Mark Anderson
This article showcases our top picks for the best Manchester Retail companies. These startups and companies are taking a variety of approaches to innovating the Retail industry, but are all exceptional companies well worth a follow.
We tried to pick companies across the size spectrum from cutting edge startups to established brands.
We selected these startups and companies for exceptional performance in one of these categories:
- Innovation
- Innovative ideas
- Innovative route to market
- Innovative product
- Growth
- Exceptional growth
- Exceptional growth strategy
- Management
- Societal impact
Top Manchester Retail Startups
Data sourced from Crunchbase and SemRush.
THG
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The Hut Group is an online retailing platform focused on fast moving consumer goods, specifically focused on health and beauty.
Co-op
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Co-op, home to Food, Insurance, Funeralcare, Legal Services and Electrical
Sorted Group
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Sorted Group is a global SaaS company that provides data-driven software for checkouts, warehouses, and shipping.
Airtime Rewards
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Airtime Rewards is an innovative loyalty platform pioneering unique rewards solutions with mobile operators.
DigitalBridge
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DigitalBridge is a Guided Design platform that enables retailers to help their customers design and buy their dream bathroom or kitchen.
In The Style
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In The Style is a trend-led, fast growing fashion e-tailer that offers trend led fashion at reasonable prices.
Know the Origin
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Know the Origin is provides fairtrade and Organic ethical fashion for men and women.
Veo
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Sustainable shopping, solved. The world’s most sustainable online shopping destination.
ChannelGrabber
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Multichannel retail ecommerce SaaS – listing, marketing, inventory & order management, billing, shipping & messaging
All Round Fun
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All Round Fun is a supplier of Outdoor and Indoor Toys & Games from leading suppliers such as Bestway, Plum Products.
Kalibrate Technologies
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Kalibrate Technologies is a software solutions company that aids gas and convenience store companies with easy to use programs.
Auto Trader
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Auto Trader is a motoring marketplace that helps people to sell old cars and buy new vehicles.
J.D. Williams and Company
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J.D. Williams retails apparel, footwear, and accessories for men, women, and children in the United Kingdom.
Lookfantastic
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Lookfantastic is an online retailer of premium beauty and cosmetic products and also provides salon services.
N Brown Group
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N Brown Group plc is a digital specialist fit fashion retailer.
Gbm Group Holdings
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Providing solutions and methods to reach our clients vision, from concept to installation.
The Fragrance Shop
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UK leading independent fragrance retailer having no.1 webshop and 170+ stores
Saturn
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Saturn offers transport, corporate, utilities, automotive, digital signage consultancy, and marketing services.
Lookers
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The Lookers Group offer new and used cars from leading manufacturers, as well as extensive aftersales services.
One iota
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One iota works with a range of leading brands designing apps to create frictionless digital customer experiences from mobile to store
Misspap
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Misspap is a brand with great potential which can leverage the Group’s expertise.
Cash Kicks
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Supporting and rewarding our nation’s heroes, their organisations and charities.
The Co-operative Food Primary Logistics Services
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The Co-operative Food Primary Logistics Services is a co-operative (co-op) is a different kind of business.
Influence Fashion Wholesale
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Influence Fashion Wholesale is a manufacturer and wholesaler of fashion clothing and apparel for both men’s and women’s fashion.
Public Desire
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Public Desire is an online store offering the latest trends in fashion and footwear.
UK POS
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UK POS is the UK’s provider of visual display point of sale products.
Arcarta
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The UK’s first private and exclusive destination for the finest jewellery and watches
ComputerLand
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ComputerLand delivers essential IT services to help organisations run smoothly.
Rayburn Trading
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Rayburn toiletries, is into health & beauty, household and confectionery.
Venditan Limited
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Venditan Limited builds powerful, reliable eCommerce solutions for ambitious retailers & distributors.
UNSHACKLED
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UNSHACKLED.com is an online shop for mobile phones.
GOODWIN SMITH
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Goodwin Smith is the leading direct-to-consumer men’s footwear brand. Designed in Britain. Step up your shoe game.
Shopow
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Shopow is an online social shopping website and search engine that enables users to compare retail offerings.
DustiD
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A global, user-generated, shipping address database built for ecommerce and digital channels that deliver physical goods
100 Percent Group
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100 Percent Group provides International Retail Installation services, to activate in-store marketing campaigns for global brands.
AM2PM Group
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AM2PM Group is a Recruitment agency helping firms with staffing needs for temporary or permanent staff or for outsourced managed services.
Reward Agency
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Sustainable marketing agency and Certified B Corporation helping conscious direct to consumer brands stand out in overcrowded digital spaces
Shout Platform
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Shout is a local discovery platform that brings new experiences, places and activities to user’s fingertips.
Missy Empire
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Missy Empire is a culture & an attitude Inspiring confidence in women to own their beauty & fashion Empire.
Flannels Group LTD
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Flannels Group LTD operates a chain of retail stores that offer designer clothing, footwear, and accessories for men.
Lo-Dough
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Lo-Dough is a retailer that sells drinks and healthy cuisine.
WorkWare
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Repetitive Task Management for Retail, Food and Leisure Businesses
Karpelle
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Karpelle manufactures and supplies ladies wear that retails coats, jackets, trousers, skirts, dresses, and blouses.
All Star Signings
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All Star Signings is an online portal that offers hand signed autographed items from various sports personalities and actors.
Dutton Forshaw Group Ltd.
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Dutton Forshaw Group sells automobiles.
Aircon Spares
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Aircon Spares is a retailer of air conditioning spares, accessories, and pipes.
H.H. Smith & Sons
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H.H. Smith & Sons provides innovative construction services.
Focus Led
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Focus LED offers LED lighting solutions and installation for homes and commercial buildings.
HT Tooling Solutions
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HT Tooling Solutions manufactures and supplies a range of medical, multi-cavity, multi-shot, and prototype moulds for multiple industries.
SpillBuyer.com
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SpillBuyer.com retails a broad spectrum of absorbent pads, pillows, drain protection, bunded flooring kits, spill pallets, and trays.
Union Leisurewear
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Union Leisurewear is an E-commerce firm that provides printed and embroidered clothing.
Allnet Solutions
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Allnet Solutions is an independent reseller of computer hardware.
Native Youth
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Native Youth is a Manchester-based contemporary clothing business that focuses on trend-led styles and sustainability.
Parkers of Bolton
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Parkers of Bolton is a supplier of cycles and accessories.
Banafshaa
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Banafshaa is an online retailer of hijabs and accessories.
Cartridge Monkey
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Cartridge Monkey is the supplier of ink and toner cartridges.
My Own Fairy
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My Own Fairy creates handcrafted solid wood fairy doors with fairy accessories for children.
aqsound
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aqsound is online marketplace where you can find wireless, Indoor/Outdoor and waterproof speakers.
Gadgetize
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Gadgetize sells consumer goods and consumer electronics online.
Street Solutions UK
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Street Solutions UK is an online supplier of site equipment, safety supplies, PPE, workwear and construction tooling.
Steroplast Healthcare
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Steroplast Healthcare offer emergency, hospital, sport, veterinary, medical, first aid and retail service.
Sonniss
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Sonniss is a comprehensive online resource centre for the audio post production community.
I love the 50s
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Online retailer of 1950s style women’s clothing, accessories, lingerie and cosmetics.
Missi London
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Online Fashion Retailer, Shop the Latests summer styles, Celeb fashion and more .
BatteryStation.co.uk
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BatteryStation.co.uk is a retail store that supplies an array of batteries, torches and lamps for TV and film industry via online services.
Success Appointments
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Success Appointments is a retail recruitment agency specialising in providing both permanent and contract recruitment solutions.
Creare
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Creare is a specialist website design and marketing company for SEO, offering as hard and inexpensive a digital presence as possible.
CARME HOME
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Carme Home specializes in beautiful, illuminated dressing tables, vanity stations, mirrored furniture, and stylish storage.
Glamorous
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Glamorous is a street fashion internet store that provides women’s clothing and shoes.
Military 1st
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Military 1st is an e-commerce site that provides military goods and equipment.
Hervia
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Hervia is a luxury fashion boutique offering the latest collections by exclusive designers for men and women.
Hawkshead
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Hawkshead delivers the best outdoor clothing such as waterproof jackets, fleeces, trousers, shirts, and footwear.
Millys Store
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Millys Store offers choices and ideas for a home, wedding, or personal items and gifts for men, women, and children.
Top Secrets Clothing
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Top Secrets Clothing is a printable apparel supplier.
Matttech Modular
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Matttech Modular is the North of England’s very first Modular Synthesizer store, focusing on the ever-expanding Eurorack format
Kukubird
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Kukubird is a fashion brand and design studio that provides women’s apparel & accessories.
itech Trading
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Itech Trading is an online electronic business that sells electronic goods.
Forest Sofa
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Forest Sofa is a UK manufacturer, supplying exclusively designed sofas and beds for the UK Domestic and Contract market.
Love2Sleep
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Love2Sleep is an online retailer that offers bedding and home furnishings.
Gray & Osbourn
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Gray & Osbourn Limited operates as an online and catalogue retailer of designer clothes for women.
Manière De Voir
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Manière De Voir is a fashion brand that provides clothing, shirts, jeans, footwear, and accessories for both men and women.
Rentalcars Connect
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Rentalcars Connect is a leading partner in ground transportation solutions that is powered by Rentalcars.com.
Max Spielmann
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Max Spielmann provides photography and digital photo print services.
Club L
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Club L offers products such as dresses, jumpsuits, tops, jackets, skirts, trousers, lingerie, swimwear, and shorts for women.
Searchlight Electric
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Searchlight Electric is a decorative lighting products company.
My Online Estate Agent
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My Online Estate Agent is a UK-wide online estate agent that specializes in selling and letting properties.
Refundable
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Refundable allows users to take part in a wide range of refundable benefits.
William May
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William May is a webshop that sells a wide collection of watches, bracelets, earrings, engagement rings, pendants, and necklaces.
Ashley Finance
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Ashley Finance provides invoice financing services to small businesses in the United Kingdom.
grüum
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grüum is an e-commerce retailer of beauty and grooming items mainly skincare, haircare and shaving products for all gender and ages.
Porcelain Superstore
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Porcelain Superstore offers a great selection of porcelain, quartz, and metro tiles for kitchens, bathrooms, and floors.
priceology
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Priceology helps you price every product in your range at its optimum selling price.
Maginus
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Maginus delivers complex technology projects that help retailers and distributors to stay ahead of their competitors.
Burns Jewellers
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Burns Jewellers is a Jewellery & watches company.
Hemming & Wills
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Hemming & Wills online store that sells home decor and furniture products.
We Are Cow
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We Are Cow is an online shop that retails a wide range of new and reworked dresses, jackets, sweaters, curves, and accessories.
Roco Clothing
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Roco Clothing is a children’s clothing store.
