Author: Kim Hatton

eBay goes bricks & mortar

This Christmas Ebay will come out of the digital age and go analog with a pop-up bricks & mortar store on West 57th St in NYC. Opening Nov 20th the 500m2 store will stock some of the most desirable and cutting edge fashion...

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Uniqlo’s sales rise again

Uniqlo’s same-store sales in October were up 35.7% over last year in Japan, following falling temperatures, the launch of the +J collection and other promotional campaigns. The number of customers in these stores rose...

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Air New Zealand

A beautiful campaign from the 90’s which was just haunting in its music. The audio is of a classic Maori love song called “Pokarekare Ana” sung by New Zealand’s very own Dame Kiri Te Kanawa in her...

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Australian Made

Many people think of the “Australian Made” campaign as being something relatively new. In fact its not and goes back to the very early 80’s and the height of the community service advertising boom (mostly...

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Rare coloured diamond auction

Sotheby’s are planning an auction on Nov 17 in Geneva which will feature a collection of some 400 lots of rare natural-coloured diamonds and historic jewels estimated to fetch in excess of 29.5 million. One of the most...

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New Pop-up retail chain

Another similar concept to Planeshop (although not in airports) has opened in Holland and have plans to spread. BrandNew Stores are basically creating a chain store concept around pop-up retail, taking permanent stores in...

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New Swatch design NYC

I’ve always been both fascinated and fond of the whole swatch story.  They entered the market around 83-84 and caught on quickly because they were fun, fashionable and affordable.  The meaning of the name...

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