Archive for January, 2007
Sunday, January 28th, 2007
Leather Handbags Stolen in Essex
From Essex Police:
Leather handbags that retail for about £1,000 and purses at £200 were stolen from a lorry parked on the Burnt Mills estate at Basildon overnight Sunday, January 14 and Monday, January 15, 2007. The bags are ‘Marc Jacobs’ brand and are usually sold through stores at the top end of the London market.
If [...]
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Monday, January 22nd, 2007
Who's Watching Your Purse?
Retford supermarket Morrisons has teamed up with the police to raise awareness of handbag security to its customers.
On Thursday 25 January 2007, between 11am and 12.30pm, advice leaflets and purse bells will be handed out to customers in the store on Idle Valley Road.
Do not place your purse on top of the counter when paying [...]
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Thursday, January 18th, 2007
£750 Handbag Helps Increase Sales
From Metro:
Demand for luxury handbags helped fashion retailer Burberry report a 25% rise in underlying revenues in the final quarter of last year. Sales at stores were up 13%. Bestsellers included the £750 Manor Handbag carried by supermodel Kate Mosss in a recent advertising campaign.
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Tuesday, January 16th, 2007
Is handbag insurance worth it to you?
From the Manchester Evening News:
Insurers are urging women to get their handbags covered and protect themselves against thieves.
One if five women in the UK have either lost their handbag or had it stolen. Research by Cornhill Direct shows that the average handbag on the nation’s high streets is worth £48.
The average purse costs £21, and [...]
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Wednesday, January 10th, 2007
Handbag Theft Causes Heartbreak for Thousands
One in five British women report that they have either lost or had their handbag stolen and with the average value of a handbag and its contents estimated at £300, leading insurer Cornhill Direct is reminding women just how vulnerable their handbags can be.
In a survey of 3,000 women commissioned by the insurer, one in [...]
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Sunday, January 7th, 2007
It's Handbag Heaven month!
As part of our sign-up with ReviewMe, advertisers choose which blogs review them. In that vein FashionShop.co.uk have asked us to review their website and are paying us for doing so. However there is no requirement that the review is positive, so let’s take a look.
Fashion Shop is a family business based in Wellingborough, England [...]
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Thursday, January 4th, 2007
Over 70 Handbag Thefts Recorded
Happy New Year all!
This blog is mainly devoted to the recording of handbag thefts, of which there are over 70 now mapped here.
To keep you informed and entertained there are some feeds from other sites available on this site. The handbag fashion news comes from the following great sites:
The Bag Lady
The Bag Blog
Pursed Lips
The Purse [...]