Anna Scholz Queen of Shops in 2008 saw retail guru Mary Portas introduce a failing fashion store in Ascot to Anna and her label in the hope of saving the business and educating the owner in the needs of her plus size customers. After the programme aired the brand saw a 72% increase in sales of the range in Harrods, as well as 35 new retail outlets looking to stock her pieces. The feature even caused annascholz.com to crash due to internet sales and is often referred to as one of the most influential features for the brand. Having been born in
RMS Queen Mary 2 documentary TV series "Mighty Ships". The Rolls-Royce Mermaid propulsor pods fitted to "QM2" have proven to be prone to failure. The failures had been so frequent and extensive that Carnival Corp. (USA), by way of its Cunard Line division, took Rolls-Royce Corp. (UK) to court in the United States in January 2009. The line alleged that the Mermaid pod propulsion systems fitted to Cunard Line's flagship "Queen Mary 2" are inherently defective in design. Cunard contends that Rolls Royce knew about the design deficiencies and deliberately conspired to mislead, deceive and defraud in the course of winning the contract. The