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What’s going on with the giant shopping bag in Bristo Square?

November 8, 2013 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Have you seen the giant shopping bag in Bristo Square? It’s part of a campaign to get Edinburgh excited for Christmas by Rakuten Play. Rakuten is a big Japanese shopping site that bought Play.com a while back. Play’s now called Rakuten Play.com and the address on the bag is www.rakuten.co.uk. It’s a marketing campaign from […]

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