Sage pop-up store Edinburgh winners revealed

Three delighted small companies are on the brink of open a pop-up store in St James Quarter, Edinburgh.

Final month Sage launched a contest, in partnership with Small Enterprise, to seek out manufacturers to hitch them in prestigious retail house within the coronary heart of Edinburgh.

Chosen from over 200 entries, the winners are:

Kicking off the vacation season, the store might be working within the lead-up to Christmas and the capital’s well-known Hogmanay celebrations. Head over to St James Quarter between November 29 and December 2 to verify them out.

Due to Sage’s competitors, these small companies can have the cash can’t purchase alternative to face proud subsequent to family names equivalent to John Lewis, Area NK, Resort Chocolat, L’Occitane and different large manufacturers.

The entire successful companies have been buying and selling for lower than 5 years and have 5 or fewer staff.

The competitors was judged by Sage international VP of built-in campaigns, Oliver Clark; managing director of LoveReading, Deborah Maclaren; and Sage’s vp of UKI efficiency advertising, Kirsty Waller.

Praising Woven Whisky, Kirsty Waller mentioned: “I like the aesthetic of the model and what they’ve achieved to this point.”

GET IT GRL caught Deborah Maclaren’s consideration: “It’s a enterprise constructed on private ardour that fills a spot available in the market and provides a little bit of magic to everybody’s lives,” she mentioned.

Oliver Clark commented that Nonetheless Life Story is an attention-grabbing and scaleable proposition with sturdy branding and advertising.

This occasion follows on from the primary Sage x Small Enterprise pop-up store competitors again in June 2023. See the video beneath to came upon the way it went.

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