the back on the ground floor. On the first floor is the men dept and the homewares and I can while away a few hours while its raining outside just browsing. It has a small selection of books which are usually aimed at the american market as a large selection of the products here are imported from the US .Shame there is no coffee shop or us ladies could spent even more time here.

The staff at the handbag sections on the afternoon/evening shift on 14OCT2022 were amazing. The…read morelady from the Burberry section was simply amazing as she helped me through selecting a Christmas present for my Wife. (Yes, it's early shopping but the dollar has never been this strong against the British pound and I wasn't sure if I'd be back before Christmas). I believe she's originally from Poland, and she truly prides herself in excellent customer service. She could tell I knew nothing about handbags, and she carefully explained to me the style, design, classic vs new, functional, etc. her service was so compelling that I bought one for my Wife. She proceeded to professionally wrap the handbag and also handed me Burberry waters. Weisi at the handbag store in the first floor was also very nice as she also walked me through the items. I was looking for items for my daughters, and we landed on really cool choices. The lady from the Aspinal of London offered to gift wrap the bag and she came bag with it, and my jaw dropped at the sight of an expertly and professionally wrapped present. Kudos to the team. Emma, at the candy and cookies section was another amazing staff member. She immediately assisted me and walked me through the products. She quickly identified that I was Christmas shopping already and after walking me through a selection of traditional British Christmas goodies, she had them wrapped professionally. At my last visit at Selfridge, I was looking for shoes for my daughters, and I did not have a good experience because the staff members refuse to budge from their positions to approach and assist me. When I looked at their direction, they would look away and a pair of youngish ladies even disappeared to the back when I motioned them for help. I visited these sections again and received the same careless responses. Selfridge is fortunate that their staff in the handbag and candy sections execute their jobs with pride and professionalism. The three ladies in these sections helped me setup a good Christmas experience for my Family.

Many people may look at this 1 star and think "what is this guy on about - he knows nothing" but I…read moredo not judge a shop on the premium brands it stocks, I judge Selfridges the same as I would any small independent retailer which is on service, range and prices. Service being the one of paramount importance. I am someone who values service in a store, just like I wrote about of C Aston Tobacconist last week. Perhaps these guys should go to Selfridges and show them how it's done. I went to the Trafford centre today in search of a shaving brush. Not any cheap piece of rubbish, but a good quality genuine badger hair brush. You would think you would get an item of this prestige in a store like Selfrodges, but I could not find anything of the sort. So I preceded to ask the closest member of staff who's dumfounded tone told me all I needed to know. So, I carried on until I found another member of staff, this time male. He pointed me in a direction on the premise that "if we sell them they will be here..." So I trekked to the location.....and nothing. So I then asked another lady who had no idea if they sold them or not. I then went and asked another guy who pointed me in another direction and again, nothing there. Finally I went to find the campest person I could and found someone who fit the bill perfectly. Gay guys often take pride in their appearance so I thought if anyone will know it is him. But again, I was faced with "Erm......" I mean seriously, I know every member of staff can not know every product they sell in a store and maybe a lady would not know about male grooming products, but you would assume guys in a store would know at least if they sold them or not. So no one out of seven, yes seven members of staff that I asked knew for sure, half of which sent me on wild goose hunts. To me this is appalling service. I have worked in stores in my time and if a customer asked me where something was and I didn't know if we had it or not, I wouldn't assume nor 'point them in the direction'. I would say "if I had a hunch, it would be here" and take the customer so they are not left wandering around aimlesslly. So this is why I give Selfridges trafford 1 star. Sheer lack of service, lack of knowledge and lack of customer care is not a business model I admire. I have always hated stores like Selfridges/big department stores of faceless corporations and today was a perfect reminder why. I would add as well that I also could not find any form of male grooming in Debenhams, John Lewis or Selfridges at the Trafford Centre after asking numerous staff in each store. So, you can't say I don't try and support local business because I went out today with a purpose to support local industry but after today all I can say is.......... Thank god for internet shopping!

A pretty large, modern Next location at the Manchester Trafford Centre, while it might lack the…read morecoolness and added brands and features of the nearby flagship branch at the Manchester Arndale, it still is a decent store and features a Costa Coffee. It works better with their Home Store at the other side of the mall within Barton Square, as this branch mainly consists of clothing. Lifts are notable as they seem to be quicker and have fewer people queuing at peak-times compared to the main lifts within intu Trafford Centre. Staff seemed friendly enough. A pretty decent store, but only made better through being one of two stores within the mall, and even then it falls short compared to their larger flagship store nearby. 3*

Although not truely here just for the clothing I popped in for a quick coffee and the ability to do…read morepaperwork. The venue is clean and has Wi-Fi although is busy. The shop itself is also busy too. The staff were working as hard and fast as they could to get the drinks and food out but struggling slightly with the sheer volume of customers. Easy to find a seat though. All in all not a bad venue. The clothing side is clean and has a wide variety of clothing to suit your needs.

Debenhams are quite a large chain of department stores in the UK, on the more affordable range…read morecompared to the likes of Harvey Nichols, and Selfridges who are more high-end, and the latter actually have one of the anchor stores in the Traffor Centre it is located in, which as I recall are three department stores being John Lewis, Selfridges and Debenhams. As mentioned, being an anchor store for the intu Trafford Centre, this branch of Debenhams is quite large, with a fragrance hall as well as a selection of both male and female clothing over the two floors. I'd also like to comment, as this is such a large store in such a busy location, I'm surprised it has only received 15 reviews, most of which being in 2009 and the most recent being in 2011, I'm not going to say all the things that have happened since then, including Gary Lineker being forced to present Match Of The Day in his underpants, following Leicester City's Premier League win, previously dubbed impossible. Moving on to my original review, this is quite a nice store, it is quite large and does look quite modern, but as you go into it, it sadly feels less modern, albeit it does have quite a nice, cool staircase towards the end of the store. Sadly, most of the clothes here just seemed poor quality, and honestly look dreadful, which proves it isn't the most fashionable place to buy clothes, unless you like to buy things which look like curtains and towels. The staff here didn't seem too friendly, they just seemed average. Overall, this store is okay, it is nothing more than that but I sadly feel it hasn't done enough to earn three stars, with one of the only positives being the size and location of the store.

I don't mind Debenhams to be honest. It's a good department store. Whenever I come here it's always…read morethe men's wear department that I visit. You'll be heading down some escalators when you come in to find it. There's loads of famous fashion names on offer, like Levi, Rip Curl and many others. It's always worth a visit as well as you sometimes find things cheaper here than in the labels' own shops. One thing I would say is that it's really difficult to find the escalator to get back up out of the basement floor! I ended up wondering around for five minutes trying to find the bloody thing!

This M&S Outlet store is certainly not the best or most exciting of stores from the Marks and…read moreSpencer brand, it is an Outlet store which mainly gets rid of old, out of fashion clothing which even the bigger stores wouldn't sell anymore, and often might have put on sale with no success in the past, still around sale prices. This is a slightly small branch in the Lowry Outlet in Manchester, they do seem to have made effort to improve it slightly such as with a nicer, slightly more modern and welcoming sign, and I presume this is a new addition for this store especially since it was last reviewed in what is nearly four full years ago. The staff didn't seem to stand out in anyway. I don't normally like Outlet stores and most of the fashion here was nothing great and more out of date rather than modern, which people would want to wear and the prices were just average sale prices and didn't stand out in particular, so I sadly feel this store does deserve a single one star rating.

Peddlers of pricey clothing with a penchant for food porn…read more The rise of supermarket clothing and budget store Primark has seen the once untouchable snobbery and borefest that is the mighty M&S slip sharply from it's perch. The elderly won't be around forever you know! Where's Take That when you need them?

Nice, cheap, and simple, my first call for DIY and gardening stuff, as well as household items…read more Queues can get quite big at the tills but staff jump on quick enough and queue bust. Stationary and sweets/food are on the lower level but I hardly go to that area of the store.

I quite like this place!…read more Cheap and simple with nice displays! It lures you in with their gardening tools, plants, ornaments and helps you to believe you can make your garden look beautiful! And surprise surprise, you can! I've found more than one bargain for the garden and EVEN the kitchen in here. Starting out in a new home was hard for me and my boy not owning much but our green bin, kettle and toaster look great and work very efficiently - and they were so cheap! Wilkinson's offers such a range of items but they are great at providing ranges that match each other. Your home will not look dull. They provide all the decorating supplies you could ever need as well as cleaning supplies and a good chocolate range.

I'm an M&S supporter. I've been shopping with them since 1973 and I trust them implicitly. The…read morequality of the food they sell is really beyond dispute and represents great value for money on quality. When there were food scandals here a few years ago like the horsemeat scandal their name never arose. Sure you can go to the other big stores but when you look at the prices they charge for their comparable quality provisions they actually usually charge more than M&S do for their M&S labelled products. Buy cheap folks and buy twice. I only needed croissants, Parma ham, roasted cashews and some of their exquisite Indian meals but I had grandkids in tow so things like Percy pig sweets, banana milk, sugary cereals, doughnuts and fresh baked cookies ended up on the counter. We all then went to the M&S upstairs cafe; adults for cappuccinos and kids for apple juice - before this it would have been to the Starbucks in this vast centre but since they charged me 5p for a plastic cup for iced water (in Portsmouth) I've not been back. M&S provide jugs of water with glasses for free in their cafés - you don't even have to buy anything.

I like Marks and Spencer's location in the Trafford Centre, it is over multiple floors with a large…read moreFood Section, they also have the Scan and Go capability, meaning you can scan and bag items as you walk around the store, and then pay on your phone and leave, which makes the shopping experience much more simple. I do find the checkout area to be a little hectic here sometimes, so that makes the app much more useful here. While I do prefer their Manchester Arndale location nearby in terms of item stocked and overall look/feel of the store, this store certainly isn't a bad alternative and I do seem able to get the majority of the items I need when I visit the store. The layout of the store is pretty easy to follow, I like how they've combined the cupboard and fridge "Made Without Wheat" range to be right next to each other, which makes the whole shopping experience much quicker. There are no toilets in store which is rare for a large Marks and Spencer, there are plenty of toilet facilities around the rest of the Trafford Centre though. 4*

A large shop that is supposed to be cheap yet they do items specifically for the outlet- how does…read morethat work? Thought it was supposed to be end of lines etc but clearly the aim is to extract money. You be better off going to a non-outlet.

This shop has been around in Chorlton for 13 years now, it sell some interesting and different…read morelabels, most from up and coming new designers and quirky European labels like labels like Ruutsoo. The shop sells clothes for both men and women with most of the pieces being a one off.... so if you like something well enough to pay the rather inflated price, the likely hood is that you will be the only person in Manchester wearing it! The shop is fairly small, but the wide range of stock is neatly placed on east access rails. The only downside is the staff sometimes seem to have been a little distracted when I popped in, I don't know if this is because I am not head-to-toe in designer gear, but I get the feeling it is!

Lovely fashion shop in Chorlton. Great range of small labels. They even sell clothes from the…read moreSwedish Bohemia label! I spent some hours there going through the pieces,nice collection of shoes as well.