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Browse the latest stock sourced by trusted local independents and discover fresh boutiques that could soon become your new favourites.

When we choose to shop with local independents we directly support the creative and unique community of small retailers trading in our city.

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News: Stockport independent Squound open new shop

Creative partnership Tim & Chris curate and sell high quality, beautifully presented mid century furniture, furnishings & homewares from their psychedelic shop in Stockport old town & online.


Latest Listing – The Hide Ranger

Original leather goods, designed and handmade in Manchester. The Hide Ranger ‘Rescued!’ range is an exciting new, special collection that utilises leather destined for waste, such as ‘pre-loved’ sofas, off-cuts from local furniture makers and small leftovers from bag making.

Latest Blog – Catalog

Tools, holiday baggage, coffee, recycling, small children: some of the items typically transported on a cargo bike by the eco-minded. Doing things differently is our thing in Manchester, the perfect place for Catalog’s founder Peter to give the cargo bike some swagger….


Top 5 by The Long Shot Exp.

Big week in little Flixton. Not only has The Long Shot Exp. launched a fresh crop of caps but Mike, mighty milliner and founder of Long Shot, has put together a Top 5 of local independents for our weekend exploration. Hold on to your, errr, hats…


  • We Are One: Catalog…
    Tools, holiday baggage, coffee, recycling, small children: some of the items typically transported on a cargo bike by the eco-minded. Maybe because doing things differently […]
  • Manchester – A City of Shops
    Founded during the national lockdown in 2020, at Brothers & Sisters we believe that independent shops, boutiques and unique retailers are integral to defining our […]
  • We Are One – Old Town General Store
    To celebrate Brothers & Sisters reaching the grand old age of one, our series ‘We Are One’ will tell the story of some of the […]