Roundup 26/6/12: A Busy Week

Hello! How's it going? We hope you're well. It's been all go here at ReRetail Towers. Although, not all of it due to work (we'll get to that later...).



So, what's been happening with us? Well, we've had another delivery from Makedo and as a ReRetial first we will, later this week, begin stocking the Makedo Kit for Three.

The Kit for Three comes with 170 re-usable parts (including 74 pins, 74 clips, 20 lock-hindges, and 2 of Makedo's amazingly useful safe-saws) and is a must for larger projects (or bigger groups).

And now on to the other ReRetail news. It has come to our* attention that recently one half of the ReRetail Team has discovered the concept of 'love', and decided to celebrate this discovery by wearing a white dress and prancing around a castle for a day. The planning of this event caused a level of excitement not before seen in the ReRetail office.

She was very excited, is what i'm trying to say.

"But Matt!" I hear you say, "this is a joyous occasion, why all the words?". Well, dear reader, what comes with a wedding? A honeymoon, of course. And for Kate's honeymoon she's decided to jet off half-way around the world for four weeks. Leaving me alone to man the fort.  So, congratulations to the happy couple! We* wish you all the best and hope that you come back to work soon!

That's all from us (erm... me), see you next time for the Roundup! Remember you can use the code LONDON2012 to get 20.12% off of all items in store until the end of the olympics!

As always you can find our shop Here, also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

*the ReRetail Hivebrain.

Roundup 14/06/12: Elephants, Bags and Cookies

Hello again! Hope you're all watching the journey of the Olympic flame. There's a simmering excitement here in ReRetail towers, it seems that the flame will be passing fight in front of Kate's house (i guess some people get all the luck). Until then, we're keeping a close eye on Flamewatch 2012. Remember, you can still get 20.12% off of all of our items using the code LONDON2012.

 We've got something cool to show you this week, if you're reading from the top down, you've probably already guessed what it is (if you're reading from the bottom up, try not to spoil the ending from everyone else).

Because we're such big fans of the Button Bag Craft Kits, we've recently got in a set of their Jungle Jumbo Elephants but you've got to be quick! This design is part of a limited run and once we've ran out of stock, they're gone!

Also, some more news regarding our reusable shopping bag giveaway. We've decided to extend the length of the promotion into infinity!

Well, not quite. But after some serious negotiation (we wore ties and everything!) we've been permitted to allocate a larger amount of our stock of reusable shopping bags to use as gifts. What that means to you is that all purchases through our webstore will come with a free bag! Whilst stocks last because, once again, when they're gone, they're gone.

It seems that, since our last update, cookies on the internet have become a serious talking point. So we decided to find some internet cookies and work out what it was all about.  What we found was a was a large amount of lawyer-words. But we muddled on.

In short, ReRetail Ltd does not gather any information from cookies but the software we use to power our online store (Zencart) does utilise cookies to aid with shopping, for more information on how Zencart uses cookies, please click here. We're trying to sort it so our website has an opt in/out notification but, at the time of writing, there isn't a working Zencart Addon available.


Phew, all that talk of cookies is making me hungry, so we'll see you next time!

Remember you can use the code LONDON2012 to get 20.12% off of all items in store until the end of the olympics!

As always you can find our shop Here, also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

Thursday Roundup 19-04-12

Hello again! Welcome back to the Thursday roundup, our weekly (ish) newsletter (ish) post about the going on in and around ReRetail Towers (...ish). Now with a fancy new format!

Week Recap: 
Well what a week this has been! Last Friday we completed our Friday Fun big project 'Project Boxey' which really put our artistic skills to the test. I'm pleased to report that Boxey is steeling into his new surroundings and seems quite happy.  We also received a very nice write-up/post about it from Makedo, which caused this to happen:

Up is good

 Which means, in basic terms, that it's more than just our mums who read this, so thank you to everyone reading this, and a special thank you to Makedo for making such a fantastic product.

Check out Makedo here or on FaceBook.

Product News:
The Elephant Dung Journals we mentioned last week are now back in stock (all sizes) in limited quantities, these items are quick sellers so get them before their gone again!


Also the Embossed/Stitched A4 Leather Journal that impressed me last week seems to have impressed you as well, as we're down to our last one!






Signoff:
Thanks, again, for reading and remember! Until the 30th of April you can still get 15% off of all makedo items using the code BUILDABOXEY (restrictions apply) and, if that's not enough, you can get 12.5% off of all our products (forever!*) using the code IMFROMTHEBLOG (restrictions apply).

A little birdy has also told me that you can get 15% off of our entire range by using some kind of discount code from some kind of FaceBook advert that we have. So if you can find it (it's like a treasure hunt) you can get yourself quite a nice saving.

Have a great weekend and we'll see you Tuesday for the Spotlight (remember to check in tomorrow for the Friday Fun!)

As always you can find our shop Here, also follow us on Facebook and Twitter.

ReRetail on Ethical Community.Com

We here at ReRetail just love opening things, almost as much as we like  searching out new recycled stuff to fill our shelves with ('new recycled'? Well, it's new to us anyway). Which is why it surprising that it's taken us so long to open up a shop on Ethical Community.

From their website;

"[Ethical Community] simplifies the often complicated process of shopping ethically by explaining what each products ethical credentials and certificates mean. Shoppers can also learn more about each seller by interact with sellers reading interviews and interacting with them via the sites own social network, where they can learn more about the story and people behind the products they buy."


So if it's ethical, recycled, vegan or Fair Trade items you're looking for, we suggest you check out Ethical Community. While you're there, please check out our store.

As always, you can find us on Twitter, FaceBook or our Web Store.

Hello and Welcome...

Hello and welcome to the ReRetail Blog!

We're just moving in at the moment but once everything's up and running correctly we will jump straight into the new and best product showcase posts (quite a task, we've got loads of cool things to choose from!)

We just thought that this, being our first post and all, would be the best place to tell you a little about ReRetail:

ReRetail was formed by us (Matt & Kate) in late 2009 as, primarily, an eBay store with a skew toward environmentally friendly products and services. This served us well and kept us busy until (flash forward two years) we decided to branch away from eBay and open our own, proper, web store. After a couple of sleepless nights and hectic days, we managed to get everything sorted and working (check out our site here!).

And that's a, slightly abridged, summary of our history as a company. I think that's covered most of the stuff you'd want to know about us...

Except, who's that little box-y bloke who's all over the place? Well, that's Boxey, he's our mascot and general overseer/ruler. He's made from boxes and tape.