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sorry this took me like two weeks to answer but anyway my favourite playlist is my red playlist so get ready for songs that are the colour red to me
eau d'bedroom dancing by le tigre
paagi from the trese soundtrack by up dharma down
the book lovers by broadcast
running up that hill (a deal with god) by kate bush
tom's diner - 7" version by dna, suzanne vega, neal slateford, nick batt
two of these i dont like all that much anymore (one because of a certain show) but theyve been on my playlist so long that i cant take them off but oh well
#me vs st for ruining kate bush for me#ANYWAY#this is like my rotting playlist its the sound of rotting away for me#the colour is a specific shade of red 97192b#i have 14 colour playlists theyre all named for hex codes and they are my favourite playlists in the world i love them so much#theres two that are really similar looking shades of blue on my laptop but theyre so different#anyway#andi posts into the void#andi's asks#24/3/2024#just realised its like the same shade of red as my blog
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Tom's Diner - 7" Version
By DNA, Suzanne Vega, Neal Slateford, Nick Batt
From the album The Best Of Suzanne Vega - Tried And True
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Lovehoney appoints new chief executive as founders step back
Lovehoney co-owners Neal Slateford (L) and Richard Longhurst (R) in the Lovehoney warehouse in Bath
Lovehoney has appointed a new chief executive as founders Richard Longhurst and Neal Slateford take a step back from the online sex toys business.
Sarah Warby, who is a former Heineken marketing director and also used to work at Sainsbury’s, will take the helm at Lovehoney, which turns over more than £100m a year and is ranked Top250 in IRUK Top500 research, in September. The move follows Telemos Capital’s move to take a majority stake in the business in 2018.
Warby said: “Lovehoney is a company with an enviable brand reputation both in the industry and with its customers. I’m excited to be part of the next chapter of this amazing growth story and believe we can fulfill Lovehoney’s ambitions for global category leadership. I’m looking forward to joining and getting to know the many talented people that have helped Lovehoney achieve its impressive growth so far.”
Longhurst and Slateford will step down from the day-to-day running of the business, but will remain as directors on the Lovehoney board alongside Philippe Jacobs and Jacob Polny from Telemos Capital.
Longhurst and Slateford, co-founders of Lovehoney, said: “When we started Lovehoney 17 years ago, we never imagined it would grow to be a £100m turnover business and help so many people around the world have more fun in the bedroom. We’re thrilled that Sarah is joining Lovehoney to take the business to the next level. Having someone with her quality and breadth of experience is a real asset to our company and we look forward to watching Lovehoney develop further under her leadership.”
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How two businessmen who started their company in bedroom built £60m empire on people's sexual happiness - The Mirror
Neal Slateford and Richard Longhurst are the duo behind online sex toy retailer Lovehoney
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Đàn ông hay phụ nữ có ham muốn về tình dục nhiều hơn?
Một câu hỏi cơ bản mà rất nhiều người luôn thắc mắc nhưng không biết hỏi ai và cũng không dám hỏi, đàn ông và phụ nữ ai muốn tình dục hơn.
Các chuyên gia tâm lý thuộc trường đại học bang Ohio (Mỹ) đã thực hiện nghiên cứu với các sinh viên từ 18 đến 25 tuổi. Những người này được yêu cầu ghi lại số lần họ nghĩ về ‘chuyện ấy’, thực phẩm và ngủ hàng ngày trong vòng 1 tuần.
Kết quả cho thấy rằng đàn ông thực sự chỉ nghĩ về sex khoảng 34,2 lần/ngày (tương đương khoảng 28 phút/lần), nhưng tần suất này nhiều gấp đôi phụ nữ, khi phái đẹp thường nghĩ về ‘chuyện ấy’ khoảng 18,6 lần/ngày (tương đương 51 phút/lần).
Đàn ông đặc biệt nghĩ nhiều về chuyện ấy nhất là khi người phụ nữ họ yêu đứng trước mặt. Đàn ông được tạo hóa tạo ra bản năng luôn tìm mọi cơ hội để “phát triển nòi giống”, trong khi phụ nữ luôn cẩn trọng trong việc lựa chọn đúng người, đúng thời điểm.
Có nhiều lý do giải thích vì sao đàn ông nghĩ về chuyện ấy nhiều hơn phụ nữ. Trong đó có yếu tố bản năng, đa số nam giới thích sự “vui vẻ” tình cờ (kiểu tình 1 đêm), nhưng phụ nữ muốn phát triển mối quan hệ tình cảm nghiêm túc với một người đàn ông trước khi quyết định cùng họ lên giường.
Nghiên cứu cũng cho thấy rằng đàn ông thường quan tâm tất cả những nhu cầu về thể chất, bao gồm cả ‘chuyện ấy’ nhiều hơn phụ nữ. Nguyên nhân có thể là do phụ nữ buộc phải giấu những suy nhĩ thô tục của họ do sức ép về mặt xã hội.
Chưa kể, đàn ông hoàn toàn không có ràng buộc nào về sex thì phụ nữ lại chịu nhiều áp lực. Nhất là khả năng “vỡ kế hoạch” khi yêu cũng khiến tâm lý phụ nữ bị ảnh hưởng nhiều.
Tiến sĩ Neal Slateford, thành viên của nhóm nghiên cứu, cho biết: “Kết quả cuộc khảo sát của chúng tôi cho thấy tầm quan trọng của sex đối với tất cả chúng ta. Trung bình, đàn ông nghĩ về tình dục nhiều gấp đôi phụ nữ”.
Theo Thanh Vân!
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PEAK 2017 Reports from the cyber week frontline
The way people shop over Black Friday and the Christmas period tells us far more than how people are getting on with their present shopping. The changing way that shoppers are buying becomes magnified thanks to the sheer volume of transactions at this time of year. In addition, time-pressured shoppers look for, and adopt, new ways of doing things that they may then continue over the rest of the year. With this in mind, InternetRetailing is devoting a regular twice-weekly slot to peak shopping season 2017, highlighting the stories that struck us as most interesting over the last few days. Today the focus is firmly on the approach to Black Friday.
This piece will be updated over the next day, so do check back.
Black Friday updates
Here’s a round up of what retailers have told us about their Cyber Week experience in 2017.
• John Lewis [IRDX RJLW], an Elite retailer in IRUK Top500 research, said that the day looked set to be one of its most successful days, with its busiest hour ever between 9am and 10am when an average of 705 items were bought every minute via its website. Traffic to its website was up by 4.8% across all channels, but the John Lewis app proved most popular, with traffic up by 92.3% year-on-year, and peaking between 1pm and 2pm. Its distribution centres packed just over 10,000 units an hour, nearly 7% up on last year, and busiest between 12pm and 1pm, when 18,000 items were packed. The most popular item searched for from a mobile device was ‘iPad’ and, for those buying from the app or desktop, ‘Sonos’.
John Lewis operations director Dino Rocos said: ‘Sales on johnlewis.com both overnight and into the day itself have exceeded expectations and between 9am and 10am we hit our busiest ever hour for online trade.”
• Berlin-based Zalando [IRDX RZAL] has proclaimed its Cyber Week and Black Friday experiences a success, with shoppers ordering more than a million orders over the course of Black Friday, reaching 2,000 orders a minute at peak times. Delphine Mousseau, VP Markets, said: “Black Friday attracted over 100,000 new customers. Our teams worked very hard across several departments to offer a seamless Cyber Week, including our tech and logistics components who prepared for the event for several months. The very good performance seen this Black Friday illustrates the strong relationship Zalando has built with its customers. This happened over time, through a relentless effort to meet specific local needs in each individual market.”
• Lovehoney ?? said Black Friday 2017 was the busiest day in its 15-year history, with sales up 35% on the same day in 2016. It was also the first day that the retailer, a Top250 trader in IRUK Top500 research had taken more than 15,000 international orders in a single day. It’s expecting a further surge on Cyber Monday. Co-founders Richard Longhurst and Neal Slateford joined staff in the warehouse packing orders on Friday to help cope with the rush.
Longhurst said: “Black Friday was Lovehoney’s busiest day ever. Over 10,000 orders were picked and packed on Friday in the UK warehouse alone with the rest coming from our international teams, particularly in America and Australia. He added: “We had timed discounts running right throughout the week to spark interest, so anyone visiting the site could pick up a bargain they liked at any time. Some retailers feel that Cyber Monday is an unnecessary distraction – being forced to offering discounts at the busiest time of the year. We feel it creates a buzz just as everyone is getting excited about Christmas. It is one American import which is very welcome in the UK. Shoppers come to Lovehoney for a bargain and then stay for a fantastic sex life.”
And here’s the trend analysis from commentators.
Shoppers went online to buy
Darryl Adie, chief executive of ecommerce agency Ampersand [IRDX VAMC], said: “UK retailers are still divided over whether or not Black Friday is a good thing. What is clear is that online has become king on Black Friday. This year produced a record number of online transactions, while footfall was in decline once again. Online, retailers are certainly getting better at preparing their systems for spikes in traffic. According to our research, only 14% of major retailers running sales on Black Friday had website issues, down from 22% in 2015. Of those, only three had downtime that prevented transactions.
“With mobile traffic overtaking desktop for the first time ever this year, this Christmas season will certainly be the year of mobile transactions. Brands that are making mobile optimisation a priority — such as Burberry, Boots, Karen Millen, B&Q, and House of Fraser — will have a big selling advantage this year.”
Discounts reducing?
Optimove says that its analysis of more than seven million unique ecommerce transactions on Black Friday shows that shoppers who bought online spent 9% more, while receiving discounts worth 12% less than last year.
Pini Yakuel, founder and CEO of Optimove, said: “As the numbers come in after Black Friday, it is clear that more shoppers are opting to buy online rather than in-store. Which is why it is more important than ever that retailers understand the behaviours and motivations of their online customers.
“Contrary to traditional analysis of the Black Friday phenomenon, our data shows that most of the individuals shopping with a brand on the day are actually returning, rather than completely new, customers. On Black Friday last year, our research showed that 71% of shoppers had bought something from the brand before at some stage. This year, the share of Black Friday transactions which were made by first-time shoppers decreased by a further 18%. Customers’ pre-existing contact with a brand goes some way towards explaining why shoppers have been willing to buy more items without such high discounts this year.”
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Lovehoney marks 15th birthday with 76% profits rise
Lovehoney has marked its 15th birthday by reporting a 76% rise in pre-tax profits following a year of strong sales at home and abroad.
The sex toy pureplay, a Top250 retailer in IRUK Top500 research, reported profits of £9m in the year to March 31 2017, up from £5.1m a year earlier, on sales of £76m – 31% up on the £58m it reported last year.
Lovehoney [IRDX RLOV], based in Bath, partly puts its success down to its range of branded licensing deals, including collaborations with Fifty Shades of Grey author EL James, rock bands Motörhead and Mötley Crüe and a new collection developed with Comedy Central for the hit US TV show Broad City which has boosted its sales in that market. It also says that winning the Queen’s Award for Enterprise last year has helped it grow its brand overseas.
“It’s wonderful to be celebrating our 15th birthday with record sales and profits and the royal seal of approval,” said co-founder Neal Slateford (pictured right, with co-founder Richard Longhurst left). “We would like to thank the Queen for recognising our achievements – that royal recognition has really helped us to grow the brand overseas. Our online-only model gives us significant advantages over more traditional rivals and will allow us to keep prices and costs low in what is a tough period for all retailers.
“We feel the pleasure product category has been fully embraced by mainstream consumers in the last five years and whole new generation of couples are making adult toys a regular part of their sexual routine. That sea change in attitudes is reflected in our Queen’s Award and the success of branded lines with some of the world’s biggest rock bands, Fifty Shades and a TV show in Broad City which really speaks to Millennials.”
The UK remains Lovehoney’s largest market, with sales of £50m up by 16% on last time, but it also grew its turnover in Europe (£6.4m, +51%) and in the rest of the world, primarily US and Australia (£19.8m, +71%).
The company said its online-only model had contributed to keeping costs to a lower level than bricks-and-mortar rivals and helped it to remain price competitive in a tough retail environment.
Slateford said that sales had not been affected by the Brexit vote to leave the EU last June. He said: “Three-quarters of the trading year followed the Brexit vote and we have not found the political uncertainty has impacted on sales.”
Turnover at Lovehoney five years ago was £16 million and the record growth since then has in part been driven by the ‘Fifty Shades effect’. Lovehoney is launching a new set of official products for the new Fifty Shades Freed movie which comes out around Valentine’s Day next year.
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