Best Kent Gift Shops Kent Gift Shops Online Gift Shops For Last Minute Bargain Gifts

As mystery shoppers and proud Kentish girls we'd like to give you the lowdown on the best independent Kent gift shops we found for last minute bargain gifts in the run up to Christmas 

• Oyster Box Gift Shop Maidstone Kent is located in Maidstone and provides many different types of gifts. Read all about it ...
  
• Harpers Gift Shop Maidstone Kent is located in Market Buildings, Town Centre, Maidstone and provides many different types of gifts. Read all about it ...
• Salamander Gift Shop Maidstone Kent is located in Market Buildings, Town Centre, Maidstone and provides many different types of gifts. Read all about it ...
• BoudoirBabe.co.uk Gift Shop Concession Maidstone is located in Royal Star Arcade, Town Centre, every Saturday in the run up to Christmas and provides many different types of gifts. They also have a great online gift shop (voted top 6 e-commerce website in Kent in a recent ICELAB Awards). Read all about it ...
  
   

Lazy Days Living www.lazydaysliving.co.uk is my website of the week

Website of the Week LazyDaysLiving.co.uk

• What is it? Predominately an internet-based company,based in Canterbury selling a huge range of interesting stuff for your home and garden
• What's on offer:  Wildlife Garden Products, Childrens Corner, Garden furniture, Garden Gifts

Aunty Steph can now buy rock bottom bargain Xmas gifts with a gift voucher

Tis the season to be thrifty and this year many online gift shoppers like my Aunty Steph are shopping on a very tight budget, so they're looking for bargain gifts at rock bottom bargain prices on real deal top brand products this year.

If it's better to give than to receive, why is buying presents so stressful?

When Christmas gift shopping online, it is important to make sure no one is left out, but avoid the temptation to buy a last minute impulse buy. Yes I'm talking to you Aunty Steph; please no more novelty ties or knitted underpants for my boyfriends pleeeese!!! LOL I know your mind goes blank when you think of buying gifts for someone you don't really know very well, so play it safe and keep it simple. One of the best ways to avoid this is to buy Tom (ahem Chris) a Christmas gift voucher and let him choose his own gift from a fab range of fun & quirky gifts at Boudoir Babe. Perfect for a Christmas gift/ any special occasion From £5. Aunty Steph can even order online today Yay!!

Pressies 4 Princesses www.pressies4princesses.co.uk is my ecommerce website of the week!

Website of the Week Pressies4Princesses.co.uk

• What is it? Pressies4princesses is an online gift shop, choc full of gifts for women, chosen by women.
• What's on offer:  Gifts for Casual Snog/ Wifey, Gifts for the girls, Gifts for little princess, Gifts for your Mother/ Monster-in-law

I Want One Of Those www.iwantoneofthose.com is my ecommerce website of the week!

Website of the Week IWantOneOfThose.com

• What is it? Online Gift Shop for Unusual Gifts, Gadgets & Gift Ideas
• What's on offer:  Gifts for Him, Gadgets & Gizmos, Gifts for Her, New Arrivals, Lifestyle & Home, Great Gifts, £10,Toys & Games.
  

Uber cool usb flash drives are eye candy for your pocket !!

Geeky, yet bodaciously amazing 1GB, 2GB, 4GB and 8GB Limited Edition MIMOBOT designer flash usb drives are selling fast @  BoudoirBabe.co.uk at prices too cheap to publish here!!!

• Uber cool mini usb storage devices are stuffed with exclusive preloaded content for Windows/ Mac users
  
• All Hail MIMOBOT!
• Read Boudoirbabe.co.uk press release "HEY! Look out the MIMOBOT USBs are coming..."

East of India Wooden Noahs Ark is OUT OF STOCK at Temptation Gifts dot com

Temptation gifts are discounting an East of India Wooden Noah's Ark Set by almost 25%, but this gift is out of stock. Was £59.95 and now it's only £44.96, but guess what? It's out of stock, boohoo!! I guess it's easy to discount gifts if your out of stock!

This particular item would make a wonderful gift for a new baby, a christening or a first birthday gift . Something special which can be kept for years to come. This fab wooden Noah's ark set comes with 13 pairs of animals, Noah, and a ladder so that they can all climb onto the ark. (Not a toy)

But don't despair, I did a quick Google search for "east of india noah's ark set" which returned 92,800 pages. Chances are I'll find the perfect gift online as usual.

Doesn't your man get the message? Can't he take the hint?

Spell it out for him with a selection of fun cheeky signs from Boudoir Babe Gifts - Nominted Kent for the 2009 Ecommerce in Kent Award.

These fab handmade signs by "The Seashore Collection" come a choice of sizes and finishes. Some can even be personlised if you ask nicely :-)

The following cheeky messages made me giggle "A messy house is a happy house and this ..." or "Chocolate makes your ..." or funnier still "I'm a woman of many moods & ..." LOL!!!

At last a swear box for gobby shites!

I googled "swear box for gobby shites" but couldn't find what I was looking for, so I was less specific on my next search "swear box" - hmm 2,830,000 Pages found Surely I'll find the perfect gift for that gobby workshy boss of mine, won't I?

Er no, so I searched on Twitter and asked around on Facebook and Stumbled Upon nothing that took my fancy.

Until Bebe's newsletter popped into my inbox with the perfect gift HEY PRESTO, the perfect gift for a gobby used car sales manager from Croydon (Oh dear, am I being too specific Ron?)

Anywho I checked out their website and found "a holiday fund money box, shoe money box and a girls night out money box" too! So all I need to do now is to get Ron to donate the proceeds of the swear box to my "girls night out money box" and I'm sorted. Tee Hee ;-)

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Are you christmas shopping online for bargain CDs at January Sale prices?

Check out CD WOW! for cheap CDs, discount DVDs, Blu-ray DVDs, cheap Games for your Xbox, Playstation three, or Nintendo Wii. CD WOW! offer fast UK deleivery in time for Christmas - WOW!

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Gift Shops Maidstone, Medway, Kent

BoudoirBabe.co.uk opens Gift Shop concession at Royal Star Arcade Kent

This new gift shop concession is situated on the ground floor of the Royal Star Arcade in Maidstone town centre.

"Open every Saturday, Boudoir Babe's concession will specialise in unique and creative gift ideas for every budget"

As a thankyou for local customers in the Maidstone, Medway and Kent area their offering money off your first purchase (always nice ;-) Click for a FREE Voucher code and bag yourself a bargain!

Read their press release: New Gift Shops Maidstone, Medway, Kent

Visit their online gift shop: www.boudoirbabe.co.uk
Gift Shop opening Hours 9:00am - 4:00pm (Saturday's only)
Gift Shop address: Royal Star Arcade, High Street Maidstone Kent ME14 1JL

Buy Fun Shabby Chic Signs from BoudoirBabe.co.uk/FunSigns

Shabby Chic, Wooden, handmade, hand painted fun signs from £5.50



Wit is timeless and our highly collectable cheeky signs and funny message chalkboard signs make a perfect gift for him and for her. So if want to express your inner child, these funny message signs will appeal to all ages

Sale starts 9am tomorrow!

SELFRIDGES Sale starts 9am tomorrow!
For info visit http://www.selfridges.com

DEBENHAMS Half price sale is now on!
For info visit http://www.debenhams.com

So may beautiful things, so little time to stuff my basket full of goodies at affordable prices!

Streetwise Shoppers Put An End To Rash Spending

As the effects of the recession kicks in, streetwise shoppers are getting smarter, saving an average of two grand a year by shopping around.

According to a recent survey by Abbey, one in three people now checks the price of an item in at least five shops before making a purchase.

Rash spending behaviour seems to be disappearing as more than two thirds of the people surveyed admitted they will delay making a purchase until the item has gone on sale.

Almost one in three people are prepared to spend their weekends scouring boot fairs to pick-up a bargain.

Is this the end of the High Street as we know it?

Online retail sales represents about 10 percent of total sales, so it's highly unlikely to spell the end of the High Street as we know it. However online gift retailers like Bombay Duck, Firebox and The Gifted Penguin can pass on the savings they make on rent, staff and advertising costs to their customers. So the customer stands to benefit by getting quality goods at bargain prices!

But many successful high street shops like Marks & Spencer, John Lewis, Next, Tesco, Boots and HMV have huge high street presence, plus a significant online presence too. But don't necessarily pass on any savings.

Not in the high street - ghost town shopping centres...

The Times newspaper 24th Jan lead with this headline...
Soaring closures raise fears of ghost town shopping centres across UK

Accountants , PriceWaterhouseCoopers are reported to have said "Britain was at risk of 'developing a phenomenon of grey malls" - a wasteland of closed, empty premises where successful business' once traded.

Enough said!

KENTS BIGGEST BATHROOM SALE - NOW ON!

Champagne taste, but shandy money?
Times have been tough for everyone, but there is no need to skimp on quality when you are given the extremely low prices from Kent's Leading Bathroom Shop.

For a limited time only Kent's leading bathroom specialist are now discounting a massive 60% off ex display bathroom suites, showers, taps and bathroom furniture

Three floors showcasing Kent's most exciting bathroom suites with up to 60% off your favourite name brands:

• Save up to 60% off Duravit bathroom products
  
• Save up to 60% off Vola bathroom products
• Save up to 60% off Kohler bathroom furniture
• Save up to 60% off Laufen bathroom products
• Save up to 60% off Aqata shower enclosures

Kent's biggest bathroom sale now on!
Hurry while stocks last!

Hurry down to our Kent bathroom shop in Maidstone this weekend and pick up a bargain
Gather your ideas and bring them in to the designer, walk through the showroom, browse our web site www.thebathandspaco.co.uk and once you have the vision, come on in and talk to our designers and let them bring your vision to life!

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Media Contacts: Matt Powell
The Bath and Spa Company
1-3 Mill Street
Maidstone
Kent, ME15 6XW
Email Address: sales@thebathandspaco.co.uk
Phone Number: 01622 759800

The Economic downturn gives birth to the 'Recessionista'

LONDON (Reuters) - The economic downturn has given birth to a new type of clothes shopper who is switching out of high-end luxury goods and into cheaper designer equivalents, British department store chain Debenhams said Tuesday.

The "recessionista" is looking for the quality, durability and style of designer clothes, but with a "chicenomic" price tag in keeping with more straitened times, Debenhams said.

"The birth of the recessionista is evidence that more and more customers are looking for good value, great design and clothing that's built to last," Deputy Chief Executive Michael Sharp said in a statement, as Debenhams unveiled the spring/summer ranges for its "Designers at Debenhams" lines.

The ranges, by the likes of Jasper Conran, Betty Jackson, Matthew Williamson, John Rocha, Julien Macdonald and Ben di Lisi, achieved double-digit percentage sales growth in the run up to Christmas, the 219 year-old group said.