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Clare Harris: Keeping the Table Talking for 25 Years
“I love bringing people together. So, what I was doing socially, with a table at the heart, is what I tried to do commercially," says Talking Tables’ founder, Clare Harris.
She’s reflecting on the business celebrating its milestone 25th year.
“They’re both about bringing together a group of peopl...
Creating George's Christmas windows
Talking Tables took visual merchandising expert Debbie Flowerday to the store to dress the windows and off some practical tips.
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Our independent stores are in the festive spirit
It's the most wonderful time of the year and with December only days away it's been great seeing our independent store customers transforming their windows and displays into visions of festive fun.
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Boards to follow on Pinterest this Christmas
Whether interested in Christmas crafts, dinner party recipes or home decor, Pinterest is one of our favourite sources of festive inspiration. As the season draws closer, we’ve compiled a list of so...
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Cheltenham Literary festival visit
The Talking Tables book club took time out to attend the Cheltenham Literary Festival. Will Evenden reports on a highly inspiring day.
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Black History Month - A resource book
Talking Tables' Paris provided the whole team with a useful resource list -from books to films to events that can further your knowledge of Black History Month and black culture. We've included thi...
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How to build (and win) a brilliant display
Talking Tables are linking up with visual merchandising expert Debbie Flowerday with a competition to win a Christmas display workshop. Here she shares some top display tips.
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Independent store round up - September
Take a look at some of the displays we've spotted in our store visits, or who have tagged us on Instagram...
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It's our B Corp birthday
12 months on from becoming a B Corp, here's what we've been working on...
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Temi meets Talking Tables
We recently welcomed Temi for a week of work experience and were hugely impressed by her design skills.
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The history of the napkin
From dough, to rabbits and more, discover the weird and wonderful history of the napkin.
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Come on Barbie let's go party
Nikki, one of our ambassador content creators was excited to use some of our favourite pink products to turn her outdoor space into the ultimate pink alfresco paradise.
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Meet Trudy, the Talking Tables customer
Creating a special setting? Food and drink? Laughter? What’s the most important thing about a gathering? Well our customers have spoken and it’s laughter.
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Reducing our personal impact on the environment
Looking for ways to reduce you personal carbon impact? Our team have lots of ideas.
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Independent store shout out - July 2023
Our monthly round up of vibrant independent store displays and catching up with Creativity Ltd
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Home & Gift Harrogate round up by Clare Harris
I enjoyed my summer trip to Harrogate for the Home & Gift Harrogate, with several stands particularly standing out...
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How our suppliers are using renewable energy with solar panels
Did you know our suppliers are forging ahead with installing solar panels? We recently went to investigate.
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Independent store shout out - June 2023
This month has been filled with visits and catch ups with our independent stores. Take a look at some beautiful, eye-catching set ups.
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British Flowers Week - watercolour workshop
We take our inspiration for our collections from many places, like a recent water colour flower painting course three of the team including Clare, our founder, attended
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Talking Topic: The inspiration behind the creation of our collections
Talking Tables founder Clare speaks to senior designer Melanie about her role and the inspiration behind the creation of our collections
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Independent store shout out - May
May was a busy month for our independent stores - it was all systems go to change over to summer windows and displays, and just in time for the beautiful summer weather to arrive.
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A day at the Chelsea Flower Show 2023
Our founder Clare visited the Chelsea Flower Show, finding the shift towards gardens directly linked to charities particularly thought provoking.
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