Daily Archives: December 10, 2010

The last round’s getting later at the Royal Mail

December 10, 2010 – 10:59 am

by Lindsay Paterson WHAT’S HAPPENING Missing a delivery could soon be a thing of the past — starting with online shoppers at House of Fraser and L’Occitane who live in the southeast of England (BBCNews.co.uk, 1 November 2010). The Royal Mail is trialling deliveries between 6 p.m. and 10 p.m. for six months in response […]

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Molson Coors U.K. is getting the beers in for British women

December 10, 2010 – 10:48 am

by Rebecca de Vaux WHAT’S HAPPENING Molson Coors U.K. is getting in touch with its feminine side. It’s launching a new range of beers mid-2011 targeted at women (MarketingWeek.co.uk, 5 November 2010). With a market of £160 million female beer drinkers and 60% non-beer-drinking women to be tapped with little competition, Molson Coors has spent 18 months quizzing 30,000 British […]

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Westfield London does a spin on the digital catwalk

December 10, 2010 – 10:41 am

by Sairica Rose WHAT’S HAPPENING Fashion fanatics were able to snap up a garment hot off the runway from the virtual front row at Westfield London’s first click-to-buy fashion show. The shopping centre premiered a digital catwalk to accompany its Fashion Lives Catwalk show, which took place in October 2010 and showcased its Autumn/Winter collection, […]

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Warner Bros gives Harry Potter fans a slice of lights, camera, action

December 10, 2010 – 10:38 am

by Rebecca de Vaux WHAT’S HAPPENING U.S. film giant Warner Bros is buying Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire, the U.K. home of Harry Potter movies (BBC.co.uk, 8 November 2010). The fully operational studio’s to be a permanent U.K. base for Warner Bros. It’s investing £100 million to turn it into a showcase for the U.K.’s film industry. Warner Bros […]

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SOUNDS GOOD

December 10, 2010 – 10:26 am

by Kelly Stevens Christmas is a-comin’, and next week, from December 13, the countdown to the Christmas Number One begins. Will the British public go for the X-Factor winner single or its arch-nemesis, Cage Against the Machine’s John Cage cover — 4 minutes and 33 seconds of silence? Based on John Cage’s famous recording, 50 […]

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