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Furniture and homewares retailer unveils new concept store at Fox Valley

Furniture and homewares retailer unveils new concept store at Fox Valley

Furniture and homewares retailer unveils new concept store at Fox Valley

28 May 2025

 
The award-winning home and furniture retailer Shackletons has launched the first of its brand-new concept stores at Fox Valley in north Sheffield. 
 
The company has transformed a prime unit at the shopping centre into a beautiful new home and furniture store working in collaboration with the leading home and outdoor furniture and homewares specialist Gallery.
 
The new Fox Valley store is the first dedicated Gallery living concept store in the UK – with further stores planned.
 
The local community voted Local hero Jackie Higginbottom to cut the ribbon on the new store to welcome the family run business to Fox Valley, and the crowds turned out. 
 
The company launched an online poll to ask residents who they would like to see as the ribbon cutting guest of honour for their opening day. Jackie was voted as the community’s local hero and treated to a special gift hamper as well as the honour of cutting the ribbon.
 
Jackie is a well-known local resident having worked in Deepcar as a lollipop lady for fifty years, looking after generations of local children on their way to school. She received a British Empire Medal from the King in his first New Year’s Honours List.
 
Jackie said the new store looked “absolutely wonderful” and it was an honour to be nominated by the local community.
 
As well as a full range of Gallery furniture the 14,700 sq. ft. store also sells fabulous home accessories, from cushions and vases to tableware, candles, bedding and diffusers, alongside a great gifting range.
 
The ground floor features outdoor furniture as well as beautiful and affordable dining suites, sofas and accessories.
 
The first floor has been transformed into a showroom for bedroom furniture and accessories as well as a stylish café overlooking the ground floor entrance.
 
Shackletons was founded 26 years ago by brothers David and Paul Shackleton with a garden centre, furniture, home furnishings and gift store in Chatburn, the heart of the Ribble Valley.
 
The company has expanded in recent years with an outlet store at Redbrick Mill in Batley and they are delighted to be rolling out the first of their new format stores in north Sheffield, bringing something completely new to the area.
 
Co-founder David Shackleton said: “We have been given such a warm welcome here at Fox Valley. The new living concept store is a close collaboration with Gallery, and we are so grateful for the hard work of their talented team in creating this fabulous new concept that we’re proud to  have launched at Fox Valley.
 
“Our existing team and our new Fox Valley team have also worked incredibly hard to create our new living concept store. Our new team at Fox Valley have really understood what we want to achieve here in the look and feel of store and they’re already a key part of the Shackleton and Gallery family.”
 
“We would also like to say a big thankyou to our local hero Jackie for cutting the ribbon. We are an independent, family run business but we are new to this part of South Yorkshire so we wanted to ask the local community who they would like to see opening the store – Jackie was the unanimous choice!”
 
Shackletons has taken on the former Sandersons Department store unit at Fox Valley by the entrance to the centre. The company has employed a number of former Sandersons staff at the new store.
 
Managing Director of Dransfield Properties, which owns and manages Fox Valley, James Shepherd said: “The Shackletons team have done a fantastic job with the store, it looks great and we’re sure customers are going to be really impressed and inspired for their home décor with the fresh and contemporary feel.
 
“We are particularly pleased to be welcoming a family owned and run business to this very special space at Fox Valley and we wish David and the whole team all the very best in their new store.”
 
To keep up to date with news and events at Fox Valley visit www.foxvalleysheffield.co.uk and to find out more about Shackletons visit www.shackletonsonline.co.uk
 
 Photographs show: Jackie Higginbottom cutting the ribbon with the Shackletons and Gallery team. Store staff in the new Fox Valley store. Photos: Charley Atkins / S70 Media.
 
 

 

For further information, contact:

Public Relations Department, Dransfield Properties Ltd
Tel: 01226 360644
Email: pr@dransfield.co.uk

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