On the eve of the new year, Waitrose unites Grandparents, Scandinavians, Peruvians and the upcoming Royal wedding as the food influencers for Britain in 2011.
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Sherry and port are enjoying a revival as drinkers turn to the traditional tipples for their high quality and affordable prices - and their new found fashionable image.
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The UK’s largest home improvement and garden centre retailer B&Q is to unveil its biggest ever January sale across a wider range of products than ever before. Customers will also be able to pick up bargain discounts of up to 75% earlier than ever when the sale launches on Friday December 17th across all B&Q stores and online.
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January will see Superdrug ease the cost of everyday shopping by absorbing the VAT rise on all its own brand beauty, toiletries and household products.
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As the cold weather eased in some parts of the country, customers’
attention turned in earnest to Christmas preparations driving total sales
of £113 million for the week ended Saturday 11 December 2010.
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There’s no denying that we’re all still firmly in the grasp
of a difficult economic climate, and one that looks set to remain with us
for the foreseeable future. However, here at Lakeland, the home of creative
kitchenware, it’s not all doom and gloom – far from it in fact.
Over the last two years, our sales in bakeware have more than doubled, and
we’ve also seen significant growth in areas such as preserving and
cake decorating. So how has Lakeland been able to successfully buck the
trend?
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As the festive season approaches many start to think about preparing the
home for entertaining which includes giving ovens a deep clean. Lakeland
customers certainly know how to look after theirs, as the retailer reports
they have sold enough Oven Mate to clean nearly ¾ million ovens.
The product, which regularly features in the top sellers list, is considered
a miracle worker by many including Which? who voted it top oven cleaner
earlier this year. Good Housekeeping Institute have also given it their
seal of approval.
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While once considered by some to be tacky, tinsel is back with a vengeance.
New sales data from B&Q show that sales of tinsel have more than doubled
since 2007 and this year demand is expected to hit record levels.
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Waitrose has announced sales of over £98m for the week ending Saturday
20th November (including petrol) . This is 8% up on the same week last year.
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The long wait for Santa is finally over, as Selfridges’ Grotto opens
with record ticket sales, backing this year’s big return to a traditional
Christmas
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Waitrose, Britain’s best loved supermarket* has been working with Britain’s top chef, Heston Blumenthal to develop an exciting new range of imaginative and extraordinary products.
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• Over one third (33.6%) of under-35s admit to using skills passed down from their grandparents*
• 66% of homeowners have unfinished DIY jobs around the house, with
over half saying they don't know how to complete them
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Superdrug recently announced its plans to return to TV with the launch of its first major TV Ad campaign for ten years.
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As London Fashion Week’s designers are busy making last minute alterations
to their collections, B&Q announces its surprise arrival to the world
of fashion. A range of 'Forest Friendly' sheds will be on show on the Terrace
of Somerset House where they will be used to showcase Britain's best up
and coming fashion talent as part of TheExhibition at London Fashion Week.
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B&Q, the UK’s leading home improvement and garden centre retailer today unveiled its innovative installations and Green Piggybank to support Start at A Garden Party To Make A Difference taking place from 8-19 September.
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Whilst there are question marks as to whether the end of the summer is nigh it is with certainty that Waitrose announce the start of the English apple season.
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Superdrug has given the term ‘an apple a day’ a new meaning with the launch of its revolutionary new anti-ageing Swiss Apple Overnight Skin Renewal Serum. Heralded by the cosmetic industry as the latest hero ingredient discovered to diminish the appearance of wrinkles, Superdrug’s new serum, containing Apple Stem Cell Extract, is set to become a leader in the mass anti-ageing market.
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New ways to make home improvement jobs easier are always popular with DIY
fans. From the Dulux paintpod which has changed the way we decorate, to
electronic measures and power tools, now the UK’s leading home improvement
retailer is ready to launch the hottest new tool that you keep in your pocket
rather than your tool box – the B&Q DIY App.
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Today, Tuesday 3 August 2010, Superdrug announces a commitment to dispense all privately prescribed prescriptions with no mark up on the cost of the medicine.
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Since ancient times the female form has been a source of artistic inspiration.
Homage was recently paid to German model Claudia Schiffer’s bosom
in the form of a breast shaped bowl.* The female form is seen each day on
the pages of one of the nation’s favourite daily newspapers and it’s
even inspired cheese makers!
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B&Q announces today (28 July 2010) that it will be selling its first Fairtrade products in store this year. From August 2010, B&Q will sell a range of Fairtrade cotton bedding in 100 stores. 2010 is an important milestone as it marks the fifth year anniversary of the introduction of Fairtrade cotton into the UK market.
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“Pearl Lowe for Peacocks” autumn 2010, exclusively at Peacocks
Peacocks, the UK’s hottest value fashion retailer announces the launch
of Pearl Lowe’s vintage inspired autumn collection.
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Waitrose has been working with Heston Blumenthal to develop an exciting new range of products to be launched in October 2010.
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Lego™ rings by PNKY £50, launching exclusively at Selfridges
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With the UK’s biggest festival kicking off this week, the UK’s leading home improvement retailer is on hand to help those making the trip to Worthy Farm and the many other festivals this summer by stocking up its stores with its new camping essentials.
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Lady of the moment Cheryl Cole has added another accolade to add to her burgeoning career of music, TV and products – queen of hairspray.
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Football is hungry work - even for the spectators. According to news reports*,
watching a World Cup match on TV can burn up to 740 calories. With this
in mind, the Clerkenwell (London) branch of Waitrose is making a special
sandwich for its World Cup watching shoppers and they’re calling it
The Football Club Sandwich.
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Oscar Wilde famously wrote, "One should never trust a woman who tells one her real age. A woman who would tell one that, would tell one anything." Thankfully the same is not true of an aged Madeira, which comes into its own as the years pass by.
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The spring sunshine has given Brits something to think about other than
the election – enjoying the great outdoors this summer. YouGov recently
took time out from political polls to question 3000 Brits on what they’d
most like to add to their garden this summer.
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Pearl Lowe launches her second collection for Peacocks, inspired by the English countryside and family life in Somerset at the Limewood hotel in the New Forest
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Move over magnolia our homes just got a personality. With people staying put rather than selling up, bold, dramatic hues that evoke the glamorous sophistication of the 1930s have become the new trend.
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Unaware young Brits know little about the flowers and plants growing in their garden, it’s revealed in research commissioned by B&Q, Britain’s number one garden centre.
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Sam Cam canvassing in canvas sneakers
Peacocks, the UK’s hottest value fashion retailer reports a surge
in sales of its £10 canvas sneaker as British women back the sensible
style of Samantha Cameron, who exchanged stilettos for sneakers whilst canvassing
for husband David.
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Peacocks further strengthens its aim to be the UK’s number one value fashion retailer following major investment in a brand new website which aims to offer customers an unrivalled online shopping experience.
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Superdrug unzips what men are hiding in their man bags and manity cases – with an illuminating view of how blokes are adapting to the world of male grooming. Sales figures show that the most popular buys in the top five include eye roll on, moustache and beard hair dye gel and hair colourant when previously it would have just been deodorant.
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It seems DIY really has become an Easter institution alongside eating too much chocolate and big family lunches. Research carried out by B&Q, the UK’s largest home improvement and garden centre retailer, has found that more of us will be making a trip to a DIY or garden centre than taking a trip to the park or seaside this Easter.
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Thursday 1st April is set to be renamed Tanned Thursday as Superdrug sales show customers are getting set to tan up in suitably seasonal shades of chocolate before the bank holiday weekend.
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Today (Wednesday 31st March) Waitrose launches pineberries - a Alice in Wonderland-style fruit.
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Selfridges, home to the largest beauty hall in the world, reports 80 per cent uplift in sales of fake tan across all stores in advance of what papers report will be the UK's hottest summer since 1976.
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PEACOCKS’ CHLOE INSPIRED SATCHEL INSTANT BEST SELLER
Peacocks, the UK’s hottest value fashion retailer declares this spring the season of the satchel, after its £10 Chloe inspired satchel sold out in less than a week after landing in stores nationwide.
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The Jeju Aged Black Garlic, £5.49, exclusive to Selfridges
Every woman knows that a wardrobe wouldn’t be complete without the essential little black dress, and in the same vain, every kitchen cupboard should be stocked with this season’s ‘it’ ingredient – little black garlic – available exclusively at Selfridges, the UK’s leading department store.
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According to English folklore, keeping a hot cross bun from one Good Friday to the following year is supposed to bring good luck – and best of all it won’t spoil or become mouldy. But, with the launch of Waitrose’s new chocolate chunk bun we doubt it will last an entire year without somebody taking a bite…or two.
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Richard Branson, founder of the Virgin Group and Euan Sutherland, CEO of Kingfisher UK and B&Q have joined forces with the Prince of Wales’ new Start initiative by putting the finishing touches to insulating one lucky Londoners home.
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PETER ANDRE MAKES A PERSONAL APPEARANCE AT SELFRIDGES LONDON
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According to recent economic figures the recession has bottomed out, but the experts still agree that we’re not out of the woods yet. In times of economic hardship it’s the little luxuries that put a smile on your face so with this in mind, Waitrose has launched a unique toilet tissue with cashmere extracts! The super soft cashmere loo roll is part of a new range, which includes jojoba (also unique to Waitrose) and aloe vera, all rolling into branches this month.
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Men spend longer getting ready to go out than women, it was revealed today (Tuesday, 9th February).
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In Japan, sushi is traditionally eaten when the rice is slightly warm and the raw fish is chilled. With the launch of this exciting Taiko Make Your Own Sushi, exclusive to Waitrose, you can now experience authentic sushi at home or in the office. This set combines the fun of ‘do-it-yourself’ food with the real taste of sushi.
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Red lips are back in Vogue and number one on the lip charts. Having identified "the lipstick factor," Selfridges, the UK’s leading department store, reports a rise in red lipstick sales as British women look to boost their confidence.
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The trend for ‘innerwear as outerwear’ continues to grow as sales of luxury sheer bodies and nipple covers soar at Selfridges
Selfridges, the UK’s leading department store reveals its female customers are no longer hiding their lingerie underneath clothing, as a soar in sales of luxury sheer bodies marks a 20 per cent increase in sales of nipple covers.
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National Apprenticeship Week takes place next week from Monday 1st to Friday 5th February. The week, which is organised by the National Apprenticeship Service (NAS) celebrates the talents and skills of apprentices and will see apprentices, employers, providers and all those involved with apprenticeship programmes come together to celebrate the value of apprentices, a scheme B&Q fully supports.
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As the next decade begins, Selfridges, the UK’s leading department store presents the best kissing moments of the noughties, and predicts the next iconic pecking scenes of the ‘twenty tens’, just in time for its ‘Kissing Booth’* launch for Valentines Day.
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Selfridges, the UK’s leading department store is launching an aphrodisiac tea ahead of Valentine’s Day.
The Love Potion Tea Blend (priced at £11 per 100g) has been created by tea blenders ‘Blends for Friends’ using an exclusive recipe adding jasmine silver needle white tea, pink rosebuds and sweet orange flowers, proved to increase sex drive with a delicate sensual taste to drive your love one wild, sip by sip.
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Let’s Get Gardening as 36 per cent of us are set to grow our own
2009 was the year that Britons turned to their back gardens and green spaces in the face of recession; growing your own and spending more time in the garden became cool. GIY became the new DIY and this year B&Q is, with the help of Britain’s number one gardener, Alan Titchmarsh predicting that green will continue to be the new black, and together will be helping the nation to develop green fingered know how.
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As the big freeze makes Britons shiver, and the weathermen describe it
as ‘'the worst continuous spell of severe weather in 20 years’,
Lakeland has news to help its customers keep warm without turning up the
heating - the best-selling Slanket® is back for 2010.
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Selfridges re-creates Are You Being Served? in a one-off charity sale in
honour of the late Wendy Richard MBE
Selfridges, the UK’s leading department store is to re-create Are
You Being Served? as memorabilia belonging to the late Wendy Richard MBE
is to be sold in aid of Lady Taveners charity.
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World’s most expensive ham – Albarragena Jamon Iberico de Bellota - goes on sale at Selfridges
The Albarragena Jamon Iberico de Bellota Ham, £1,800, exclusive to Selfridges
Selfridges, the UK’s leading department store announces the launch of the world’s most expensive leg of ham in its Oxford Street food hall.
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SELFRIDGES EXCLUSIVELY LAUNCHES CHANEL TATTOOS AS BODY ART BECOMES THE NEW EMERGING TREND
Selfridges, home to the largest beauty hall in the world, will be exclusively launching Chanel transfer tattoos, tapping in to the new emerging trend for body art. The tattoos, depicting flowers, beads and bangles with Chanel’s signature logo, were first seen at the Chanel Spring / Summer 2010 catwalk show and will be launched in the Selfridges stores in March.
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