Worst Christmas Cards To Receive

Have you ever received a #ChristmasCard you wish you hadn't? Check out some of the worst #Christmas #cards. View our blog too see some catastrophes.
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What Lies Ahead for Retailers in 2015? | Blog

It's been a busy year in the #retail industry this year, we've seen #Homebase announce 80 store closures, mannequin #scandals and #BlackFriday sales boom.
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Delivery delays expected after a surge in online shopping

Yodel have confirmed that they're working through the backlog of deliveries and hope that the logjam will be cleared later on today #BlackFriday #CyberMonday #ChristmasDeliveries #Yodel
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Has Black Friday and Cyber Monday Left Retailers Struggling to Meet Demand?

UK Couriers have thousands of parcels in their networks. Do you think #retailers need to be more prepared for #BlackFriday and #CyberMonday as they struggle to meet demand?
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Valentinos Displays Official YouTube Channel | Blog

Take a look at our new Youtube video - http://bit.ly/1F4gc4Q on our official channel - https://www.youtube.com/user/ValentinosDisplaysUK. Some of Valentino's Displays products include mannequins, clothes hangers and clothes rails.
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Black Friday Boom For Retailers

After reports that Cyber Monday was set to take over from Black Friday this year, it has been confirmed that Cyber Monday was superseded by Black Friday.
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It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year

The high streets are filling up, consumers are stocking up on Christmas goodies and retailers are getting ready for the biggest shopping time of the year.
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November Closure at Valentino's Displays

Valentino’s Displays will be closed from the 24th November 2014 until the 28th November 2014 (dates inclusive) and will re-open on the 1st December 2014. Sorry for any inconvenience.
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Black Friday: The Biggest Shopping Day Ever | Blog

Will you be queuing up outside of the shops at 5am on Friday 28th November to grab yourself a Christmas bargain? #BlackFriday
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Pregnant schoolgirl mannequins shock shoppers in Venezuela

A window mannequin display of pregnant schoolgirls at a Caracas mall in Venezuela is shocking shoppers and stirring debate over sex education.
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Have Sainsbury’s unveiled the best Christmas advert for 2014? | Blog

Have Sainsbury’s just managed to oust John Lewis & M&S in the bid for the best advertising campaign this Christmas?
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Beyonce wear's £68 Topshop dress in new Fifth Avenue store in New York

Beyonce opted for an £68 dress to attend the Topshop dinner in celebration of the new flagship store opening in New York City. Read our blog!
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Marks and Spencer Christmas Advert Brings Magic and Sparkle to November | Blog

Marks Spencer have launched their Christmas advert, this year's advert saw the brand ditch the celebrities in favour of two fairies.
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John Lewis launches it's Christmas advert 2014 | Blog

John Lewis will be hoping for a repeat of the successes of previous years as it releases its Christmas advertisement online today.
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Christmas has come early as people start their festive shopping | Blog

It's #November and a third of British consumers have started their #Christmas #shopping, with some having completed all, or most, of their shopping already.
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Topshop In Body Shaming Debate For Using Skinny Mannequins | Blog

Four days ago, student Becky Hopper posted this picture of a #super #skinny #mannequin on #display in a #Topshop store in St Stephen’s Shopping Centre, Hull.
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Is the Country's Love For DIY Fading? | Blog

Following a review of Homebase's 323 stores, the chain's parent, Home Retail Group, plans to cut the number of Homebase stores by 25% before 2019.
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Trick or Treat? | Blog

With an estimated 60% of families in the UK getting involved in #Halloween this year, the expectation for #retailers to meet consumer demand is high.
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Clothing Retailers Hot Under The Collar After Bad September Sales | Blog

#Highstreet #retailers #sales take a battering as an Indian summer leaves coats and winter boots on the rails at many fashion stores.
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Sir Cliff Richard Doll Used An Honorary Security Guard | Blog

A couple from #Norwich have come up with a new way to keep car thieves at bay – by driving around with a life sized #cliffrichard #mannequin #doll in their car.
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Product Placement Is Key to Making Sales | Blog

Enticing your #customers to part with their #money and buy the items you're selling is probably the most important part of #retailing. View our latest blog!
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Boots Improves Visual Merchandising for Christmas | Blog

We're not the only ones thinking about Christmas already, this week high street and online retailer Boots launched its biggest ever Christmas campaign.
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Valentino's Displays Launches a New Collection of Articulated Mannequins

Our collection of #articulated #mannequins are a visual #merchandising innovation that can offer your visual merchandising display movement and life!
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Sell Your brand, Not Just Your Products

Hangers tend to be passed from one customer to another so your marketing opportunities are endless. Read our blog on spray painted bespoke coat hangers!
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House of Fraser to Roll out Beacon Technology | Blog

High street retailer House of Fraser has announced that it will be introducing beacon-equipped mannequins in its store in Aberdeen. Read our latest blog post!
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Top Tips for Making Your Shop Window Stand Out

A well thought out #window #display can set an impression that will later determine whether a customer is going to enter your store. Read our latest blog post for top tips in dressing your #shop window!
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Primark Apologises and Removes ‘Skinny’ Mannequin From Shop Window

Primark has apologised and removed a shop window mannequin with protruding ribs from their Glasgow store after a disgruntled customer make her thoughts about the mannequin known on social media. It was brought to the attention of the public when Mel Fraser, a passer by posted the picture of the skinny mannequin on Instagram and questioned the use of it. Mel Fraser stated that it sent out a dangerous to messag and she would rather see mannequins of all shapes and sizes in shop windows. The Instagram pictured soon went viral and caused an uproar on social media after it was shared 1400 times on Twitter. In the first instance Primark responded to the tweet to say it was going to be investigated before following up to say the mannequins would not be used again. @Melfyx We re currently changing our window displays. The mannequins you describe will not be used in this way again. In contrast to this, high street stores, including Debenhams, are undergoing plans to roll out larger sized manne
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Choosing the Right Retail Clothes Rails

The right clothes rails and hangers can be a real asset to your business, but at the same time it’s important to understand that ‘one size fits all’ just doesn’t apply. No two retail spaces or shop floors will ever be 100% identical, so it’s in the best interests of your brand and your business to make sure you buy in accordance with your needs. We’ve made it our life’s work to offer access to a near-limitless range of hangers and rails in order to bring the very best out of any retail environment, while at the same time advising one what could help revamp and revitalize any clothing business. Space Saving For example, when space is at a premium…as it often is…you need to think about the kinds of clothes hangers that deliver maximum impact while taking up the least possible space. Not always easy, but our range of unique circular and spiral clothes rails fit the bill to a tee. When using these freestanding hangers, customers are able to view the garments from a full
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Choosing the Right Clothes Hangers – Does it Really Matter?

Clothes hangers – simple enough items on the surface, until you realise there are about a million different variations of the things doing the rounds. There are generally two schools of thought on hangers – one being that there’s no difference other than the way they look and the other being that you must choose the right hanger for the right garment. As for the truth, technically it falls somewhere down the middle as while there are indeed different clothes hangers for different garments, you don’t need dozens of different shapes and sizes to get it right. In fact, no more than a handful will be fine – and the really good news is that cheap coat hangers work just as well as the expensive types. So in terms of the genuine differences to be aware of, what types of hangers should you be adorning your clothes rails with? Children’s Hangers Right off the bat, children’s hangers are designed specifically for smaller, lighter and more delicate garments. By using the appropriat
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14 Years Living With a Mannequin Family – One Artist’s Compelling Story

Suzanne Heintz has proved that the key to a life of happiness doesn’t necessarily lie in landing that perfect partner, having created her own artificial family no less than 14 years ago. It sounds like a pretty ludicrous concept on the surface, but as an artist Ms. Heintz set about creating a photographic timeline of her life featuring herself and her dressmakers mannequin family. That’s no typo – she’s effectively and literally built her family from retail display products! For over a decade, she, her dressmaking dummy husband and tailors dummy tykes have been snapped in all manner of key life moments, from family holidays to her fabricated wedding day. Her latest work The Playing House Project: Life Once Removed – is every bit as entertaining as it is genuinely thought-provoking. “People said: ‘You re such a nice girl, why aren t you married?’ writes Ms. Heintz. “No one actually used that out of date word, but, what they were driving at was that I was a Spinster ,
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Sainsbury’s Removes 12 Years A Slave Mannequin

Sainsbury s has apologised and removed a mannequin dressed as a character from the film 12 Years a Slave . The mannequin, was on a stand selling DVD and Blu-ray copies. The mannequin, which was on a promotional stand selling DVD and Blu-ray copies of the Oscar-winning film at a branch in Oxford, wore a ripped shirt and black trousers – and even had a twig in the pocket. The clothes, similar to those worn on the cover of the film by the main character, played by Chiwetel Ejiofor, featured a sticker saying ‘new’. It was brought to the public’s attention when a Twitter user took a photo of the stand and uploaded it to the social media site which then went viral on all social networks. Amid the backlash, Sainsbury’s issued a swift apology. The display has now been taken down. @SainsburysPR wrote earlier We can only apologise. It’s been taken down from the store. Clearly should never have gone up . What do you think of the slave mannequin as seen in the supermarket s Heyford
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La Perla Forced To Remove Skinny Mannequin

Lingerie store La Perla has been forced to remove a mannequin from its New York store after a customer complained about its skinny, anorexic appearance. The mannequin, shown in the image above, was photographed by Michael Rudoy on Monday May 12th 2014 and quickly caused outrage when it went viral on Twitter and other social media networks. He wrote on the social media site: ‘How does #LaPerla think ribs on a mannequin is ok?!’ Only hours later the shop display mannequin, which was wearing a red swimwear set and clearly showed a jutting rib cage and concave stomach, was taken down by a member of staff.                                     Other Twitter users also expressed their disgust at the skinny image, with one user @LisaAnnSpringer, saying: unacceptable! #NotBuyingIt #eatingdisorders kill! #MAEDvocates #IEDAction As well as removing the mannequin, La Perla got in contact with Mr Rudoy over Twitter. Thank you for bringing this to our attent
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Sporting A New Range Of Sports Mannequins

New Blog Post - "Sporting A New Range Of Sports Mannequins"
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Painted and Printed Clothes Hangers For Adidas

Recently we were asked to produce custom bespoke clothes hangers for a large sports retailer, Adidas. The Project To paint 300 coat hangers into five colours which were chosen by our client, the colours were supplied to us using Ral paint numbers. The image below was a mock up by our client to give us an indication on how they wanted the hangers to look. The client decided on a hanger style and size before coming to us so they had a really good idea on what they were looking to achieve! Which makes our job easier. We were then given six pantone colours of which we had to ink print the painted coat hangers using the same Adidas logo but into different colours dependent on the paint colour of the hanger. We had 10 days to paint 300 clothes hangers as well as ink print these hangers and deliver them to various delivery addresses across the UK. The results below speak for themselves. The Results The quick video below shows the process from beginning to end from our UK sprayers re-spraying
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Bespoke Fashion Hangers For Adidas