Mooch Meadowhall: First look inside new homeware store replacing Paperchase at Sheffield shopping centre

Mooch, a gifting and homeware shop, has officially welcomed its first customers at its new site in Meadowhall. The store offers shoppers a range of greeting cards for special occasions, along with gift wrap, quirky home décor, candles, stationery, Jellycat toys and more.

The new store is located on the Upper Gallery, and has taken over the centre’s former Paperchase unit. The stationery brand was bought by Tesco earlier this year after it fell into administration. Tesco ultimately decided to only purchase the brand and intellectual property rather than the stores, and therefore ordered for all 106 shops to close, two of which were in Sheffield.

Darren Pearce, centre director at Meadowhall, said: “We’re really pleased to welcome Mooch to the centre. I’m sure the brand will be a big hit with shoppers looking for unique and quirky gifts for their loved ones or just to treat themselves too.”

Mooch is one of several new openings to be announced at Meadowhall recently, after the centre welcomed Cornish clothing retailer Seasalt and ‘hugely popular’ American chicken restaurant Slim Chickens just last month, as well as the popular British shoe brand Dr. Martens in April.

The opening of Mooch has created seven new jobs and will be open from 10am-9pm weekdays, 9am-8pm Saturdays and 11am-5pm on Sundays. It joins a number of other gifting and homeware retailers at Meadowhall including Rituals, Lakeland and Ava May Aromas.