The Trafford Centre is a large indoor shopping centre and leisure complex situated in the Metropolitan Borough of Trafford in Greater Manchester. Popularly known for its vivid and quirky resemblance to a rococo/late baroque architectural style, the centre employs 8,000 people. It has Europe's largest food court in The Orient and the UK's busiest cinema, attracting over 28,500 visitors each week.
There are three main shopping areas in the Trafford Centre; Peel Avenue, Regent Crescent and Barton Square. Peel Avenue is home to the high street shops such as an Apple Store, H&M, and Boots. It is also home to two department stores, the new John Lewis which opened in 2005 at the end of Peel Avenue, and the newly refubished four-storey Marks & Spencer. Regent Crescent is mainly home to lifestyle and fashion retailers including Reiss, Mango, Monsoon, Coast, French Connection, All Saints and department store Debenhams. Barton Square contains homewares market with a variety of units offering furniture, kitchens, bathrooms, home furnishings and other goods that are available elsewhere in the Trafford Centre. Retailers operating so far are Next Home, BHS Home, Dwell, Laura Ashley and Habitat