Month: April 2020

  • NEXT reopens web store, only to shut 2 hours later

    NEXT reopens web store, only to shut 2 hours later

    We recently reported that NEXT was closing their online store due to safety concerns during the Coronavirus epidemic at their warehouses. This was announced on 28th March for the foresseable future, whilst they consider an appropriate course of action. Many shoppers have been asking when will NEXTDIRECT.com reopen? On 14th April they announced that after implementing…

  • Leading French fashion brands to make protective face masks and gowns

    Leading French fashion brands to make protective face masks and gowns

    Many of France’s, and the world’s, leading fashion brands are reconfiguring and repurposing their factories to make new protective face masks and other PPE to protect essential health workers against the Coronavirus. Which fashion brands are making face masks? In the scramble to provide sufficient protective wear for workers around France, and the rest of…

  • Where can I buy cloth face masks?

    Where can I buy cloth face masks?

    On the 4th April 2020 the CDC or Center for Disease Control and Prevention in the USA recommended that people should wear cloth face masks to protect themselves from the Coronavirus. Donald Trump, the President of the USA, famously rejected the official advice for his own personal situation, saying “I don’t see it for myself”.…

  • What is Vogue Online Shopping Night?

    What is Vogue Online Shopping Night?

    Vogue magazine‘s Australian website celebrates online shopping for 1 night with an event called Vogue Online Shopping Night or VOSN. This is an online event available in Australia at Vogue.co.au/vosn and is in collaboration with American Express, the credit card company. When is Vogue Online Shopping Night? VOSN is available from 1st April at Midday to…

  • What are non-essential shops?

    What are non-essential shops?

  • What are New Zealand supermarket online shopping details during lockdown?

    What are New Zealand supermarket online shopping details during lockdown?

    I went to the supermarket today, Countdown, the Australian supermarket here in NZ. It was one in one out, we had to sanitise our hands before we were allowed in and social distancing of 2m was strictly observed by all. Shopping is harder than it should be during the Coronavirus lockdown. Perhaps we should be…