Bye Rach, Hello Ed

At Christmas, Rachel in Accounts sadly left Indigo as she continues her quest for Great Britain Rowing fame. She will be sorely missed along with her passion for Party Rings! She is ably replaced by Ed, whose love of Sage Line 50 surpasses even Rachel’s! If you have any accounts queries please feel free to … Read more

Merry Christmas

It is time to go home, turn off the lights, pick up all the bottles of wine and ‘Quality Street’ and juggle them on the train whilst dodging all the little kids that have come into work with ‘Daddy’ in the City, an old tradition around here. Just a quick reminder, we’ll be running a … Read more

Off with its head

We have been making do with the default header than defines the ‘k2‘ WordPress theme (the techie stuff that powers the Indigo blog) for far too long. This purple block is getting a little dull to say the least and I have been inspired by the collage design over at Matt Mullenweg’s blog. The two … Read more

Christmas Closing

Our opening/closing times for the Christmas period. * CLOSE – midday on Friday 22nd December 2006 * RE-OPEN – 9am on Tuesday 2nd January 2007 We will run a skeleton crew on 27th to 29th December. We hope everyone is enjoying the festive season!

Email Issues

We’ve had a few teething troubles with ‘Ange‘ (the new Indigo server) and emails today. Sorry if you email hasn’t got through – all is fine now!

Server of Honour

Indigo has a new server and if you want to know all the specs, then check out our website page. We needed to get this beast of a dedicated machine from our hosts Clook because our monthly traffic is up to 70,000 unique visitors and 3.5 million page views! It is traditional to name a … Read more

10% off all Result jackets and fleeces

It’s cold and it’s the festive season, so we have decided to offer 10% off all Result jackets and fleeces. We can in fact offer all of Result’s range in this offer, which is included in our supplemental catalogue (we just don’t put it all on the main catalogue so we don’t swamp you with … Read more

Teaser: New Brands for 2007

Our suppliers are gearing up to spice up their product offerings in 2007, and at this time of year we are seeing a raft of press releases and announcements in the trade press. We are looking forward to launching Callaway (golf), Canterbury (rugby) and 2 new organic brands (Epona and Okarma) on the Indigo site … Read more

Organic Development

Sorry to keep harping on about ethical and organic clothing but as our little industry goes this (along with direct-to-garment printing, which is a whole other story) is the most disruptive force in the market place at the moment. In the next few days we’ll let you know more about Continental exciting foray into the … Read more

Organic beats beer and cigarettes

…or so the headline goes on the BBC News today. Apparently retail sales in the UK of beer and cigarrettes are £28bn whilst the amount spent on ethical products hit £29.3bn ($56.7bn) in 2005, the Co-operative bank states. However most of the ethical spend relates to food and energy products and the article points out … Read more