A sweet shop which imports tasty treats from around the globe has beaten famous stores to be voted one of the top 100 shops you must visit.

Cybercandy in Gloucester Road, Brighton, beat department store Harrods as well as Marks & Spencer.

It has taken its place in the top 100 shops list put together by Retail Week magazine, which asked some of the top names in the business for their selections.

Choices which made the list ranged from Bloomingdale's swish department store in New York to a butcher's in Wiveliscombe, near Exmoor in Somerset.

The Brighton sweet shop has been open for a year and sells everything from Canadian Kit Kats to Japanese confectionery.

Margaret Morrison, director of Cybercandy Brighton, said: "We are absolutely thrilled.

"It looks like we are the only Brighton shop in the list, which is fabulous. It really is special to be one of the best 100 shops in the world.

"We will have been open in Brighton for one year today so it is a great birthday present. Cybercandy has been going for six years and Brighton is our first shop outside London.

"We chose Brighton because it has such a fun, diverse atmosphere and it is a brilliant shopping destination."

The company has been so inspired by its move to Brighton that it plans to open a bigger flagship store in Covent Garden, London, near its current location, at the end of August.

The latest stock in the Brighton store includes drinks such as Coke Blak from France, and Black Cherry Vanilla Coke and Dr Pepper Berries and Cream from America.

Other items include Snifters - a chocolate and peppermint sweet from New Zealand - and Killer Python, a foot-long gum sweet from Australia.

Katie Kilgallen, of Retail Week, helped choose the top 100 shops.

She said: "The shop is only small but the products are colourful and fun.

"It imports from all over the world so you can discover lots of stuff you've never seen before and can't get elsewhere in the UK.

"I can't think of anywhere else you can get blood orange flavour Diet Coke and almost 20 different varieties of Pop Tarts."

Visit www.cybercandy.co.uk or phone 0845 8380958.