Category: Retail

JUST HOW LOYAL ARE YOU?

Loyalty. Anyone who’s been watching Love Island will be pretty familiar with the term. This year’s Islander, Georgia and her commitment to demonstrating loyalty to herself, her friends, her family, her fellow Islanders, you get the gist has been well documented/ridiculed! And we’re all familiar with loyalty, whether it’s in our personal or professional life. As…
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#GETTOKNOW KIRSTY MERRETT

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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HOW ARE SOME BRANDS DEFYING THE HIGHSTREET DOWN TURN?

The last 25 years have seen dramatic change on our high streets. From closures of big names such as Woolworths and BHS to the rise of shopping online, the ways we shop and the things we buy feel almost unrecognisable. According to Which, their members voted Woolworths as the most missed shop from the 1990s, closely…
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LOOKS LIKE ANOTHER SUNNY DAY

There is no doubt, that as nation, we are obsessed with the weather.  Can you think of a week, or perhaps even a day, when you haven’t mentioned it yourself, replied to a comment or overheard a conversation about the weather? Perhaps it is because we just have so much of it!  Our island is…
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2018… THE YEAR OF THE REBRAND?

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. For…
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#GETTOKNOW EMMA SMYTH

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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PUTTING SHOPPING BACK ON THE AGENDA

Inbox full of GDPR emails? Anyone else surprised by just how many retailers and services they were actually signed up to?! And how many have you decided to stay with? Research from the DMA shows that most consumers feel more comfortable sharing their data than ever before. The survey revealed that 62% of consumers’ confidence in…
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INFLATABLES AT THE READY

We haven’t seen the sun for months, so excuse us while we take a moment to get a bit carried away, excited that summer may be on its way (just don’t check the forecast for next week). And when it comes to social media, we’ve got a spring in our step. Instagram is packed full…
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