How Coronavirus Stitched Up the Fashion Industry Fashion trends are known to come and go, generally operating on a 15-year cycle. Ever since women were allowed to have jobs we’ve had workwear, casualwear, and clothes for going out-out. But then in 2020, something unusual happened. Our need for office-appropriate attire went out of the window … Continue reading The Year of the Cardigan
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Crew Love: Meet the Couple Living on Their Recently Renovated Houseboat During Lockdown
This interview was originally published on The Indiependent Gabby Heneghan, 26, and Calum Henderson, 28, live with two-year-old cockapoo Bilston on their recently renovated houseboat, and are currently moored in London’s Little Venice during lockdown. Gabby is from Carlisle, Cumbria, and works as a team coordinator for the charity Save the Children’s Humanitarian Public Health team; … Continue reading Crew Love: Meet the Couple Living on Their Recently Renovated Houseboat During Lockdown
How To Create the Perfect Mobile Ad
Simple tips to make sure people don’t scroll right past Planning is a vitally important stage of creating an advertisement. To launch a successful ad campaign, you need to know who your target audience is. The ad you produce needs to be tailored towards the needs and motivations of this select group of individuals. You need … Continue reading How To Create the Perfect Mobile Ad
Newsrooms Need To Slow Down In Order To Survive
In other words, a fable for the modern age: ‘The Tortoise and the Scare’ Asa society we have never had so much information at our disposal. With the proliferation of disinformation (information that is false and deliberately harmful to a person, social group, organisation or country), the journalist’s ongoing task to cement themselves as a … Continue reading Newsrooms Need To Slow Down In Order To Survive
How To Befriend Billionaires And Take Your Career Up A Notch
There’s a whole platform designed specifically for connecting ordinary people like us to those who have made billions Picture the last time you went to a networking event. It was probably some dry, corporate shindig organised by a guy that everybody secretly hates, right? I bet they put out some dry crackers and cheese, red … Continue reading How To Befriend Billionaires And Take Your Career Up A Notch
How To Support Friends With Mental Health Problems
With a mental health epidemic across the world it’s important for us to recognise our own limitations before offering support to a friend According to UK-based charity Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) England 676 million people are affected by mental health issues worldwide. This phenomenon is particularly prevalent amongst young people; MHFA England report that the proportion … Continue reading How To Support Friends With Mental Health Problems
The Bean Bank: Starbucks Borrows Billions From Customers
A business practice worth understanding as Pumpkin Spiced Latte season begins The Starbucks rewards programme is one of the most successful in the world, effectively functioning as a $1.642.9 billion loan for the popular coffee franchise. Coffee lovers are incentivised to load up their mobile account or physical gift cards with cash, which enables them … Continue reading The Bean Bank: Starbucks Borrows Billions From Customers
What Do EU Gamers Like And Look Like?
The Interactive Software Federation of Europe report reveals what gamers in key European markets liked playing in 2018 The EU games market is worth €21 billion, according to new data from the Interactive Software Federation of Europe (ISFE). ISFE chairman Olaf Coenen said: “With a historic turnover of €21 billion in 2018, the video games … Continue reading What Do EU Gamers Like And Look Like?
What Chicken Sandwiches Can Teach You About Marketing
The chicken sandwich wars sparked by the launch of a new Popeye’s product shows the importance of an effective social media strategy This week has shown us the importance of an effective social media strategy for brands like fast-food chicken chain Popeye’s who just want to sell their new fried chicken sandwiches. The announcement of … Continue reading What Chicken Sandwiches Can Teach You About Marketing
I’m Relieved I Cancelled My Amazon Prime Membership
cancelled my Amazon Prime membership today. The second that I clicked through the seemingly never-ending chain of cancellation options I felt a tidal wave of relief. The service costs £79 a year for those living in the UK and $199 in the US (with discounts available to students or those with an EBT or Medicaid … Continue reading I’m Relieved I Cancelled My Amazon Prime Membership