Brothers Tom and Joe Barrett created the Teenage Market in Stockport to give entrepreneurs and performers a chance to share their products and skills with consumers. In their first market 70 young people ‘produced’ the teenage market along with 100’s of mainly young consumers.
44% of the young traders had never visited the market before but 53% are now considering it as a career option.
One trader, local artist Lucy Shaw, is funding her advanced studies through her business.
The Teenage Market is being offered, through licence, as a real world counterbalance to the growth of the digital marketplace.
Their on-line portal, driven by WordPress (another Stockport business), allows traders and performers to link and collaborate but always results in a physical teenage market event. It also allows market managers to ‘manage’ the mix of the event – in terms of the type of retail and performance.
Additionally the licence offers full marketing, promotion and other support.
The licence is £700 per year or £1000 for two years
A fantastic innovation. You can find out more at www.theteenagemarket.com
Finally, I was delighted to hear that Tom is a graduate of Manchester Metropolitan University. Tom and Joe told their story to conference delegates at the National Association of British Market Authorities Annual Conference today in Torquay.
They are doing some excellent work and we have more news about The Teenage Market here. http://www.markettradenews.com/teenage_market.html