{"id":160159,"date":"2018-06-22T16:05:49","date_gmt":"2018-06-22T16:05:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/next-to-trial-bridalwear-concession-in-manchester-store\/"},"modified":"2021-08-12T13:53:09","modified_gmt":"2021-08-12T13:53:09","slug":"next-to-trial-bridalwear-concession-in-manchester-store","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/next-to-trial-bridalwear-concession-in-manchester-store\/","title":{"rendered":"Next to trial bridalwear concession in Manchester store"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>High street giant Next is trialling its first ever bridalwear concession <strong>in its Manchester Arndale store in partnership with<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wed2b.co.uk\">WED2B<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!--more-->The WED2B concession will be<strong> based on the third floor of the store and will house 350 dresses<\/strong> and eight changing rooms. The dresses, which include bride's and bridesmaid dresses, will all be priced at under \u00a3699 and will come in sizes 6-30.<\/p>\n<p>Todd Cassidy, founder and CEO of WED2B, said: \u201cWe\u2019re excited to be opening our first concession in Manchester. It will be very interesting to see how this store performs. As with all of our 33 stores nationwide, <strong>brides-to-be can drop in whenever they like,<\/strong> take their time browsing our designer collections, and try as many dresses as they like before choosing and taking home their perfect gown that very same day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Founded in 2009, <strong>WED2B has grown to become the UK's largest national bridalwear retailer<\/strong> with stores across the country\u00a0from Bolton to Bournemouth with further openings planned.<\/p>\n<p>Next has been experimenting with new experiences at the Manchester Arndale store and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theindustry.fashion\/\/next-signs-deal-car-retailer-rockar-sell-cars-within-stores\/\">in January announced a tie-up with\u00a0pioneering car retailer Rockar<\/a> to <strong>open digital experiences within its stores <\/strong>with the first going into the Manchester store.<\/p>\n<p>While the WED2B is its first official bridalwear concession, it does sell an <a href=\"http:\/\/www.next.co.uk\/women\/occasion\/wedding-collection\/1\">affordable bridalwear collection<\/a> on its website.<\/p>\n<p><em>Image: WED2B<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":132338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10494],"tags":[12936,12041,12820,3683,13221],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Next to trial bridalwear concession in Manchester store - TheIndustry.fashion<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"High street giant Next is trialling its first ever bridalwear concession in its Manchester Arndale store in partnership with WED2B. 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