Snow+Rock opens joint venture store with TNF

01/10/2009

Outdoor brand The North Face has opened a new outlet in the Trafford Park shopping centre in Manchester.

The 60 square-metre store will be a joint venture with specialist UK-based skiing and climbing equipment retailer Snow+Rock.

The North Face will offer a wider range of accessories and colour options in the new outlet, which is situated in the Trafford Centre's indoor ski facility, the Chill Factoré.

Snow+Rock has a long history of working with The North Face and says it is extremely pleased to be launching this first joint venture operation. Kevin Young, head of marketing for Snow+Rock, said at the time of the announcement: “Opening The North Face store gives us the ability to showcase more of the complete range to our Manchester customerse are really excited about this new partnership with one of our key suppliers.”

The store will open during October and will showcase The North Face's Fall 09 winter collection.