WIN £10 to spend in store at your local Simply Be!
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It’s competition time!
We’re running a competition on our Facebook page right now!
Ten lucky Facebook fans will each win a £10 gift voucher to spend in store. So head on over and tell us your details with the name of your local Simply Be store.
Entry deadline is 25/07/2012.
Good Luck! 
Terms and Conditions
1.The promoter of this competition is Candid Collections Limited, trading as Simply Be, Griffin House, 40 Lever Street, Manchester M60 6ES. (“Promoter”)
2. Each entrant taking part in this competition shall be referred to as a “Participant”. Participants will be deemed to have accepted these rules and to agree to be bound by them when entering this competition.
3. The competition is only open to UK residents aged 18 years or above. Employees of the Promoters, their associated companies, their agencies associated with this competition and their immediate families are ineligible to enter.
4. To enter, Participants must submit the following: The name of your local Simply Be store and give your name and email address on Simply Be Fashion Facebook Fan Gate. Only one entry per person.
5. Entries must be submitted via Simply Be Fashion Facebook Page.
6. Entries may be submitted between 18th July 2012 and midnight on the 25th July 2012 (the “Competition Period”). Entries are deemed to be received at the time of receipt into the Promoter’s database. Late entries will not be accepted and the Promoters accept no responsibility for entries which are lost or corrupted during transmission.
7. The winners will be drawn randomly from the Participants. The Winners will be notified via email.
8. There will be 10 winners, each winning £10 in-store vouchers.
9. The decision of the Panel is final and no correspondence will be entered into.
10. The overall winners will be decided by a random draw from the Participants giving the correct answer to the question.
11. THE PRIZE – Ten Winners will each receive a £10 Simply Be in store voucher to use at their local Simply Be store.
12. The Prize is not transferable and there is no cash alternative.
13. If for any reason this competition is not capable of running as planned, whether caused by infection by computer virus, mobile phone failure, line drop out, bugs, tampering, unauthorised intervention, fraud, technical failures or any other cause beyond the control of the Promoter which corrupts or affects the administration, security, fairness or integrity of the competition, the Promoter reserves the right in its sole discretion (subject to any written direction given by a relevant Regulatory Authority) to cancel, terminate, modify or suspend the competition.
14. These Terms and Conditions shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of England and Wales.
Win 1 of 5 tickets to our Leicester Store Launch VIP Event!
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Our Leicester store in the Highcross shopping centre is now open… but we’re yet to give the official ribbon-cutting treatment so we’re having a fabulous evening in store event to celebrate its opening!
For your chance to WIN a pair of tickets to the event on Thursday 26th April simply leave us a comment under this blog post.
We’ll pick 5 winners at random on 20/04/2012.
Make sure you check your mail on Friday 20th April to see if you’ve won!
For a second chance to win, why not enter our Twitter competition? We’re giving away another 5 tickets on Twitter!
Simply follow Simply Be and tweet the entry message:
Want to WIN tickets to our Leicester VIP Store Event on 26th April? Follow us & RT
#SimplyBeLeicester Comp ends 19/04/2012
Good luck!
Our Teesside Store Launch Winners!
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We have drawn our ten winners to receive invitations to our VIP store launch event in Teesside!
The 5 winners from our Twitter giveaway are:
And the 5 winners from our blog post giveaway are:
Jess Griffiths
Samantha
Melanie Chillag
Victoria &
Michelle McFee
Drop us a DM on Twitter with your email address on and the name of your guest (if bringing), or send us an email at simplybefashion(at)hotmail.co.uk
Congratulations and see you in Teesside!
Win 1 of 5 tickets to our Teesside Store Launch VIP Event!
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Well we gave away tickets to our Doncaster store launch – and our winners are off to the VIP event this Thursday.
Our next store launch is Teesside – and to celebrate we’re having a VIP store event on 20th March!
For your chance to WIN a pair of tickets to the event, simply leave us a comment under this blog post.
We’ll pick 5 winners at random on 05/03/2012.
Make sure you’re a fan of ours on Facebook as that’s where we’ll announce the winner next week!
For a second chance to win, why not enter our Twitter competition? We’re giving away another 5 tickets on Twitter!
Simply follow Simply Be and tweet the entry message:
Want to WIN tickets to our Teesside store launch event on 20th March? Follow us & RT #SimplyBeTeesside 5 winners drawn 05/03/12!
Good luck!
Our Doncaster Store Launch Winners!
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We’ll keep this short and sweet… we have now drawn our ten winners to receive invitations to our VIP store launch event in Doncaster!
The 5 winners from our Twitter giveaway are:
And the 5 winners from our blog post giveaway are:
Claire B
Nicola D
Lauren Main
Rachael Donovan
Esther Woodward
Drop us a DM on Twitter with your email address on and the name of your guest (if bringing), or send us an email at simplybefashion(at)hotmail.co.uk so that we can sort our your invitation.
Congratulations and see you in Doncaster!
WIN 1 of 5 tickets to our Doncaster store launch!
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No doubt you’ve heard about our forthcoming store openings. If not – here are the details:
Doncaster, Frenchgate on 25th February 2012
Teeside, Shopping Centre on 16th March 2012
Gateshead, Metro Centre 23rd March 2012
Leicester, Highcross 29th March 2012
To celebrate the opening of the first of the four stores – in Doncaster – we’re having a fabulous VIP launch event at the Frenchgate store on the 1st March.
For your chance to WIN one of 5 sought-after tickets to the event, simply leave us a comment under this blog post!
We’ll pick 5 winners at random on 20/02/2012.
Make sure you’re a fan of ours on Facebook as that’s where we’ll announce the winner next week!
Here’s a peek at the launch events for our very first stores in Liverpool and Bury:
For a second chance to win, why not enter our Twitter competition? We’re giving away another 5 tickets on Twitter!
Simply follow Simply Be and tweet the entry message:
Want to WIN a ticket to our Doncaster store launch event on 1st March? Follow us & RT
#SimplyBeDonny 5 winners drawn 20/02/12!
Good luck – maybe we’ll see you in Doncaster!
Fitting rooms getting fabber: Retail chain installs luxury fitting room area
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Fitting rooms getting fabber: Retail chain installs luxury fitting room area for the ultimate shopping experience
Plus-sized retailer Simply Be opened its first stores in Liverpool and Bury this month, with the aim of giving customers the ultimate shopping experience. Simply Be has made sure that their fitting room area is extra spacious – and extra fabulous, as one of the least fun parts of clothes shopping for customers of all sizes is having to struggle in cramped and crowded changing rooms. Luxurious velvet sofas give friends and partners a restful place to wait, while the spacious changing rooms and boudoir feel make for a much more relaxed and enjoyable shopping experience. Mini blackboards on each changing room door can be chalked up with the name of the customer, adding a personalised touch.
Simply Be undertook some research that revealed that shoppers don’t want to have to leave the changing rooms and then queue all over again at the tills, so they have installed a till in the changing room area. This means that shoppers can pop straight from the changing room to the till, making for a smoother shopping experience.
One of the most exciting features of the changing room area is the Magic Mirror. This allows shoppers to take photos of themselves in their outfits, which they can then share to Facebook and Twitter to show their friends how fab they look, or email to themselves if they want to keep a copy their favourite pic. When you look good – you want to share it with as many people as possible!
Fuller figure mannequins in store reflect the average size of a UK woman – a size 16, whilst the curvy store staff have been trained to be experts in fitting and truly enhance the shopping experience with their friendly approach.
There is currently extremely little choice for fashionable plus size women on the high street – but Simply Be are out to change this. Parent company JD Williams/ N Brown had until now sold its clothing through catalogues and the internet because, like any number of home shopping companies, that was its business model. In fact, in 1882 Mr James David Williams was the very first person to make use of the UK’s parcel post service, to send his company’s products direct to his customers, in what could well have been the invention of home shopping.
Chief executive Alan White said yesterday: ‘In the last few days we have opened Simple Be stores in Liverpool One and at The Rock in Bury. These stores are aiming to give Simply Be’s current and potential customers a better shopping experience.
‘We will be monitoring the results with a keen interest. Initial responses from customers have been very positive but it is early days.’
White tells how one of his online customers actually burst into tears after visiting the Bury store because it had been so long since she was able to have a positive experience shopping for fashion on the high street.
According to initial findings by independent market research company RDSI, 97% of visitors would recommend the store to a friend, 98% thought the changing rooms better than other stores, and 90% thought the store was better than their current favourite clothing/footwear store.
Simply Be is all about loving your curves and being proud of who you are. Now Simply Be are proud to be on the high street – and their customers are definitely proud to be seen in their glamorous new stores. There are plans for five more stores in 2012.
Mirror, Mirror on the Wall…
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So – our two first ever stores are now open, at Liverpool One and The Rock, Bury! If you’ve popped in to either of them or read any of the coverage, one exciting part of the stores can’t have escaped your notice – the Magic Mirror!
Us girls know that shopping is more fun when it’s shared. So with the Magic Mirror, whether you’re browsing in store with your mates or just having a solitary mooch, you can share a pic of your outfit with your friends! The Mirror takes four photos of you in what you have tried on, and then you have the option to send the pics to Twitter or Facebook to get your friends’ opinions (or just show off how fab you look!) You can also email them to yourself or if you like, email them to us at Simply Be so that we can share them with our Facebook fans! (Email us on SimplyBefashion(at)hotmail.co.uk).
Perhaps the mirror is something that makes more sense when you see it…
This is what the one in Liverpool looks like:
Here’s Chelsea from Key 103 radio working it!
Simply Be fan Cat looking fab:
Steph, Rosie and Laura looking their usual gorgeous selves:
And here’s Laura again with Lauren enjoying a spot of champers!
Here’s what Chelsea from Key 103 had to say about it.
Simply Be’s First Store Opening at Liverpool One
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So unless you’ve been living under a rock, you probably heard about the opening of our first ever high street store! In a prime location at Liverpool One, we launched our very first store just last night. And as of today it’s officially open to the public!
We thought you might like to see some snaps from the night!
Here’s our gorgeous store front, and our even more gorgeous staff – all wearing Simply Be. Gorgeous overload!
The grand opening, with the ribbon being cut by Lisa Riley and Katy Cavanagh:
Here they are again in front of the store:
The fabulous Powderpuff girls were on hand to give everybody a mani – here’s Radio City 96.7′s Claire Morrow enjoying a quick buff-up!
The store itself, looking rather chic if we do say so ourselves:
Our head fashion buyer talks to the cameras:
And a lucky winner of one of the evening’s on the spot prizes!
We’re so pleased with how it all went – watch this space for more pics and videos coming soon!