Scorpio Shoes Blog

Get Your North East Fashion Boutique Featured on Scorpio Shoes’ Recommended List

Get Your North East Fashion Boutique Featured on Scorpio Shoes Recommended List As part of our new SEO strategy, we are looking to build a page on scorpioshoes.com for “Recommended Fashion Shops” in the North East of England.  scorpioshoes.com/recommended-fashion-shops Notice anything about this list? Yup, its blank. We want to populate this list with carefully selected links to INDEPENDENT FASHION BOUTIQUES and SHOPS that naturally tie in with Scorpio Shoes. Obviously we therefore need clothing, bridal & wedding accessories, jewellry, etc retailers; NOT footwear, for obvious reasons. So if you... Read More

Come and get your tatts out with Scorpio Shoes

Well, it’s that time of the year again. The Manchester International Tattoo Show is rolling up and we here at Scorpio Shoes are eagerly anticipating its arrival. We will be there with a stall showing off a few of our best and brightest footwear. Brands such as Hades and Irregular Choice will be in attendance and of course the timeless classics like Dr. Martens, Converse and Grinders will also be making an appearance. Oh and as an extra little treat we will also be running a competition to win a... Read More

Scorpio Shoes at the Great British Tattoo Show 2014

Not surprisingly we are keeping up tradition and making our regular trip to another tattoo event. We just can’t help ourselves; we get a great buzz at these events, meet some fantastic people, get to see some incredible art work and continue to show our love for our customers.  Scorpio Shoes will be attending the Great British Tattoo Show, 24th – 25th May 2014. After the Tattoo Freeze in Telford (which was AH-MAZE-INNNGG), it is time to heat things up and pack our sun-tan lotion and head for the Great... Read More

Yeah… well our dad is Bruce Lee!

Recently we have had an international customer, who we shall refrain from naming, who has attempted to get his purchase from us for a reduced price by threatening to make posts on our social media sites and attempting to ruin our reputation if we did not meet his demands.  Obviously he was not the first and will not be the last and while we always deal with customers with the utmost respect and professionalism, we just had to tell people about this one. This all started when the customer had... Read More

Valentines Day Gift Guide For Shoe-Lovers

Valentines Day Gift Guide For Shoe-Lovers February the 14th is a day for showing your special someone just how much you love them. Yet for many Valentines day can get a bit stressful when thinking about just what gift to present to your loved one as a token of your affection. This guide is for those people. More specifically, its for those people who have a partner with a love of shoes. You’ll know if thats you because your home, each room, every corridor, every wardrobe, cupboard and shoe rack... Read More

The Taskers – No Sh!t, Just shoes

The Taskers are a grungy 2 piece brother and sister band hailing from Stafford, England who have flatteringly named an album after our well know slogan. No sh!t, just shoes is their latest release featuring some kick ass tracks and is available on ITUNES, Spotify, Amazon & Google Playstore. To celebrate this collaboration we are offering discounts on shoes and albums. For full details please visit http://thetaskersband.com/

Valentines Day gift ideas for her

What do I get her for Valentines Day? Guys, we all know whats it’s like, you used all your inspiration in choosing that perfect gift for the lady in your life at Christmas and now Valentines Day is fast approaching, you are desperate for gift ideas. Most men will hastily try to book a table at a restaurant who charge a fortune for the special romantic meal (a candle and red rose thrown into their standard menu) or pick up that last bunch of dying pansies at the petrol station... Read More

Tales of trouble and trauma when dealing with Royal Mail

As well as our stores in the North East England, Scorpio Shoes also has an online store and as such we send a lot of parcels using various couriers. The majority of these deliveries go without a hitch, however recently we have been experiencing problems when sending parcels internationally using Royal Mail International Signed For service. Now we appreciate it has been Christmas and Royal Mail handle millions of postal items without issue, but the experience we have received recently as customers of Royal Mail has been what we can... Read More

Scorpio Shoes loves tattoos

Its 2014 and Scorpio Shoes are keeping up their tradition of attending as many tattoo shows and events as possible. Not only do we love these events and you colorful characters  who attend them but it appears that you love us too, judging by the response we always get from the public. The next event we are attending is the Tattoo Freeze in Telford, the UKs first tattoo event of the year. Brought to you by Skin Deep, Tattoo Master and Tattoo Jam, this amazing event will feature more than just... Read More

Free UK Shipping

Scorpio Shoes are now offering Free UK Delivery on all orders. So Christmas is over and the New Year is fast approaching. You’ve opened all your pressies and eaten more food than you’d care to admit. Now is usually when people start thinking of their New Years resolutions, getting fit and losing weight being the most common. With our fantastic range of training, fitness and outdoor leisure shoes, Scorpio Shoes is the perfect place to start off on the right foot. Not only do we have an amazing selection of... Read More