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Envydia Storefront
Recently, two local stores within the Medicine Hat Mall, Multi-Line Jeans & Gotcha Shoes both closed to focus their inventory in a single store and concept, called “Envydia” (envy – dia). The new clothing store offers jeans, shoes, t-shirts, hoodies/jackets, and tons of handbags all in one store.
Some of the clothing brands offered at Envydia include: Buffalo, Guess, Silver Star, and Arson & Orb. For shoes: LaCoste, Osiris, Kenneth Cole, Steve Madden, and (lots of) Sketchers. For handbags: Guess, Kathy VanZeeland, Chinese Laundry, and Chocolate. The shop also wants to focus on offering brands that are nowhere else in Medicine Hat in the upcoming months. You can learn and see more on their Shop the Hat profile:
The Health & Wellness Shows of Alberta is coming to Medicine Hat for two days only.
Saturday, January 23 from 9:00AM – 6:00 PM and Sunday, January 24 from 10:00AM – 5:00 PM at the Medicine Hat Lodge Conference Centre. Answers to your health questions all under one roof.
- Lecture series with Industry Experts
- Pharmacists, Doctors, Nurses, Chiropractors…
- Healthy Recipes that are quick and easy
- Personal trainers and Fitness Demonstrations
- Retailing Health Supplements, Cosmetics, Skincare and more
- Free Health Testing and free samples
- Over 50 exhibits
Tickets
Adult: $7.00 at the door or save $2.00 on advance adult tickets at Sobeys. Seniors & Students: $5.00 at the door (no additional discounts apply). Visit www.AlbertaHealthShows.com or call 1-888-9-RU-WELL (978-9355) for more information.
Mad Jake's Pub & Grub
I’m a little bit late on posting this one, but the pub/bar previously known as Stillethos and Tantric recently had a promotional campaign entitled “Name Our Pub” which ran a contest to rename the business under the new management and owners, Ryan & Nola Besplug and Kary & Darcy Oshynko. They are no longer an adult-orientated bar and boast lower drink prices and a new selection of “grub”. Their original promotional site, aptly named, “NameOurPub.com” now just forwards you over to their new site here. The pub is now named “Mad Jake’s Pub & Grub”, as suggested by Shea Karcha. There was tons of choices as shown in the Facebook group post.
I’m more or less posting this here because it’s a great effort on the new owner’s part to try something like this. Being in the semi-traditional market that Medicine Hat is, this new form of marketing and advertising rarely shows up in this town. Most of the contest, discussion and promotional all happened on Facebook – something else we don’t see a lot of; people in this city embracing new (and free) media to their advantage. I also agree with the change from an adult/lingerie bar to a more neutral, classy place. I never was in Stillethos or Tantric before, but now, I will definitely stop in there in the near future.
Santa Claus Fund Online Auction Website
The Medicine Hat News Santa Claus Fund is having an online auction starting today and finishing on December 16th. I previously posted about their new website and now we have an online auction version of their site as well. It seems like more and more organizations and charitable services in the city are taking the plunge and going digital, sometimes exclusively; however, you still have to come pick up your items at the Medicine Hat News building – in person!
There’s tons of items up for bidding (over 50) by many sponsors all throughout the city. Many local companies and businesses have graciously donated services and inventory to the Santa Claus Fund in hopes of making money for the organization. As many know, the Santa Claus Fund gives back to local needy families and individuals during the Christmas season, but also throughout the whole year. As with any online auction, be weary of those last minute bidders that snatch up your items!
At the end of bidding and if you are the winner of any item(s), you are able to pay via PayPal, or you can pay with cash/debit/credit card in person when you pick up your item(s) at the Medicine Hat News building.
There is a huge sale currently taking place at Sports Connection Source for Sports on Kingsway Avenue.
The sale started on November27th, but continues until all products are sold. They have Goalie Sticks, Bags, Pants, Helmets, Skates, hundreds of hockey products that are priced to sell! This is the first time ever they’ve had a sale of this magnitude, so be sure to to check it out.
Midnight Madness is over and done, but get ready to spend some more holiday cash on Moonlight Madness! Moonlight Madness takes place solely at the Medicine Hat Mall from 7:00PM to 11:00PM. It works a little different then the downtown counter-part as well. Instead of set deals and savings at a store, they change every 15 minutes, so you might have to go there at specific times to get the deal you want – kind of a cool concept. Some shops also have all-night deals on top of the 15 minute sales as well (view the bottom of the list to see these).
The Medicine Hat Mall followed suit again this year and decided NOT to place the deal list and times on their own site, instead giving the Medicine Hat News an exclusive, which might be on purpose, but certainly not good for them – why not have it on both? Anyways, this opens up an opportunity for us: THE JUMP – Read the rest of this entry »
I just realized when we received a comment on our last years Midnight Madness article that this year’s event is quickly approaching. This year, Midnight Madness will be taking place on Thursday night (November 26th). Most of the deals and sales that most business owners promote will start at 6PM and last all the way till midnight. Some of the yearly events include Santa arriving at City Hall, a tree lighting ceremony, Christmas carols, ice sculptures, and the international festival of trees.
The Downtown Medicine Hat website has recently changed their page to promote the event as seen here which details, new comer to this year, The Monarch Theatre having free admission for Midnight Madness. Midnight Madness is primarily a downtown event, but I’m sure some other shops around town also take part. Or, in the case of the Medicine Hat Mall – they have their own event which is called Moonlight Madness which we also posted about last year – still waiting for some information on this one for this year.
Alternatively, for more information, there is a couple businesses listing their own events/information on the Shop the Hat website event list.
Boylan Imaging is a professional photographic equipment and printing business located in the industrial area of Medicine Hat.
They do all sorts of printing from small documents to larger ones, CD labels, photographs, flyers, posters, and much more. You can also find an assortment of cameras and photographic equipment around the store, as well as picture frames.
Their website has a fresh looking design and offers informative ways to prepare your files and photographs for printing, including access to their digital server to upload things to be printed from your own computer, allowing you to only make one trip to pick up the finished product instead of two. The only critical downside to the design is that most navigational links have a very small font size, which probably makes it difficult to read for older clients.
The store is a primary go-to location for the graphic design students in the Visual Communications program at The Medicine Hat College, offering the students a special discount for their printing needs, and it is still remains the first place I go to for anything I need printed.
Are you engaged and looking for a marriage commissioner to perform a ceremony for you? Well, Wendy Klassen’s new website, Weddings in Medicine Hat has just been launched.
Wendy can not only perform a wide range of ceremonies, but she can also renew wedding vows and provides her own portable PA system for no additional cost. She meets with soon-to-be married couples before the wedding to plan out everything and ensure that the wedding will be memorable.
Check out http://www.weddingsinmedicinehat.com to schedule an appointment.
Sports Connection Club - Tigers Contest
Sports Connection Source for Sports is offering a brand new contest. If you join their newly unveiled Sports Connection Club you will be entered into a draw happening monthly for 2 free Medicine Hat Tigers tickets. That’s pretty incredible, just for becoming a member!
Sports Connection Club is the official mailing list of Sports Connection Source for Sports. It’s your monthly gateway for exclusive access to new arrivals, specials and deals at the Kingsway Avenue sports superstore. Not only do you have the opportunity to get free Tigers tickets but insider deals, what could be better?
Enter on their website http://sportsconnection2.ca/sports-connection-club/
Sports Connection Source for Sports is located at: 833 Kingsway Avenue SE, Medicine Hat, Alberta
Telephone: 403-529-6130
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