Sean / Measurement, PR / 0 comments
Humans beings are very complicated. We’ve never made decisions based on a purely rational, objective assessment of what’s in our self-interest, nor do we behave and react in perfectly predictable ways. Humans are fickle, mysterious and sometimes outright ridiculous. Consider the dozens of cognitive biases (that we know of!) that make our decisions unpredictable. Not […]
admin / Christmas / 0 comments
This December in the UK has been decidedly different from any other Christmas in recent times. Instead of wrapping up warm in our winter woolies, we’re peeling off the layers in the unseasonably mild weather. Temperatures hitting the mid-teens in Celsius have become the norm and we’re continually opening the windows in the office to […]
Sean / PR / 0 comments
As we approach the end of the year, it’s a great time to reflect. To ask ourselves where we have come from and where we are going, so that we can use that clarity to reach further and achieve more. On New Year’s Day, millions of people across the world will be thinking about what […]
Anil / Christmas / 0 comments
My family takes Christmas very seriously. Possibly too seriously. Years ago, all my mum’s huge extended family would get together and we’d sit 25-30 people for Christmas lunch (with a huge sack of potatoes, another of sprouts, enough stuffing to choke a moose, a turkey big enough to require its own postcode and so on). […]
Sean / Christmas / 0 comments
It sneaks up on you like a bad migraine. At first, you begin to notice it in the TV ads, then on the supermarket shelves and fronts of people’s houses. Something just seems a little strange about everything in the world, like some secret, sinister force is slowly taking over. Before you know it, it’s […]
Jack / Christmas / 0 comments
They say Christmas comes too early each year. But for me and my family, it can’t come soon enough. Because what else do we have to look forward to in November? Rain? Wind? Storms with rubbish names? Christmas is all about being together as a family. And despite being the son of a reverend – […]
admin / Christmas / 0 comments
Christmas has always been a special time for me. One of my earliest memories of Christmas was when Father Christmas bought me a tape player with two microphones on which I recorded myself speaking A LOT! I think that is where I developed a love of the sound of my own voice. One of the […]
admin / Social Media, velvet loves... / 0 comments
We don’t know about you, but we love a bit of Twitter. Allowing you to interact with people instantly across the globe, the social platform has not only become a new tool for keeping with breaking news, but also an enabler for brands to become innovative in a new field. But with over 302,000,000 active […]
Sean / Blog / 0 comments
In the world of product placement and brand sponsorship, James Bond gets away with murder. It’s hard to imagine any film or franchise that could have so many sponsors, yet somehow manages to avoid a backlash from viewers who see it as undermining the integrity of the story. But Bond is different. Unlike most films, […]
Natasha / Christmas / 0 comments
After Guy Fawkes Night, Christmas is the next hotly anticipated seasonal occasion for consumers and retail businesses alike. But when does Christmas officially start? We’re an opinionated bunch at Velvet, so it’s no surprise that we each have differing views on this question. It is after all a very personal thing, and Christmas means something […]
