
03 Jan
Loyalty schemer Debra Brock on her love of beauty point rewards One day, not long after Boots launched their Advantage scheme, I was swaying at the checkout in a post-natal sleep-deprived fug, paying for my then regular essentials: nappies, anything with Johnson’s written on it, Galaxy chocolate. The assistant handed my Advantage card back and cheerily revealed that there was some £30 on it, to spend on pretty much anything in store. I dragged my bleary eyes across the signage....
23 Dec
Fiona Gibson remembers the joy of having boundless time to get ready for a big night out Last night my daughter and her six friends descended on our house to get ready for the school Christmas dance. Remember the joy of getting ready? It was often the best part of the night. In fact sometimes I’d feel a slight twinge of disappointment when the time rolled around that we had to actually leave the house and go somewhere. Getting...
27 Nov
Sali has lost five inches and a whole load of hassle. She explains how. So last week I cut off all my hair. I say ‘I’, when in fact, it was Luke Hersheson who did it. And I say ‘cut’, when actually, he basically hacked it off freehand with a razor, literally picking up sections and cutting each of them as though chopping through forestry. However long I work in this industry, I will never cease to be wowed...