The York Ghost Merchants, located at 6 Shambles, has been operated by Angus McArthur and business partner David Bloodworth since its inception five years ago.
Offering just one product – a ghost figurine – the Merchants aim to bring a 'multi-layered' approach to retail by offering an experience in the shop itself and creating a unique brand which celebrates a mystery and tradition around ghost making.
According to Angus, the city of York itself provided the trigger for the shop as "in another location, the idea simply wouldn’t work".
He said: “York has a reputation throughout the world for its ghosts. There’s been sightings, stories passed down through generations, where the ghosts live on through those stories and heritage.
"In bygone times, lace would be brought back from Nottingham or pottery would be brought back from Stoke, so I thought it would be really wonderful to have a local craft which we brought to life here in York for tourists to take home. In a workshop above the shop, we were making on the Shambles again and bringing things down below like it would have been in the past.
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