LONDON, UK – Pop-up shops in some of the capitals trendiest shopping areas can offer jobseekers valuable work experience exposure, says reed.co.uk

As more and more high-street retailers continue to fall victim to higher rental and business costs in London’s most fashionable shopping areas, forcing multiple outlet closures, the number of temporary pop-up shops occupying the vacated space is seemingly on the rise. reed.co.uk, one of the UKs leading job sites, claim these temporary ventures are providing opportunities for jobseekers to gain relevant work experience exposure, especially if they wish to attain future retail or sales jobs in the capital.

Since the turmoil of the economic recession in 2008 heaved financial pressure on retailers, many of the UKs leading high-street brands have had to shut-up-shop in some of London’s most bustling shopping areas. Continual rises in costs have only added to the number of closures, however the vacated space has meant smaller, pop-up shops are now emerging across the capital; giving smaller traders the chance to benefit from higher levels of shopper traffic, even if it is for a limited time only.

With relevant experience highly sought after by prospective-employers, reed.co.uk say jobseekers, aiming to improve their chances of gaining jobs in London are now considering applying for work experience in pop-up shops; especially if, in the past, financial constraints have limited the time available to undertake unpaid placements.

The job site admits that one of the biggest barriers jobseekers face when undertaking work experience placements is financial sustainability- after-all most placements do not offer a wage or any sort of payment for work. However with pop-up shops only trading on a temporary basis (most are only typically open for a month at a time), reed.co.uk claim attaining work experience for such a short period of time is ideal for those unable to commit for greater lengths of time.

“Pop-up shops provide ideal opportunities for jobseekers to gain valued work experience, quickly. Not only can they gain great exposure to the retail industry as a whole, but they can see how smaller businesses can thrive in such a competitive environment,” said a spokesperson for reed.co.uk.

“However it’s not just small clothing retailers taking advantage of higher levels of shopping traffic- as you’d expect. Many restaurant owners, artists and top-brand designers, including Vivienne Westwood and Stella McCartney, have also jumped at the chance to temporarily rent from previously vacated shops, so there are plenty of work experience opportunities in several career sectors.”

With pop-up shop venues set-up across London, most notably in Shoreditch, East London (Box Shoreditch- the world’s first pop-up mall), Carnaby Street and Camden, shop owners have exposure to some of the busiest shopping areas in the world.

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GameHouse, the gaming division of RealNetworks, announced today that the company is expanding its social game studio to a new office in Victoria, BC, where it aims to double its staff to at least 45 people by the end of 2012.

“Social-game development is the number-one priority for our company in 2012 and Victoria is an attractive area for expansion due to the city’s high caliber of talent combined with a great quality of life.” said Matt Hulett, chief gamer at GameHouse. “I believe this strategic expansion of our social-games studio in Victoria will not only grow our games portfolio, but it will also solidify our leadership position in the overall games-industry.”

The decision to expand follows the release of GameHouse’s successful Facebook games – Collapse! Blast and the recently released Bayou Blast. Both games were launched in the second half of this year and attracted nearly 400,000 daily players. With a total of 3.7 million users playing all its social games each month, GameHouse is hiring aggressively in both Seattle and Victoria and focused on getting the right people in place to make games that millions of people love to play.

Hulett confirmed that GameHouse has invested at least $10 million towards the company’s social gaming initiatives in 2011 and revenues are growing at triple-digit rates. Taking over the top floor of a building located within the Downtown Business District of Victoria, the new studio will specialize in creating popular games on Facebook, Google+, and other emerging social platforms.

“It’s a privilege to work at one of the top social game studios in the best city in the world,” said Alex Mendelev, general manager of GameHouse Canada. “Several of the best designers, developers and producers have already joined our studio for this same reason, and we intend to more than double the size of our team next year.”

GameHouse Canada takes an indie approach to game production where designers are encouraged to express their creative freedom during game development. The new downtown studio at 712 Yates, Victoria opens on January 16, 2012 and will offer its staff several perks including an open and collaborative working environment, a plush gaming and entertainment lounge, creative Fridays, and more.

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The third Vogue Fashions Night Out event was held in the capital of Spain on September 7.

After visiting Moscow, one of the most important fashion events landed in Madrid transforming its streets in an authentic runaway.

Luxury, cocktails and glamour fulfilled the most fashionable three Madrid areas, Ortega and Gasset Street, Salesas area, and Fuencarral Street, where a total of 300 shops opened until 12 p.m.

Everything was prepared for Vogues night, including, balloons, food, champagne, DJ’s, and street dancers.

Ortega and Gasset Street, well known for having some of the most important and expensive designer’s shops, was crowed with people. Nobody wanted to miss the Fashion’s Night and all that it had prepared for its visitors.

Spanish designer Modesto Lomba said to EFE news agency, “Fashion´s Night is a good opportunity to show that Madrid is also a fashion icon city.”

Wearing their best outfits, there were people waiting in line for hours outside the shops to have the chance to enter and have some champagne and canapés while they were having a look.

During that night shops turned into authentic discos, where you could find real rock bands playing as you would if you were at a concert. The contrast was amazing; “shop assistants were offering cocktails and beers to the guests, rather than cleaning up around the store.”

Dolce and Gabanna, Tiffany’s, Hugo Boss, Jimmy Choo and others,opened their doors to the visitors. They were giving away gifts and the opportunity to see their products in a “VIP way.”

That night everybody had the opportunity to be a model for a day. With several “photocalls screeners” distributing in different streets of Madrid, people could pose in front of professional photographers. In addition, people had the opportunity of appearing in the next Vogue edition.

Presenters, actor, singers, designers and people related with the fashion industry made a total of 40,000 guests for this event that will visit 18 different countries.

The next stops for the Vogue Fashion’s Night Out will be  the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Sao Paulo, France, Germany, Italy, Korea, Mexico, Portugal,.Rio de Janeiro, Taiwan,India,China, Greece and Turkey. The event will continue from September 9-15.

Fashion’s Night Out was originated in 2009 in New York. It was an initiative of different Vogue international editions to support shopping when the fashion and beauty industry were going through a bad time as a consequence of the world economic crisis.

However, since the two great edition’s success Vogues Night Out has became the most important fashion event that represents the beginning of the new season.

This year, for the first time ever, people from all over the world could also take advantage of the special online discounts that some brands offered in this fashion-must date of the year.

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