The Sunday Digest 106
"The bartender looks like George Best, plenty of them do."
Welcome to The Sunday Digest — a free Sunday newsletter featuring long (and some short) reads, original columns, things I’ve saved over the last week, relaxing playlists, episodes releases, exclusive product drops, and more. Yes, you can reply to this email. I’d love to hear from you. Or, if podcasts are more your speed on Sundays, we’ve got that too.
New: Everything Shower Scented Candle
It’s my pleasure to introduce Everything Shower from Vellabox. I came to them a few months ago with the idea and they ended up creating the freshest scent we’ve offered to date.
A long day, a long week, a long month. Sometimes the only cure is spending too much time in the shower making sure that your every nook and cranny is clean (and, more importantly, ready to get into your clean bed). Grab your robe, apply your face oil, and turn your brain off.
Scent notes: ozone, sea salt, jasmine, violet, cedar, spearmint, eucalyptus, lemon, orange, lime, basil, and sage.
We’ve also completely restocked some favorites as well — New York in the Fall and Scary Christmas. These scents are not only the most popular in the line of Sunday Scaries candles, but they’re my personal favorites too.
Sunday Read: The Print Magazine Revival of 2024
by Amanda Mull for Bloomberg (via Lunch Reads)
Behind the scenes here at Sunday Scaries, we’ve actually been working on something: a ‘zine. My friend (and now collaborator), James, brought the idea to me at a very opportune time this fall. Not only had I been acquiring more and more ‘zines myself, but I was also looking for a way to use my film photos in a way that’s not online (not that I’m anti-Postcards or anything). And while I can’t guarantee when it will be released, it will be before the end of the year.
Magazines have always played a part in the way I take in certain media. I always enjoyed the stack my parents would get every week and I still subscribe to some magazines these days — Blackberry Magazine being my favorite. There’s something personal, old fashioned, and genuine about them.
And this week’s Sunday Read is an ode to that. Here’s an excerpt:
The people who pay for these magazines are largely the same people who buy expensive clothing and book luxury hotel stays and might be interested in hearing about BMW’s latest electric car. Condé Nast says as much in its pitch to advertisers, promising that its print audience is both richer and younger than the median consumer—exactly the people that high-end brands with big ad budgets always try to ferret out. Finding those people online isn’t impossible for advertisers, but it does present certain challenges—people mostly avoid or ignore digital ads, and the ones they can’t avoid or ignore are annoying. And even if everything works on the technical side, advertisers have grown more wary of “brand safety” concerns, which come to bear if one of their ads should appear alongside a topic they find distasteful.
Read in full here.
The Sunday Haiku: Sundays in November
You can prep the roast,
and I’ll decant the bottle,
quiet, tonight, together.
New Episode › Retail Therapy 093: Long Coats, Influencer DJs, and Lookalikes
The Saltburn vinyl delivery is imminent, Barrett on Halloween, my food stops in NYC, Paul Mescal's babygirl slip-up, the Timothee Chalamet lookalike contest in Washington Square Park, Ralph Lauren and SSENSE crushing social, adjustments for wearing longer coats this winter, the influencer to DJ pipeline, and (of course) wishlist items.
Listen to Retail Therapy on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube (see above), and anywhere else podcasts are found. And a reminder to follow Retail Therapy on Substack!
Things I Saved This Week
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I can’t wait for a print magazine!!! 🤩