Archive for the ‘shopping’ Category
pop up retail – old school style
There’s nothing new about pop-up retail, or pop-up anything if you live on the Isles of Scilly. The same venue morphs from charity shop to music venue to church hall in the space of an afternoon as islanders make the best use of the resources they have. As for an interactive social what’s on guide……..you […]
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Tags: community, noticeboard, pop-up retail, Scillies
knickers to that
Last week saw M&S issue a profit warning, much to the surprise of the city, so apparently, people make do with shabby old grey pants and buy their parmesan in Aldi in a recession downturn therefore, Britain’s favourite department store gets hit squarely in the wallet. Seems like their ads have also been scaled down […]
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Tags: downturn, knickers, M&S
the next big thing
Many people spent the afternoon sobbing into their o2 contracts today as the iPhone pre-order system in the UK melted down. As so often happens these days, a well-timed post on Twitter between Simon Bisson and Jon Silk then got me wondering why some people just HAVE to have the newest shiniest gadget as early […]
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Tags: iphone, nextbigthing, science
