Our PR, Digital and Team Highlights for October


October has been a busy one, from vendor announcements and consumer events to photoshoots and award wins. We look forward to what November has in store, but first read on to see this month’s achievements!

Announced Two New GPO Vendors in Metquarter

Liverpool’s largest food market, GPO welcomed two new food vendors to its food hall based in Metquarter. Twisted, the home of outrageous food, and Hot Chick, the experts of saucy fried chicken, joined the existing independent kitchens in October.

Coverage highlights include Liverpool Echo, The Guide, Liverpool Noise, Yahoo News and LiverpoolWorld.

L.O.L Surprise! Trafford Palazzo Takeover

This month, the team organised a one-of-a-kind free L.O.L. Surprise! event at Trafford Palazzo for their devoted fanbase. The event saw over 3,000 children and families descend on Trafford Palazzo with celebrity mums Caroline Thomas and Emma McVey also in attendance.

Fans got to experience the latest product launches from the brand ahead of the festive season. The event centred around children celebrating their personality with face-paint makeovers, a mega ball pit, interactive product demonstrations and so much more.

Coverage highlights from the event include Manchester Evening News, Female First and Toy World to name a few.

Secured Nationwide Coverage for Selfridges Beauty Advent Calendar

The Christmas countdown is on as luxury department store Selfridges released its 2023 beauty advent calendar. The advent calendar, which is worth over £1,000 and retails for £220, is packed full of cult favourites.

The team have secured national and regional coverage for the launch, highlights include The Mirror, Wales Online, Cheshire Onlineand Ox Magazine.

A Day in the Life of a Fashion Designer with Rainbow High

Rainbow High launched a national competition with celebrity stylist Lou Teasdale for its new Fantastic Fashion Dolls collection. The competition gave one lucky fan the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to become a fashion designer for the day. The lucky winner - 6-year-old Daisy - was able to design her own t-shirt, learn how it gets made and also take part in a photoshoot with Lou Teasdale.

Banksy Wins a Grand Prix!

We have won yet another award for our campaign ‘The Art of Promoting The Art of Banksy’, taking the total to 3 and this is the biggest one yet! Carousel took home the win for The Best Event/Launch of The Year at the PRCA Dare Grand Prix Award. This is a great achievement and we are incredibly proud of the team for their hard work on this campaign.

Carousel Welcomes New Account Executive Shauna

This month we welcomed Shauna Page to the team as our new Account Executive. Originally from Brighton, Shauna joins us with a wide knowledge of all things PR and B2B in both the Advertising and Tech space.

Shauna will take on a diverse portfolio of clients such as Teletrac, Rainbow High, Metquarter and The Municipal Liverpool Hotel.

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