Category: social savvy
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Creative Souls of Fashion@ ASOS’s Fashion Finders
The mother of online fashion becomes a cradle for the daughters of today’s trends and looks. In the ASOS Fashion Finder what was editorial and schedules has become responsive and dynamic in what is becoming the most informative and engaging relationship between any retailer and its customers. Revolutionising and re-mixing the magazine formula the…
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Primania: Primark’s Personal Promotion Machine
E-commerce is not for every retailer, but social marketing certainly is. Primark has experimented with online selling in collaboration with ASOS, but with an average item value so low the economics just didn’t add up. So how can the Primark retail powerhouse engage with the digital world and sell to a wider audience? Along…
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Has “product” become a dirty word in your business?
“When to tell & when to sell!” Now there’s a question that has become hugely complex with the advent of the internet and social media. Indeed it could very well be argued that they are very much part of the same process, with every word told about a brand identity and proposition a step…
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Pinterest John Lewis: Never Standing Still
Celebrating in style, John Lewis pulls out all the stops as it collaborates and coordinates its way through its Never Standing Still Campaign marking 150 years of the famous retailer. Across blogs, twitter, facebook, instagram and pinterest content has been created and developed with suppliers and partners, and from its loyal legions of shoppers…
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John Lewis: Never Standing Still – A Story Never Knowingly Undertold
Celebrating in style, John Lewis pulls out all the stops as it collaborates and coordinates its way through its Never Standing Still Campaign marking 150 years of the famous retailer. Across blogs, twitter, facebook, instagram and pinterest content has been created and developed with suppliers and partners, and from its loyal legions of shoppers…
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Nike Pinterest Gallery of “His Magista is in Town:” A Beast of a Boot
A beast awaits for the unwitting soccer star too big for his boots. In Nike Town there’s only one hero in a store that celebrates many, waiting to catch any passing would-be superstars tempted in by the promise of miraculous skills, fabulous footwork and a future in the fantasy world of football footwear. The…
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Rules of Engagement: Game Changing Louis Vuitton
Not for the first time, it has taken a traditional brand to demonstrate how new technology and social engagement can enhance a reputation, communicate a product line and win over the hearts of both new and old alike, with humour, interaction and fun. To promote its collection of leather cases for iphone, pads and…
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Soho Alive & Kicking: The Jimi Hendrix Experience
Soho returning to its roots as the 21st Century Jimi Hendrix experience returns to its streets, for a few weeks at least, with the Jimi Hendrix Pop-up “People, Hell & Angels” is the latest and most authentic posthumous album from the 60’s guitar hero. And to launch the album a unique Pop-up shop has…
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Raw Refined Refreshed: At Its UnDoctored Best
Dr Martens: A brand blended to perfection. New initiatives and collaborations add different dimensions to the celebrated boot brand. Brutus fashion evokes the spirit of a bygone age, tattoo adds new and fascinating features to stereotypical styles, whilst Agyness Deyn’s designs add bows, beauty and frivolity to the famous features. Many paths followed to the…
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Summer Loved: Kidston Calm & Collected
Cath Kidston captures the calmness and coolness of a British summer like no one else. The mood and feel is sublimely caught from every polka dot top of the home page to every striped bottom of the blog postings. And whilst every detail is in character the site also packs a commercial punch, with drop-dead,…
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