Archive for July, 2011

/ July 27, 2011 11:45 am

Bertie and Pied a Terre Shoe Sale

Another amazing sale not to be missed this weekend! It seem like all the sample sales are happening this weekend because of payday-weekend, tempting us to buy more bargains. Urban Outfitters, Orlebar Brown, Motel Rocks and now Bertie and Pied a Terre are all holding sample sales in the next few days! The special three day sale for Bertie and Pied [...]

/ July 26, 2011 9:04 am

Urban Outfitters Sample Sale

This excites me. I can’t even type properly, let alone write coherent sentences when I am just staring at the title of this post: URBAN OUTFITTERS SAMPLE SALE. Yes. Believe it. This week, Thursday July 28th (10-5) and Friday July 29th (10-6), Urban Outfitters will be holding a sample sale on the ground floor and basement of Great Titchfield House. [...]

/ July 25, 2011 3:02 pm

Shoparazzi App: Approved and Ready for Download

Finally! After a week of waiting, our Shoparazzi app has been approved by the App Store Guys and now available to download by the public. And best of all? It’s FREE! Check it out on the App Store.

/ July 25, 2011 1:48 pm

Orlebar Brown Sample Sale

Need new swimwear for an upcoming holiday? Orlebar Brown, specialists in men’s and women’s tailored fitted swim shorts and shirts, are having a sample sale this weekend at the Old Truman Brewery! Be sure to check it out if you are around. No excuse to not get those legs out now guys! Follow us on Twitter for the latest app updates as well [...]

/ July 22, 2011 12:27 pm

Push alerts pre-iOS 5

We are building an alert system into the app: alert me when a shop I like has a sale altet me when a shop with a brand I like has a sale In order to deliver these alerts we have some options to consider: email push alerts to the device Facebook twitter etc, etc, ad infinitum While we’ll start with [...]

/ July 21, 2011 3:37 pm

Forever 21 London Launch Party

Forever 21 threw a party last night at The Old Sorting Office on New Oxford street to celebrate the very exciting launch of their soon to open London flagship store! The huge store will open next Wednesday, 27th July, in the space that was once occupied by HMV, opposite Bond Street Station.  I have been eagerly anticipating the opening of a [...]

/ July 21, 2011 10:37 am

Shoparazzi App – Out and About in the East End

If you don’t know this already, our Shoparazzi app is in the process of vigorous reviewing by the App Store Guys. After this process, and if it proven successful (fingers crossed ), Shoparazzi will be available to all in a matter of days! With this is in mind, we took to the streets of Shoreditch to see how well Shoparazzi works when trying [...]

/ July 20, 2011 9:48 am

Hussein Chalayan Fragrance and Book Launch at Dover Street Market

Tomorrow, Thursday 21st July, will see the launch of fashion designer Hussein Chalayan’s first fragrance, Airborne, produced by Comme des Garcons. The  event will be taking place at Dover Street Market between 4.30pm – 7pm. Hussein Chalayan, who has recently changed the brand name to just “Chalayan”, will also be in store for a book signing of his debut self titled book. [...]

/ July 19, 2011 1:44 pm

Motel Rocks London Sample Sale

Finally, Motel Rocks - every girls favourite brand for pretty dresses and vintage inspired pieces – is having a SAMPLE SALE! Yes, bargains galore! Here at the Shopparazzi offices we love sales – everyday is about finding new sales for the main feature of our Shoparazzi app ‘Sale Finder’ – so when we hear the words sample sale our brains are on [...]

/ July 14, 2011 2:44 pm

Shoparazzi App Submitted: We are IN!

It has been a very eventful day at the office, we have finally submitted the Shoparazzi app to the App Store! It has officially been validated, now it is just a matter of time before Shoparazzi becomes available to the public. Pure anticipation for the next 7 or so days as our app undergoes further review by the App Store guys. We [...]

/ July 13, 2011 4:36 pm

Geocast Hoxton Office: Where the Magic Happens

Following Colin’s post about our new office space, I thought I would give you guys some visuals to go along with his witty words. Colin’s jokes a side, we do actually do loads of work in our new Hoxton space, and are not only based here because of the local bars, pubs and Vietnamese restaurants (we do adore Kue Bahn Mi Deli [...]

/ July 12, 2011 3:31 pm

Labels, Stores, Flagships and Concessions

When we designed the Shoparazzi app we wanted to start at a data level and progressively build features on top. Providing a Store Finder & Label Finder meant that we had to cross reference many, many labels with the retail outlets they can be found. Here are some examples of the problems we faced: Gucci is a label but it [...]

/ July 12, 2011 2:50 pm

New Offices in the Heart of Hoxton

We’ve just moved offices from Tabernacle Street to Drysdale Street which is just off Hoxton Square. For reference I have marked our offices (pin), the Electricity Showrooms and the Red Lion which will act as proxy office locations in the early evening. I think a “skinniest jeans” competition is in order.