Lyall’s Marketplace opens in Manchester Square [Video]

A new store in Manchester Square is building up the small business community one shelf at a time.

Lyall’s Marketplace wants to make it easier for local vendors to cash in on their talent by cutting some of the overhead costs that can be a barrier to small businesses.

The storefront is home to more than 65 brands, with 95 per cent of creators working in the Edmonton area.

Vendors can rent a shelf and keep 100 per cent of their sales, or they can go the consignment route where they exchange a percentage of their sales for the spot in the store.

“A lot of people don’t have rent upfront to be able to start off, so they start with consignment and then maybe they’ll move to rent in the future,” said Lyall’s Marketplace owner Megan Forsberg. “Because you do have a huge opportunity to make more money each …