Shopping in Northwest England
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Beatles Shop
For decent memorabilia, check out the Beatles Shop. Forty years later, the club is gone, the band has long broken up and two of its members are dead, but the phenomenon lives on and is still the biggest tourist magnet in town.
The Cavern Quarter - basically a small warren of streets around Mathew St - has been transformed to cash in on the band's seemingly unending earning power: the Rubber Soul Oyster Bar, the From Me to You shop and the Lucy in the Sky With Diamonds cafe should give you an idea of what to expect.
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St John's Shopping Centre
The largest shopping centre in Liverpool, St John's is smack-bang in the heart of the city. With over 100 shops and a food court, there's no need to see the light of day.
Some might grudge the exaggerated role shopping plays in the cultural life of Liverpool, but there's no arguing with the popularity of this giant complex. Come and see scouser mall-folk at play.
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Monument Square Farmers' Market
Liverpool's peripatetic farmers' market comes to Monument Square twice a month. A great way to get to know what regional producers are coming up with.
As the English food revolution gathers pace, farmers' markets are becoming an increasingly popular way of bringing real food to the urban masses. Cut out the middleman and meet the meat at Liverpool's biggest.
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Marks & Spencer
Marks 'n' Sparks - to its close friends - is known as Britain's most reliable department store. Whether you're after basic clothing or a meal from their great pre-prepared range, these stores won't let you down. The Manchester store is a whopping 23,000 sq m (247,480 sq ft), the largest in the UK, after being re-built on the site of an IRA bombing.
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Trafford Centre
This out-of-town mega-mall is the largest shopping centre in the UK, with over 280 shops and even accommodation. Days are easy to fill here: dent the Visa big time at stores like Selfridges and Debenhams, sample the volley of international cuisine, work it off playing laser tag or perhaps just more shopping, then kick back in the cinema.
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Affleck's Palace
Rag-trade wholesalers have given way to independent retailers stocking all manner of hip urban wear, retro fashions and other left-of-centre threads. At the heart of it all is Affleck's Palace, a four-storey warehouse full of outlets that Manchester's teenage Goths and the rest of the gloomerati have turned into a social day out.
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Manchester Craft and Design Centre
Housed in a restored Victorian fish market among a warren of quirky shops, this is the spot to pick up unique work by Mancunian artists, craftspeople and designers. The works - including jewellery, textiles and ceramics - are by students as well as established talents, so it's possible to snag a few bargains.
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Harvey Nichols
The king of British department stores has an elegant presence on fashionista row. The 2nd-floor restaurant is excellent and even has a wine list of more than 400 different wines.
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Piccadilly Records
Very snazzy jam-packed alternative and unusual record store, selling everything from electroclash to avant rock to stoner. Piccadilly records also sells books, magazines, clothing, DJ equipment and slipmats.
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Tib Street Market
Up-and-coming local designers get a chance to display their wares at this relatively new weekly market where you can pick up everything from purses to lingerie and hats to jewellery.
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Rags to Bitches
Award-winning vintage boutique with fashions from the 1930s to the '80s. This is the place to go to pick up unusual, individual pieces or that outfit for the fancy-dress ball.
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Cavern Walks
Smack-bang in the middle of Liverpool's groovy Cavern Quarter, Cavern Walks combines big-name and underground couture in the one complex. Browse or binge, it's all here.
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Oi Polloi
Besides the impressive range of casual footwear, this trendy boutique also stocks a range of designers including APC, Lyle & Scott, Nudie Jeans and Fjallraven.
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Thomas St Post Office
Carhartt, Edwin, Pointer and Undefeated are just some of the trendy labels represented on the racks of this lovely boutique housed in a converted post office.
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Oxfam Originals
If you're into retro, this terrific store has high-quality gear from the 1960s and '70s. Shop in the knowledge that it's for a good cause.
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Waterstone's
Biggest bookstore in town, with branches on Deansgate and St Anne’s Sq.
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Cornerhouse Bookshop
Art and film books, specialist magazines and kitschy cards.
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Emporio Armani
Contemporary designs for both men and women from one of the world's most famous luxury designers.
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DKNY
Trendy fashions for men and women from the New York designer.
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Brooks Brothers
High-end classic fashion for men from the well-established US house.
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Waterstone's
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Liverpool ONE
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Waterstones
Biggest bookstore in town, also has a branch on Deansgate.
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Cornerhouse
Art and film books, specialist magazines and kitschy cards.
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