START saving now as Abercrombie & Fitch will be opening its second UK location this August in Manchester.

The global retailer plans to open its first prototype store in the UK at intu Trafford Centre.

The new stores include fitting rooms with separate controls for light and music as well as a phone charging dock. 

Stacia Andersen, brand president of Abercrombie & Fitch, said: "Manchester is a young, vibrant and fashion-forward city, making intu Trafford Centre an ideal location for our second store and our first prototype in the UK.

Intu Trafford Centre mark its 20th anniversary later this year. 

Abercrombie & Fitch will open as work gets underway on a £75 million transformation of intu Trafford Centre’s Barton Square which will gain 110,000 sq ft of extra retail space, a new glass-domed roof and a fully redesigned interior.

The new space will launch in 2019 with Primark already signed up as an anchor tenant.