Scotland’s largest city has followed in the footsteps of Milan, Brussels and Copenhagen with the emergence of a new ‘interior quarter’.

Danish furniture giant BoConcept is the latest design outlet to move into an small enclave near Glasgow’s Sauchiehall Street.


Brands such as Moben and Dolphin have also opened in the area between Sauchiehall Street and Bothwell Street.

Milan, Brussels and Copenhagen have areas dedicated to furniture shopping.

Other interior stores in the area to the west of the city centre include Habitat, New Heights, Sofa Workshop (which recently moved from Nelson Mandela Square) and Hampton & McMurray.

Adam Davidson of BoConcept said: “Some people may question why we would move out of Princes Square.

Key sections

“However we made this strategic decision as we wanted to move to an area that is a true destination for interior shoppers and is a stand alone store outwith a shopping centre offering something as basic as having a shop window for passing trade.

“A few years back, Habitat did exactly the same thing in terms of moving out of Buchanan Galleries shopping centre and onto the far end of Bothwell Street, which is where they were located originally.

“More and more interior stores are cropping up in this sector between Sauchiehall Street and Bothwell Street which has become known within the furniture industry as the ‘interior sector’.”

He added that he hoped that the nascent ‘interior quarter’ would arrest what some have claimed was the decline of Sauchiehall Street in some key sections.