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THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS

ScS hails strong full year results

Furniture retailer ScS results for the year to 30 July saw revenue up 8.6% to £331.6m while underlying pre-tax profit climbed 68% to £13.8m from £8.2m in 2021.

Price inflation offsets September sales decline

Retail sales grew 2.2% in September (up from 1% in August) on the back of price increases while sales volumes continued to shrink by 0.4% according to the BRC-KPMG retail sales monitor.

Consumer shopping priorities shift in wake of cost-of-living crisis

American Express figures show almost a quarter (23%) of consumers are now “looking for the best deals” and 68% believe retailers could do more to help counter rising prices.

Consumer spending slows in September

September consumer card spending grew just 1.8% over 2020 figures - the smallest rise since Feb 2021, with 53% planning to cut down on discretionary spending so they can afford their energy bills

London’s West End to return to historical £10bn annual turnover by 2025

London’s West End year-to-date sales rose 109% compared to 2021 and spend continues to outperform footfall and NWEC predicts a return to historical £10bn annual turnover by 2025.

Cross-border luxury e-tail sales rise strongly

Cross-border luxury sales have increased 17% in H1 with the US in the number one spot, followed by the UK, France and Italy. With UK sales driven by UAE, China, India and Japan.

Footfall struggles in the first week of October

The Ipsos Retail Tracker for the first week in October shows overall UK non-food footfall was down 13.1% against the same week pre-pandemic and up just 0.8% compared to the previous week.

Early shopping to slow US online holiday spending

Adobe predicts US online holiday sales are expected grow 2.5% to $209.7b the slowest pace since 2015 and down from 8.6% 2012 as shoppers return to in-store shopping and shop earlier.   

TRENDS, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY

How to market UK fashion in the US (behind paywall)

British high street retailers are making inroads in the historically hard-to-enter US market, but what does it take to sell a UK fashion brand across the pond?

How to get empathetic marketing right

Three strategies to help you personalize your messaging, evoke genuine compassion, and forge powerful customer connections.

How the circular economy can benefit brands

Secret Sales Founder and CEO, Chris Griffin explains how a circular economy and being sustainable can benefit brands   

Why shoppers have no taste for cookies

Consumers support the move to a cookieless environment but there are still issues to address to deliver effective online advertising, finds a new report from Seedtag.

BRAND NEWS

River island airs first-ever TV ad as party season looms

​Fashion retailer River Island is going the extra mile to grab consumer attention this season with its first-ever TV ad campaign.

Reiss launches colour-focused campaign as it evolves from neutrals

Premium fashion retailer Reiss has launched a new campaign to celebrate the colour focus of its new AW22 collection. It’s a big move for a label best known for understated neutrals.

Sweaty Betty to launch in Northern Ireland

Sweaty Betty is to make its Northern Ireland debut later this month with a 2,056 sq ft store at Victoria Square Belfast.

AND FINALLY

Jean Paul Gaultier sued by Uffizi in Botticelli bottoms row

The Uffizi museum in Florence is suing French fashion house Jean Paul Gaultier for "unauthorised use" of Botticelli's "The Birth of Venus", its Italian Renaissance masterpiece.

Amazon abandons live tests of Scout home delivery robot

Amazon will stop live tests of its automated delivery robot "Amazon Scout", after the online retailer realised the program did not completely meet its customers' needs.

PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES

What were our users searching for on PRShots week-ending Oct 7^th 2022?

1/ Christmas  

2/ Halloween    

3/ AW22  

4/ Bedroom

5/ Dress

6/ Cushion

7/ Coat

8/ Shacket

9/ Advent Calendars   

10/ Lights

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NEW BRANDS TO PRSHOTS

Boutique agency Emslie Creative has joined PRShots adding jewellery from Joanna Laura Constantine and KJJ Fine Jewellery and handbags from Sambar

Papier was launched in 2015, and creates stationery – notebooks, diaries, planners, photobooks and stationery for weddings, birthdays etc  – and gifts that invites curiosity and contemplation. In every piece of Papier is the promise of what's to come, the endless possibilities of a blank page.

TaskPR has added it’s rosta of big name brands to PRShots with womens wear images from Joules Bias Cut DKNY Jaeger  mens wear from Jaeger jewellery from Annie Haak Tateossian Thomas Sabo watches and jewellery from Movado and occasion wear from Azazie    

Somerset by Alice Temperley embodies all of the hallmarks of the Temperley aesthetic –whimsy; unabashed femininity, wild prints and dresses that float from office to after hours.

Little Mistress is a specialist in occasion wear. From proms to graduations, weddings to christenings and every social event in between, their hyper-feminine details, jaw-dropping silhouettes and ultra-luxurious fabrics they’re designed to make the wearers feel like a million dollars. The new ranges include a phot shoot with celeb Dani Dyer.

Bridge Coffee Roasters launched Bridge in 1985 by sourcing and providing the very best coffee from around the world, and since then Bridge Coffee Roasters has bloomed into roasting and selling coffee, coffee machines and accessories

Threadbare is a proud family-owned British brand bringing great quality up-to-date fashion trends for men, women, children and dogs at affordable prices. Elevated, everyday, essentials

Ivyline creates contemporary accessories for the home and garden. Founded in 1976 the UK team works on everything from initial design to eventual dispatch. Its ethical product range comprises everything from fire pits and candles to planters, plant pots and everything in between.

Wild Clouds started because they wanted more from their clothing. More sustainability, more longevity, more versatility, more comfort, and they wanted them to be affordable. They’re committed to slow fashion, making seasonless clothing locally in London, using the most sustainable materials they can find.

Cutter & Squidge is a family-run, all-natural bakery created by two food-obsessed sisters. Playfulness is their passion, they love to create exciting, experimental flavours and artisan designs. Their bakes and gifts are lovingly handcrafted to taste delicious and look exquisite on any occasion.

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BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES

Clothing, beauty and accessories

Roman Originals has new party and going out outfits

M&Co  has new AW22 drops for men, women and kids and Christmas gifts and clothing

Dune London Men’s  has new bags and shoes for winter

Sonder Studio has new Christmas and AW ranges

Primark has Christmas Party outfits, new clothing and accessory ranges for women and young adults and added beauty ranges as well as Breast Cancer awareness ranges

Hope Fashion has new party outfits

Barbour has new cosy clothing

Peacocks  has a new collections and Louise Redknapp collaborations

New Look has new women’s shoes and Christmas outfits and jumpers

PrettyLittleThing  has Gemma Owen ranges, winter coats, a Girls Versus Cancer range and new Halloween ranges

Matalan has new AW22 collections, Halloween outfits and Alder Hey 2022 collections

Joe Browns  has new Christmas ranges

Seol + Gold has jewellery including bangles, earrings and rings for Christmas

Cotton Traders has Christmas jumpers and new AW22 ranges

From my mother’s garden has new AW22 clothes and bags

River Island  has Halloween dressing-up ranges

Aspiga has new AW22 ranges

Very has new Michelle Keegan ranges and new accessories and bags

Radley has new bag ranges

Freemans has new AW22 ranges

Dancing Leopard has new AW22 womenswear ranges 

Dune London has new shoe ranges

Marks & Spencer have new clothing, shoes and boot ranges and Christmas jumpers

See more new clothing and accessories images from the last two weeks from

Hope Fashion Fatface The Range Accessorize F&F Lemuel MC Bonmarché TK Maxx NoLoGo Oliver Bonas Regatta Very John Lewis Bryony Bel Lipsy George at Asda Seol + Gold Shoe Zone Monsoon  Office TU Clothing  

Home and food

George Home has Christmas goodies for the home

Primark shows its Christmas decorations, gifts and homeware

Nest has new desks tables and chairs

Marks & Spencer have new personalised Christmas gifts and Christmas decorations

Cartwright & Butler has hampers, advent calendars and treats for Christmas

Dobbies Garden Centres has new home goods, pet accessories, Christmas decorations and gifts and spooky Halloween plants

Daisy Park has new kitchen ware from Emma Bridgewater for Christmas, Halloween and Bonfire Night

Cardfactory has new personalised gifts and hampers

Cambridge Imprint  has new gifts for AW22

M&Co  has new Christmas decorations and homeware

Cult Furniture  has new bar stools and furniture

Paperchase has added more Christmas decorations and gifts and folkart stationery ranges

TK Maxx and Homesense have new homeware and Christmas goodies

KMI Brands have new curly styling essentials

DFS has new ranges for the living room and bedroom including a Cath Kidston collaboration

Sofology has new sofa ranges

Wilko has festive decorations and gifts for Christmas and Halloween, and AW22 home 

The Range has Halloween ranges

Fatface has new Christmas gift ranges

Very has new gifts and decorations

Habitat has Christmas decorations and home ranges

Luxdeco had new gifts and homeware

Hotel Chocolat has new velvetisers, Christmas gifts, chocolates and advent calendars

Cuckooland has new sofas and childrens beds and bedding

B&M has new home gifts

Cath Kidston has a new Great British Bake-off collaboration range

See more new home images from the last two weeks from

National Trust Shop Abstract House Marks & Spencer Christy Primark Matalan Oliver Bonas Next Freemans Primark Home Homesense Biscuiteers Baking Regatta John Lewis Fritz Fryer Furniture Village NoLoGo

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DIARY

Days Until Halloween – 20

Days Until Black Friday – 45

Days Until Cyber Monday - 48

Days Until Christmas Day – 75

October

How to make your products attractive to the media in October    

We’re into autumn and the nights are starting to draw in and the heating is on - at last! Although at a much-reduced rate.  The media are looking for images that reflect the changes so anything that looks cosy and warm is good, roaring fires, big jumpers, coats, hats, knitwear, scarfs and wellies in a leaf-strewn outdoors – all the cliches – are what the media are looking for. If you can do some night shots with sparklers, then you’re also ticking the boxes for bonfire night next month. We also have Halloween at the end of the month, so if you can get a pumpkin in your images then you’re hitting two birds with one stone.  

You should be adding Christmas images and for those magazines with long lead times then start to look for the images of people working off the Christmas excesses for the January issues. 

Don’t forget to add keywords – Gifts, Christmas, Xmas, Autumn, Winter, Halloween, fireworks night, bonfire night will all be looked for. Also, we have a wide audience with media from around the World so add those American holiday versions eg the holidays, Fall, Pumpkin day, Thanksgiving etc and words like hygge that are starting to enter the language. 

Also cost-of living crises maybe a good keyword to add especially on warm clothing

Media will also be searching for party outfits for Halloween, Guy Fawkes, and the office party season will be on us soon.  Christmas gift guides are also useful, try and be creative, do ones for every eventuality eg gifts guides for him/her/mum/dad/kids/teenagers/pets etc also gifts under £150/100/£50 and for guides for secret Santa’s gifts under £20.

Please put prices on everything!!! Otherwise, you stand no chance of getting into any of the features that include “Presents under £50”, “Party dresses for £150” etc   

If you’re a PRShots brand user and you need more ideas, then take a look at the keywords that media are searching for on PRShots and try and add those in.

October Diary - Weeks/Months

October is also known as ‘Stoptober’ which started as a campaign around giving up cigarettes, but is now joined by MacMillans Go Sober for October, so if you have anything non-alcoholic then get it on PRShots and make sure you add Stoptober and non-alcoholic as keywords. It’s also breast cancer awareness month, wool month, black history month, vegetarian awareness month, apple month, cookie month, spinach lovers’ month, pork month and national pasta, chilli and pizza month.

The second week is National Chocolate week, and in the US the 14-20^th is national School Lunch week.

October - Days

13^th – National Yorkshire Pudding Day (US)

15^th – Hoshana Rabbah

16^th – Last Day of Sukkot

16^th – Shemini Atzeret

16^th – UN World Food Day

16^th – Department store day

17^th - Simchat Torah

18^th – National Chocolate Cup Cake Day (US)

20^th – National Office Chocolate Day (US)

25^th – World pasta day

26^th – National pumpkin day

27^th – National American Beer Day

28^th – National Chocolate Day (US)

29^th – National Cat Day (US)

30^th – Clocks go back tonight

31^st – Halloween

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