Consumer Watch: Advertising board takes issue with Weighted Blanket claims
By Georgina Crouth
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Johannesburg - Stress and anxiety wearing you down? Then a weighted or gravity blanket is all you need to count sheep in no time. Because letâs be honest: Who sleeps well during a pandemic?
If you believe the marketing hype around them, weighted blankets are the newest, bestest thing in home treatments for anxiety, PTSD, colic, and even autism. Said to improve the mood as well as calm a restless body and mind, the blankets â weighted with a filling of micro beads â have been selling like hotcakes for years, at a starting price of around R799 each.
Consumer Watch: Consumer developments to keep an eye out for in 2021
By Georgina Crouth
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Last year was such a diabolical year that a British mockumentary, Death to 2020 is trending on Netflix, skewering this “train wreck” of a year.
Narrated by Laurence Fishburne, the mockumentary by Black Mirror creators Charlie Brooker and Annabel Jones was itself panned as a huge disappointment, garnering just 4.3/10 on Rotten Tomatoes. It seems the world is not ready to laugh about the pandemic just yet – despite a stellar cast and admittedly, some weak jokes.
Many of us were certainly happy to see the back of it and with hindsight being 20/20, here are a few things to look out for in 2021: