Further pr discussions with the lone gunman now in charge!

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im hoping that @Atlusvuewill not mind me continuing her work, I have a feeling that there is more to discuss and come!

I think Harry wants Charles to swing by Montecito on Charles and William’s proposed 2026 tour to the US to sprinkle some royal magic on H&M’s fading US stardom.

i hope Charles has more sense than to give them any more publicity, I expect he’ll be lurking where ever they do visit with his Succex super fan / stalker in tow

If this is true, it again shows how haphazard her brand management is.

Surely the time to publish this book would have been just after 'Season One' of WLM? To tie in with the next installment? WLM is over and there's no sign it's being renewed. So publishing a cookbook now is yet another example of weird timing.

Flops 😂😂😂

8570!

This is strangely compelling .

I agree with others about the Ravec PR being bull, the Times article was practically lifted word for word from the Mail as was the Telegraph one. It's just clickbait - which works splendidly :-(

It’s very sad that both H&M are seemingly trying to back KC3 into a corner, either come to Monteshitshow so we can look amazing because the king of UK came to our house … however this would be difficult for KC3 security wise … especially with the loose lips of the Harkles
their other weapon is the shockingly shitty battles of the UK security, the Harkles would get very sufficient security if they give the months notice, perhaps stop gobbing off to the press about when they’re flying etc, however they’re trying to get him over a barrel to force security they ‘want’ but don't ‘need’.
Frankly it’s pretty shitty of them both as KC3 is unwell, he may deteriorate, and that could possibly be soon, and would love to see his grandchildren I’m sure, however, the Harkles are holding out for their prizes from him before they’ll ‘let’ him see the children.
this is of course just how it feels, to me anyway, but does seem their usual crappy and ruthless way of working to get what they want

I’d also like to think the Spencer family would have a lot to say about anything to do with Diana’s death.
whilst it wouldn’t surprise me that H&M would use such information to make a dollar, it would be such a heinous and odious move, final nail in the coffin

My own thoughts too @IcedPurple
Don’t most books come out to accompany the show or at least very close to the end of the series?

Mary Berry’s latest was timed to fit in with her series, and there was a QR code shown during the show to get each recipe as it was shown.

Still I’m sure M’s fans will be delighted with a feast of glamorous photos of M wielding jam tongs upside down and sprinkling dead flowers over everything.

Yes, the obvious thing is to release the book and TV series around the same time, so that they can mutually promote each other, so to speak. It's hardly a novel idea. There have been countless TV show and cooking book tie ins over the past decades. If anything, 'as ever' with Meghan, it's a very dated concept.

That's all aside from the fact that wasn't much by way of 'recipes' in the series to begin with! Let's see what, if anything, materialises.

Well that would be consistent with H&M not allowing their children to meet their other grandfather.

Amusingly you can now only buy 50 of anything on the very beige asever shop, they must read mumsnet!

That’s hilarious…..can imagine them all flapping about. I wonder who MM has her sights set on for a tongue lashing or ‘icing out’!!

And if you want to buy 40k+ spreads in bulk you need to email them 😂

https://people.com/meghan-markle-as-ever-brand-faces-scrutiny-website-glitch-what-it-revealed-11880097

Megs clap back. They're rattled.

They seem to think they can push the story that it’s the high inventory which made peoole believe they’re not selling…..but they can explain it away as high demand and a push to go global.

It’s NOT that!!!

It’s that I seen with my own eyes, that only two bottles of white and two bottles of rose sold in a day! She sold about 70 products over the space of a day. That’s why people know you’re not selling at high volumes. Now, it’s Jan….so who knows what the Xmas sales were like. But right now they're not strong.

While it’s normal for a business not to talk about sales data, I think it’s fair to say that the glitch that led to this data being revealed points to a business that isn’t just successful — it’s flying, literally off the shelf," the source says.

Literally lies. I posted pics upthread of just a few jars of the honey sold. But they’re flying off the shelf are they!

It also is another moment of shooting themselves in the foot and NOT thinking things through.

If, what they are saying, is this huge stock is because they are going global ….then that means that stock, nearly 200,000 jams have been produced and are now sitting on a shelf….waiting to be shipped abroad.

All the jams/marmalade on eBay …are giving late summer 2027 as the expiry date.

So unless this global launch is imminent, in the next few months, then the products will not have a long shelf life.

If it’s six months down the line, all the jams will only have a year on them

If it’s a year until launching globally, then it’s 6 months left!

It’s nonsense to say this stock is for the global market …:because we know the sell by dates….therefore, we know that if you don’t launch soon then this was just another lie. Either you lied…or you’re launching a product with a poor shelf life.

It’s beyond stupid! It’s almost as if someone is sabotaging the business!

That “explanation” was laughable, Atlus. Your point was never “oh they have lots of inventory, they’re not selling”. You did the maths and said “only two jars of honey have sold in a week, only 6 bottles of wine in a month: sales are slow”.

As usual, by releasing this nonsense of a clap back they show how they assume people are not very clever. Which is one of their greatest downfalls, and something they’ve been doing since Oprah.

Very interesting point about shelf life. Maybe they can just grab those products, and use a sharpie to scratch out the original sell-by date and extend it by a year or two. In beautiful calligraphy of course. That should do it. Then the world’s their oyster. Hopefully.

Oh wow, they really can’t let anything lie can they. The clap backs on everything are so predictable and so pathetic, but so so entertaining.

How can they ‘go global’ with foodstuffs? It must be the wickless candles and the ‘cookbook’. What timing if she did want to go international now in the midst of the tariff wars with the US. 🙄🙄 . Apparently she doesn’t even ship to US military bases overseas and that would have been the easiest ‘International’ shipping of all as it’s deemed domestic.

Maybe they are going to use Invictus as a springboard for her ‘International’ 🤭business, stock up all the teams and volunteers with wine and jam. A godmothers little ‘pop up’ shop at the entrance to the games with the Invictus merch.

I must say, I was skeptical about those inventory numbers, but the clap back means there is a lot of truth to it, looks like supply chain competences are as lacking as the PR people they have been hiring and firing.

I was surprised that she has that much stock. It seems like the 'sell-out' tactic at the beginning meant having tiny stock levels so I figured when she got more in it was a bit more stock but this seems very high.

I get extremely annoyed when people incorrectly use the word literally .

If they are now going to clap back at every article , 2026 is going to be fun !

I’m here for it @Mylovelygreendress

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It will be interesting to see the accounts. We will see if her sales claims are true,

archive.ph/TCiOr

But sources now suggest that was the amount left over from an initial order of one million jars The Sun reported.
Given that the spread box sells for £31 ($42), that means that single product alone would have generated the Duchess% £26.7million in sales.
'I think it’s fair to say business isn’t just successful, it’s flying off the shelf,' a source said.

If accurate, the figures suggested by the website - which says it sells 'small-batch spreads, honeys and pantry favourites for everyday moments worth savouring' - are gargantuan.

Yet her show was not a great success and Netflix aren’t interested in selling her stock in their outlets. I also really doubt there is much of a global market for this stuff.

If she is as successful as the numbers quoted from ‘sources’ why bother with knee jerk clapbacks, just let the reported IRS figures speak for themselves when she files them 🤷‍♀️