The Trafford Centre is celebrating its 25th birthday this year and is holding a special one-hour performance this week to mark the occasion. The iconic North West shopping centre was built 25 years ago in 1998 and has since become a hub for shopping, dining and entertainment in Manchester, drawing crowds from all over the country. This Friday September 29, the venue is putting on a special show in The Orient where 90s popstars B*Witched will be performing - and are also celebrating their success which started a quarter of a century ago. We visited the Trafford Centre to discuss how the shopping centre has remained such an iconic landmark in Greater Manchester over the last 25 years.
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00:00 The Trafford Centre is celebrating its 25th birthday this year and is holding a special
00:05 one-hour performance this week to mark the occasion.
00:09 The iconic North West Shopping Centre was built 25 years ago in 1998 and has since become
00:14 a hub for shopping, dining and entertainment in Manchester, drawing crowds from all over
00:20 the country.
00:21 This Friday, 29 September, the venue is putting on a special show in the Orient, where 90s
00:27 pop stars Bewitched will be performing, and are also celebrating their success, which
00:32 started a quarter of a century ago.
00:34 We visited the Trafford Centre to discuss how the shopping centre has remained such
00:38 an iconic landmark in Greater Manchester over the last 25 years.
00:43 So on Friday we celebrate our 25 years of being open here in Trafford Centre with our
00:48 Endless Fashion event, which starts at 7pm right here in the Orient.
00:53 And it features a number of our brand partners with Fashion Through the Ages culminating
00:57 in a fantastic event with our 90s pop sensation Bewitched, who also celebrate 25 years this
01:03 year.
01:04 Retail has changed significantly over the last 25 years as we know, and our secret is
01:08 to always keep evolving, bringing new brand partners into the centre and new experiences
01:13 as well.
01:14 But we really feel we can offer that destination for both retail, leisure and eating within
01:19 the Trafford Centre, Europe's largest food court here in the Orient.
01:22 So the building itself is particularly unique and the Trafford Centre is famous for its
01:26 fantastic architecture and great environment, but it's nothing without the fantastic people
01:30 that make the magic happen behind the scenes.
01:32 And we've celebrated this week 21 of our colleagues that have achieved 25 years service of delivering
01:38 great service to our guests that visit the centre.
01:40 And also our brand partners as well, keeping them evolving, delivering fantastic service
01:44 in a great environment is what's the secret to keeping us going here at Trafford.
01:48 I think the balance in Trafford Centre is those permanent fixtures, those permanent
01:52 retailers, those permanent events such as our cinema and our fantastic brand partners
01:56 that exist within the centre, but also that flexible space that we can use for events
02:00 at different times of the year.
02:01 You'll be aware of our fair that we have currently outside and that'll be coming back for Spookfest
02:05 for a couple of weeks over Halloween and we've of course got plans for Christmas.
02:09 But by keeping that constantly moving and evolving so that there's always something
02:12 different for our guests is what helps keep the centre fresh.
02:15 I think it really does still take our customers breath away when they come into the centre
02:19 and we owe it to the last 25 years of success to keep that moving and to keep developing
02:23 as well.
02:24 Our guests will see we're currently refreshing our Chinatown part of our Orient food hall
02:29 here and we've just had some fantastic new additions to the food hall that compliment
02:32 the environment and theming that's been here for the last 25 years, such as our new store
02:37 in Est, Frankamanka and Real Greek that are just behind me.
02:40 We've had some fantastic events right here in the Orient over the years with some really
02:44 big names performing on the stage and this week on Friday it's the first event for some
02:49 time where we'll be celebrating our 25 years with Bewitched.
02:52 More information can be found on our website.
02:54 It starts at 7pm and is an entirely free event with a fantastic fashion show and a performance