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PDF Delivery Notes

25th January 2012

Sparkle now generates beautiful PDF delivery notes for your samples.

It makes you look good.

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Yesterday's Unavailability

13th January 2012

Yesterday Sparkle was unavailable for 51 minutes. This is what happened.

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Lost Samples and Sample Gifts

3rd January 2012

Sometimes samples get lost; sometimes you give them to editors. Here’s how to account for these in Sparkle.

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Choose the sample fields on your delivery notes

6th December 2011

You can now choose which sample fields are shown on your delivery notes.

Tailor your delivery notes to your audience!

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A shiny new server for Sparkle

22nd November 2011

Sparkle has moved to a newer, faster server.

You’ll find Sparkle quicker and more stable.

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Short and Svelte Barcodes

10th November 2011

Sparkle’s sample barcodes have been on a diet and are less than half their previous width. Now you can use smaller labels!

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Export to Excel

8th November 2011

You can now export all your reports and collections to Excel. Slice, dice, and graph your data to your heart’s content!

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Printing Label PDFs

2nd November 2011

Getting your labels to line up can be difficult. This is how to do it.

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German Press Days SS12

31st October 2011

Two fab days in Berlin schmoozing with Germany’s top agencies and brands!

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Save lots of money with Sparkle

4th July 2011

Sparkle saves our customers

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Save Paper Printing Labels

16th May 2011

No more wasted labels! Print labels where you left off last time.

Now you can be all eco with Sparkle!

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New Look for Sparkle

25th April 2011

Sparkle has a new look! Now it’s beautiful and intelligent…what’s not to love?

The new design will help you in four ways: here’s what they are.

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Sparkle Referral Scheme...Upgraded

29th March 2011

Now everyone (not just the boss) can benefit from recommending Sparkle to others! If you encourage one of your contacts to use Sparkle, we’ll be very pleased to send you a cheque for

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Yesterday's Disruption

22nd March 2011

Yesterday morning Sparkle experienced bad disruption. This is what happened, what we did about it, and how we will avoid it in future.

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Happy New Year!

7th January 2011

We wish you all a Happy, Sparkly New Year!

Read about our plans for 2011 →

Refining and Polishing Sparkle

2nd December 2010

Our top priority with Sparkle is keeping it easy to use. So instead of building fancy new features that you would never use, we’ve been spending our time recently refining and polishing what’s already there. We think all the small changes add up to a big improvement in how Sparkle helps you do your job.

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Sparkle Referral Scheme

1st September 2010

You can reduce your subscription to zero, and even earn money, by referring customers to us. Just get your friends at other Fashion PR companies to use Sparkle, and see your subscription plummet by 20% per referral. After five referrals you’ll be using Sparkle for free, and for referrals after that we’ll pay you!

How to pay less for Sparkle →

Avoid accidentally deleting stuff

31st August 2010

Don’t run the risk of new team members deleting your top client or messing up your delivery note emails. Give them Basic Access so they can use Sparkle for the day-to-day sample tracking, but not cause trouble.

How to keep your Sparkle intact →

Delivery Note Emails

23rd June 2010

You don’t have time to keep chasing up everyone who’s late returning your samples. So let Sparkle do it for you: Sparkle can email out the delivery note when it’s ready, automatically send reminder emails, and then send a thank-you when all the samples are returned. You’ll get more samples back on time, with less effort.

Set up delivery note emails →

Special Offer For Those Using Other Systems

25th May 2010

Switch to Sparkle and use it free for the rest of your contract with your current system!

So you already spent your sample-tracking budget on a sample tracking product and there’s no more money in the pot. That’s ok, we understand. But hey! We’d love to have you as a customer — so let’s forget the Sparkle fees until your contract runs out.

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Make Your Job Easier With Barcodes

10th March 2010

Sparkle has full support for barcodes so, if you want, you can save yourself a lot of typing by scanning barcodes instead.

This speeds things up, eliminates typos, and just looks cool.

Find out how to use barcodes →

How To Get Started With Sparkle

1st February 2010

So you’ve just signed up for Sparkle. Congratulations! Now let’s get started already.

This guide tells you exactly what you need to do to get up and running. From zero to check-out in 2 minutes!

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Our Philosophy

4th January 2010

Sparkle is a sample tracking system with attitude. But what is that attitude and does it work for you?

What makes Sparkle different →