Queen Elizabeth II had her 93rd birthday on April 21, but in New Zealand we celebrate it this long weekend. So get ready for the social media posts tumbling temptations through your Facebook and Instagram feeds with offers Fit for a Queen, as marketers leverage the break with a shopper hook.
In this issue we cover Nostalgia, The Retail Apocalypse (or is that a rebirth), Retrofuturism (who knew there was such a thing), Key Influencers from the Marlboro Man to Kim Kardashian, and how we can take hope from not having to hit the changing room every time we wish to try and see a new look on.
It’s raining, it’s pouring the old man is snoring, or, is it the old lady’s snoring…. statistically yes, she is! This came to mind in August on two fronts. One, the weather front giving us more than our fair share of rain and the Patney Pillow promising to change THAT childlike jingle for evermore.