Archive for October, 2009

Exiting news

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Fresh from success midweek in the Retail awards, we are gearing up for our new store launch in Aberdeen’s Union Square.

We have added some new brands to the site to tempt you with as well as a welcome return for some others.

ROX Hamilton Watches & ROX Technomarine Watches, and making a welcome return are ROX D&G Watches

I wonder if any will make their way onto the wrists of our ROXSstar models?

Getting that ROXStar look just right……..

Friday, October 23rd, 2009

Well its time to bring out the ROX Star in everyone; the ladies at ROX have been leading the way, now its over to you!

What is Amanda Wearing?

What is Amanda Wearing?

Well that depends on which hand you start with of course:

Amanda is glaming up with the right hand side by wearing a mixture of Pandora, Links of London & Thomas Sabo.

Links of London Sweetie Bracelet Rhodium/18ct Gold
Links of London White Dial Sweetie Watch
Pandora Bracelets
Pandora Beads & Charms
Thomas Sabo Bracelets

And on the left some understated elegance with a diamond tennis bracelet and a RADO Ceramica Platinum watch

Rado Watches
ROX Diamond Tennis Bracelet

Our ROXStar range can of course be seen online

ROX ranges from: Links of London, Links of London Sweetie Watches, Pandora, Thomas Sabo, Rado, ROXStar

Whats been happening here?

Wednesday, October 21st, 2009

ROX just seems to be on a buzz at the moment!

ROX were nominated as one of four finalists in the category of “Independent/Small Multiple Retailer of the Year 2009″.

The Scottish Retail Excellence Awards were created by the Scottish Daily Record and Scottish Business Insider, with support from the Scottish Retail Consortium, to honour the retail sector’s top achievers and to recognise excellence in all areas of retail throughout Scotland.

How did we get on? We only won!

Excellence Award

Roll out the red carpet

Monday, October 12th, 2009

For all those who like to attend an event, the red carpet was rolled out in Argyll Arcade, Braehead and Silverburn this weekend.

Why?………………….. All of the team got in on the ROXStar feel of things.

Argyll Arcade

These lovely ROX Stars certainly brought some glamour to the Argyll Arcade last weekend

We Like Monday’s

Monday, October 12th, 2009
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Well it’s the Monday after the weekend before……………

We saw the launch of our ROXStar campaign and some rather jazzy images appearing in the national press with Kartarine Brown and Amanda Hendrick who were transformed into ROXStars for a day.

Combining high fashion brands from various ROX collections we achieved a vibrant and exiting shoot.

Can you guess the brands that we used?

Scottish Retail Excellence Awards – ROX Shortlisted!

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

I am delighted to confirm that ROX has been shortlisted as Independent Retailer of the Year at the Scottish Retail Awards. Thank you all for your hard work in getting us nominated.

The Scottish Retail Excellence Awards were created by the Scottish Daily Record and Scottish Business Insider, with support from the Scottish Retail Consortium, to honour the retail sector’s top achievers and to recognise excellence in all areas of retail throughout Scotland.

This year’s categories have been selected to reward the retail organisations and individuals who have shown a dynamic and innovative approach to the challenges of modern retailing in Scotland. This covers multiples and department stores as well as independent, specialty and online retailers who have been operating in Scotland for at least 18 months.

The prestigious awards will be held on 20th October 2009 at the Glasgow Marriot.

You can find out more about the awards at www.scottishretailawards.com

New York ROX!

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

ROX have teamed up with 102.5 Clyde One in a competition to give listeners the chance to win a trip to New York and live like a real ‘ROX Star.’!

You and a friend could be jetting off for an exciting 3 night trip to New York with Continental Airlines and staying at the fabulous Hotel Beacon on Manhattan’s Upper West Side, the perfect base from which to explore this amazing city. Winners will also receive $500 spending money.

Over the next four weeks Clyde One will be giving away a trip for two each week. To win a trip all you need to do is listen to George Bowie’s breakfast show this week. George Bowie will announce the question at 8am on Thursday 22nd October during his breakfast show. If you know the answer, text the word BITE plus your answer and name to 61025 when the text lines open between 8am and 5pm on Thursday 22nd October.

Texts cost £1 plus your standard network rate. Please ask the bill payers permission before sending the text. Texts received after the lines close will not be counted but may still be charged. Terms and conditions apply.

Make sure you listen in to 102.5 Clyde One to be in with a chance to ‘Bite the Big Apple’!

New Store: ROX Union Square is now open!

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

ROX Union Square

ROX’s new flagship store in the north east of Scotland is now open. After a successful launch on Thursday the 29th of October our impressive 1,353 sq ft boutique – ROX’s biggest to date – is located on the ground floor at Aberdeen’s Union Square.

Union Square boasts a superb location for shoppers in the heart of Aberdeen and brings new brands to Aberdeen for the first time including Apple, Yo Sushi and Hollister.

Speaking about the new store opening Kyron said: “We’re thrilled with the response we have received in Aberdeen so far. It was hard work to get the shop open on time but it’s been worth it. This has been our most successful shop opening to date.”

Our newest ROX store boasts an eclectic range of superior quality diamond jewellery, branded watches and giftware. ROX Union Square also offers prestigious and fashion-forward brands including TechnoMarine, Maurice Lacroix, Links of London, Thomas Sabo, Swarovski, Pandora, Toy Watch, Armani and D&G to name but a few.

For more information on our new Aberdeen store click here

102.5 Clyde One – New York ROX Prize Winner’s!

Tuesday, October 6th, 2009

Luciana Verrecchia with Debbie Chung & Shirley McWilliams with Cara Neeson

Congratulations to the first two winners of 102.5 Clyde One’s ‘New York ROX’ competition – Luciana Verrecchia and Shirley McWilliams.

Luciana collected her prize from the ROX Argyll Arcade, awarded by the Store Supervisor Debbie Chung and Shirley McWilliams collected her prize from ROX Braehead, awarded by the store manager Cara Neeson.

Luciana and Shirley are both delighted with their Links of London Sweetie bracelet and Big Apple Charm. They will both shortly be whisked away to New York with Continental Airlines where they will be able to live like real ‘ROX Star’s!’