Falling out of love with traditional Valentine’s Day rituals? You’re not alone! So why is February 14th still considered one of the key trading periods for retailers? And the stats don’t lie. Even though the level of market growth around the nation’s favourite day of love is slowing down, the Valentine’s Day market in the UK…
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Chrissy Teigen started the New Year by giving a good humoured thanks to John Legend for not only being her husband-husband, but specifically her #InstagramHusband… A growing hashtag that has now generated over 125,000 posts, and it’s not just a saying… This is a real job for some guys! “Thank u for always supporting my…
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It’s no longer just the Coca Cola ad that gets us excited about Christmas, oh no, we now have the iconic John Lewis countdown, Kevin the carrot and this year even a very unexpected whirlwind involving Rang-tan! Here’s our favourite picks from 2018! “We have Love Actually to thank for casting a lobster in their Christmas…
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Berkshire based consumer PR agency, Escapade, today launches its sister brand Elevation Marketing, specifically to support SME’s operating in the food and drink industry. Recognising that a traditional agency approach is often not viable for most new businesses, Elevation has been developed as a hybrid mentoring and practical learning programme for brands in those infancy to accelerator stages…
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This month we’re getting to know lifestyle blogger Vix Meldrew! Known for her capsule wardrobes, chatty captions and general life updates! When did you first set up your social channels, and what got you started? I set them up to coincide with the launch of my blog back in 2014. I knew that’s ‘what bloggers…
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This week, Facebook will introducing its digital wellbeing screen-time management dashboards for both Facebook and Instagram, initially in the U.S. before rolling it out to all users in the coming weeks. Through various studies, Facebook concluded recently that it was “passive zombie-feed scrolling, not active communication with friends, that hurts our health”, and has since…
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This month we’re getting to know Kirsty Merrett from Fashion for Lunch! A fabulous blog filled with shopping edits, styling advice, make-up launches, beauty excitement, interior decor and general life advice and positivity! When did you first set up your social channels, and what got you started? I set up my blog in 2012 and then…
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In the last week alone we have seen two big players reveal plans for a rebrand – John Lewis and Waitrose on the High Street, who from September 2018 will be known as ‘John Lewis & Partners’ and ‘Waitrose & Partners’, and Johnson & Johnson, the number one baby care brand in the world. …
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This month we’re getting to know Emma Smyth from The Em Edit, who describes herself as “plus-size wearing, big-footed lover of vintage, gaudy prints and all things snazzy”… When did you first set up your social channels, and what got you started? I started Terrible Tumbles in 2013, which seems an unfeasible amount of time…
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