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Sing Loud, Sing Proud

The new Christmas ad from Visa is a rallying call for consumers to shop at bricks and mortar independent stores situated in local high streets. It features a heartfelt rendition of Queen’s classic ‘Somebody to Love’ sung by various independent retailers, including homewares stockists. See https://www.visa.co.uk/campaign/whereyoushopmatters/

Above and below: Retailers sing along to Queen’s ‘Somebody To Love’.
Above and below: Retailers sing along to Queen’s ‘Somebody To Love’.

Indie gift stockists can get involved by entering the competition that Visa is running to help spread love for the high street and its hard working businesses, with the company challenging independent retailers to make their own 30 second version of its Christmas advert by singing along to ‘Somebody To Love’ and then sharing their video publicly using the @VisaUK handle and the hashtag #WhereYouShopMatters on Twitter and/or Instagram feeds.

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Details of the competition can be found at https://www.visa.co.uk/campaign/christmas2019-copycat/.

Bira is supporting the campaign by sharing Visa’s ad with its members.

 

Top: Homewares stockists are among the independent retailers in Visa’s Christmas ad.

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