{"id":1074653,"date":"2026-07-07T18:43:30","date_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:43:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1074653\/"},"modified":"2026-07-07T18:43:30","modified_gmt":"2026-07-07T18:43:30","slug":"major-retailer-confirms-return-to-manchester-city-centre-with-new-location-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/1074653\/","title":{"rendered":"Major retailer confirms return to Manchester city centre with new location revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Scandinavian retailer closed its doors last year but has reopened a new concession store in Manchester\"The<\/p>\n

The retailer has a permanent concession inside Selfridges (Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

It’s been just over a year since a major fashion brand said goodbye to Manchester, but now shoppers will once again be able to peruse and buy its wares.<\/p>\n

Cos, part of the H&M group, which specialises in smart womenswear with modern tailoring, as well as a range of men’s clothing closed its flagship store on St Ann’s Square last June.<\/p>\n

The H&M group also owns Monki – which also closed its concept store inside the Arndale in 2025 – and & Other Stories, which is based in a huge corner site on St Ann’s Square opposite Zara.<\/p>\n

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Cos took over the former GAP site in 2018, after the retailer moved took on a 10-year lease inside the Arndale. However, it quietly closed its doors last summer, with no indication at the time as to whether it would return to Manchester.<\/p>\n

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Cos’ former store on St Ann’s Square(Image: Manchester Evening News)<\/p>\n

Now, the brand has confirmed its new Manchester location – albeit slightly smaller than it’s previous site. A spokesperson for Cos told the Manchester Evening News: “We are pleased to confirm that our new concession store at Selfridges Exchange Square in Manchester opened on 26 June, offering pieces from our latest Womenswear collection.”<\/p>\n

Located upstairs at Selfridges, the new concession sits alongside other womenswear and lifestyle brands including Skims, Adanola, Good American, Sweaty Betty. Shoppers can browse a range of dresses, shirts and blouses, trousers and shirts, plus jewellery and Cos’ latest summer collection.<\/p>\n

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The latest range at Cos (Image: Cos)<\/p>\n

While Cos has found its new space at Exchange Square, its former home of St Ann’s Square has seen a great deal of change in recent years. Earlier this year, one of the city’s longest running shops, located on the square, closed after falling into administration.<\/p>\n

Manchester’s iconic Russell & Bromley city centre store launched a closing down sale in February<\/a>, after the luxury footwear brand revealed it had appointed administrators. After an uncertain few months, the retailer’s store, just off St Ann’s Square<\/a>, closed in April for good<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Elsewhere on the square, last year saw one of Manchester’s most distinctive historic buildings given a spectacular new lease of life<\/a> – with a new flagship store from luxury jeweller Mappin & Webb.<\/p>\n

Spanning 700 square metres, it is the largest Mappin & Webb showroom to date in the UK. Their takeover included a thorough restoration of the building’s iconic pink and gold facade.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Scandinavian retailer closed its doors last year but has reopened a new concession store in Manchester The…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1074654,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[8813],"tags":[748,151103,393,26243,4884,2465,8086,24292,246,26665,16,15],"class_list":["post-1074653","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-manchester","tag-britain","tag-citylife-shopping","tag-england","tag-exchange-square","tag-great-britain","tag-manchester","tag-manchester-city-centre","tag-selfridges","tag-shopping","tag-st-anns-square","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/116880175149370915","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074653","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1074653"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1074653\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1074654"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1074653"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1074653"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1074653"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}