Harvey Nichols is a beacon of luxury that opened as part of the 2003 Exchange Square development. Its three floors display beauty products, shoes and...

The venerable old auntie of department stores, clocking up 175 years of trading in 2010, House of Fraser (or Kendal's, as it's better known by locals)...

Not to be confused with the late fashion designer, McQueen is a small, independent boutique with hand-picked stock featuring up-and-coming labels,...

While most sale shops trade by the motto 'you get what you pay for', here, all stock is ex-Office shoe store and of generally good quality. The only...

This modern store, with its glazed façade and lime-green decor, looks futuristic, but the wares are traditional. Perfectly placed for Spinningfields' suited...

Pop is a student institution, selling original and recreated '60s and '70s styles upstairs, including jeans, cute tops and cotton dresses. The basement is...

This hard-to-find pair of shoe and clothing shops rewards perseverance. Small premises house an eclectic mix of shoes on one side of St Ann's Arcade, and...

This neat boutique stocks a good range of clothing dating from the '50s to the '80s, alongside its own reworked vintage garments. There's a great choice of...

It would be a crime not to guide the discerning visitor to Selfridges; five floors of loveliness, desirability and luxury. The basement food hall is worth a...

For designer bargains, TK Maxx is unbeatable. Dedicate at least two hours to searching through the endless racks of last-season and surplus stock designer...

OK, nearly every town has a Topshop, but Manchester's branch of the high-street staple is particularly impressive. This huge store stocks the...

This huge, shiny mall caters for every whim and is, therefore, generally pulsing at the seams with bag-laden shoppers. All the major fashion names are here,...

This slick shopping centre sprang from the ashes of the Corn Exchange (another casualty of that bomb), and while the old building's unique character has now...

This cavernous, glass-fronted store may be located on Manchester's main shopping row but its stock is far from high street. Students and hipsters flock...