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PRShots Digest brings you the latest retail news from Farah, PrettyLittleThing, Gap, Matalan, Primark, Sweaty Betty, Pandora, Skims, Waitrose, Vinted, Ikea, Frasers Group, and M&S. Plus articles on successful omnichannel strategies, how to hands outrageous client demands, how to write a workplace social media policy and more.  

THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS

UK footfall improves on the year

Footfall across all destination types fell 5.2% last week from the week before, but was up 6.3% on last year, but it’s still 7.2% down on pre-pandemic 2019 footfall levels.

Kim Kardashian’s Skims brand to open UK stores

Kim Kardashian’s shapewear brand Skims has opened a pop-up store in Selfridges and is planning to expand into standalone stores across the UK and EU territories in the next three years.

Waitrose slashes prices on 200 products as part of £100m investment

Waitrose has reduced the prices of over 200 everyday products as part of a £100m investment in helping customers to lower their shopping bills.

M&Co to make high street return with 50 shops

M&Co new owner AK Retail Holdings is planning to “re-open a number of stores across the UK this year, with final stages of negotiation well under way”.

Big Brother names Vinted as headline sponsor for 2023 series

The next series of Big Brother will have pre-loved fashion brand Vinted as the headline sponsor and follows eBay’s successful sponsorship of Love Island promoting its pre-loved fashion.

Customer trust in the big supermarkets is at nine-year low

Trust in the food industry and supermarkets like Tesco and Sainsbury’s has fallen to a nine-year low with trust falling to just 36 points, a fall of 32 points since the previous high of 68 in May 2020.

Ikea boosts customer service with home improvement advice and AI

Ikea is training up its call centre workers to become interior design advisers in a bid to boost its home improvement services and will add artificial intelligence to answer customer enquiries.

31% of Europeans think buying counterfeit products is acceptable

Nearly a third (31%) of EU residents consider it “still acceptable” to buy counterfeit products, and 13% said they had knowingly bought some in the past year.

Only 3% of consumers are loyal to an online retailer

Only 3% of consumers are loyal to online retailers and 83% of decisions will be made on price with cost of delivery is now the main priority (54%) rather than speed (24%) for consumers.

Frasers Group snaps up £75m stake in AO World

Frasers Group has bought a 19% stake in online electricals retailer AO World and follows upping its stake in Asos from 7.4% at the start of last week to nearer 10% by the end of the week.

TRENDS, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY

What makes a successful omnichannel strategy?

N Brown, Marks & Spencer and B2B ecommerce network  NuOrder by Lightspeed share their advice for a successful omnichannel strategy from the Drapers Future of Fashion conference.

How Go.Compare boosted brand likeability by being less annoying?

Go.Compare one of the UK’s most iconic ad campaigns of all time boosted its brand image by entertaining consumers with ‘The Voice of Choice’.

How to handle outrageous client demands

PRmoment finds out some of the extreme requests clients have made and offer some tips for dealing with ‘unusual’ demands.

How to write a workplace social media policy

Hootsuite provides some pre-written templates to create a social media policy that outlines how your organisation and staff should conduct themselves on social media.

Global digital ad spend set to grow 8.4% this year

Digital advertising now accounts for 68% of all ad spending and is set to grow by 8.4% this year and is on course to hit 75% by 2028.

PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS

Sweaty Betty names former Jo Malone executive as new boss

Sportswear retailer Sweaty Betty has named Melissa Mullen as its new global brand president, succeeding former chief executive Julia Straus.

Bensons for Beds appoints Paul Owen as chief retail officer

Bensons for Beds has appointed Paul Owen as its new chief retail officer, with effect from July this year. Owen was previously a board member and director of store operations for Magnet.

Pandora poaches new marketing director from Tiffany & Co

Pandora has hired former Tiffany employee Sarah Chenery as its new marketing director for the UK and Ireland.

BRAND NEWS

PrettyLittleThing x GirlvsCancer releases new swimwear collection

Boohoo Group’s PrettyLittleThing has released a second collection with charity GirlvsCancer and its founder and British cancer activist Lauren Stacey Mahon. See the full range here

Marks & Spencer launches first own-brand skincare range in seven years

Retailer Marks & Spencer has launched a new own-brand skincare line Fresh Elements, featuring affordable products “charged with science-led ingredients,” its first in seven years.

Farah opens London store

Perry Ellis International-owned menswear brand Farah has unveiled a new 1,100 sq ft store on Soho's Berwick Street.

Lidl becomes first UK supermarket to use ocean-bound plastic in water bottles

Lidl is to become the first UK supermarket to incorporate Prevented Ocean Plastic into its water bottles which will start to appear in-store throughout July.

Primark to launch Barbie The Movie range

Primark will be launching a new Barbie The Movie range early next month in a first collaboration with Mattel. To see images go to the Primark media centre on PRShots

Gap brings Barbiecore to the UK

With just one month to go before the release of Warner Bros’ long awaited Barbie movie, retailer Gap has launched a Barbie-themed collection.

AND FINALLY

It's time to bring the anarchy back to graduate fashion

There was a moment in time when every crop of fashion students were awaited with bated breath but while fashion courses and graduates have swelled their exposure has diminished.

PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES

What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending June 9^th 2023?

1/ Summer

2/ Father’s Day

3/ Kitchen

4/ Garden

5/ Beach bags

6/ Bedroom

7/ Swimsuit

8/ BBQ

9/ Blouse  

10/ Bikini

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NEW BRANDS TO PRSHOTS

Lola Starr ranges are designed with the environment and functionality in mind. They source only the highest quality recyclable materials designed to be recycled, recreated and remoulded again and again. They are a British brand that champions local expertise and keeps the carbon footprint to its lowest level.

Arran Sense of Scotland puts quality and fragrance first, so you can be sure that each of their Bath, Body & Home products have been expertly crafted and manufactured with the greatest care on the Island home of Arran.

Jessica Russell Flint is a British designer who creates vibrant, entirely unique hand-illustrated prints, with luxury products ranging across accessories, clothing, sleepwear and homeware.

Tweedmill is a family-run business established in 1971 that creates beautiful British-made blankets, picnic rugs, home accessories and more and are stocked in more than 4000 retailers UK-wide.

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BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES

Clothing, beauty and accessories

Peacocks has new womenswear ranges with Louise Redknapp and menswear ranges with Ashley Banjo.

New Look has new women’s summer wear, accessories, and footwear ranges.

PrettyLittleThing has a new GirlsVsCancer holiday outfits for the beach and the clubs, a bodycon range, a festival collection, a Molly Mae Summer edit, a Bridal edit, Kappa and Gemma Owen collaborations, plus beach outfits.

Barbour has new festival fashion ranges for all weathers.

Monsoon has new maxi dresses, kids clothing ranges, and adult bags, scarfs, accessories, summer dresses, plus shoes and jewellery.

Primark has a new Barbie movie range, band shirts,  a Hip Trip festival range, a Pride range, a Bridgerton range of clothes and accessories, makeup ranges, swimsuits and beachwear.

River Island has new summer holiday ranges from clothes for going out to beachwear.

Curvy Kate has new Senses, Authority, Lifestyle, Wonderfully, Enclose, Boost in Bloom, Scantilly, Twist & Shout ranges.

Roman Originals has new floral outfits, spring and summer ranges in all sizes.

Matalan has new pink and Barbie ranges, Father’s Day gifts, summer accessories, mens Taylor & Wright suits, kids summer outfits and beachwear plus new womenswear.

Oliver Bonas has new fashion, bags, accessories and jewellery collections.

Fatface has new festival wear, beachwear – with a collaboration with the Marine Conservation Society - summer clothing, shoes, bags, jewellery, and accessories.

Seol + Gold has new jewellery and womenswear ranges.

George at Asda has new women’s summer clothing and tops for Father’s Day.

Lipsy  has new Laura Whitmore x Love & Roses collaboration and new Love & Roses collections.

Teva have new sandal ranges.

Daisy Park Has a new range of all-purpose bags.

The Night Store has a new range of Moroccan nights nightwear sets.

Office has mens summer shoes and new sandal and trainer ranges.

Threadbare has more summer clothing and beachwear from its new Greecian Getaway range.

Very has new ranges for Father’s day and V by Very ranges for the summer.

Bonmarché has new summer and swimwear ranges

See additional new clothing and accessories images from the last few weeks at

F&F Silk & Lawn National Trust Shop Shoe Zone Scamp & Dude Dune London Accessorize Dunelm Tu Clothing Regatta Dune London Men’s TK Maxx Aspiga Nologo

Home, garden and food

Ivyline has new Christmas gifts and decoration ranges as well as garden and indoor plant pot ranges for this summer.

Biscuiteers Baking has new ranges for summer, for graduations and for Father’s Day.

The Range has fans to keep you cool,  new beach accessories, homeware, festival gear, and a honey comb collection of kitchen and table ware.

Hobbycraft has new sewing kits, cross stitching kits, gifts, Pride clothing, summer party ranges, Father’s Day gifts, foam mosaic art and paint and sew your own ranges.

Imp & Maker has new food hampers and gift ranges.

B&M has new Natural bathroom, kitchen pantry and Winter Harvest ranges.

Hotel Chocolat has new velvetisers and chocolate gift ranges.

Oliver Bonas has new kitchen gift ranges and home ranges as well as Father’s Day gifts.

Furniture Village has new lounge and bedroom solutions.

Cartwright & Butler has new picnic hampers and Father’s Day ranges.

Daisy Park has new homeware and new Gisela Graham Christmas candle ranges and Christmas decorations.

Wilko has new presents for Father’s Day

Designers Guild has new ranges for AW23 including John Derian fabric and wallpaper and an Essentials range and an Accessories range.

Cambridge Imprint has new stationery storage ranges.

Next has new Nomadic range of homeware and Reflections, Optimism and Moss Green ranges of furniture, Kitchenware and homeware.

Dobbies Garden Centres has new plants, Meadowmat instant turf, picnic ideas, terrariums and indoors and outdoors ranges  for the home.

Dunelm has new homeware and furniture ranges, plus Disney and Natural History Museum collaborations plus Timeless and Pride & Joy homeware ranges. 

Sofology has new furniture for the home.

George Home has new homeware and outdoor furniture ranges as well as ranges for your pets.

National Trust shop has new picnic and outdoor ranges.

Cutter & Squidge has new coffee ranges, Father’s Day treats, afternoon tea selections and picnic hampers.

Hobbycraft has new summer party ranges, Father’s Day gifts, foam mosaic art and paint and sew your own ranges and cardboard shop and playhouses.

Joe Browns has new homeware for the summer.

Cardfactory has new Father’s Day and mermaid themed gifts.

Homesense has new kitchen and tableware for dinner parties and accessories for the home and picnic ware.

See additional new home images from the last weeks from

Primark Regatta TK Maxx Nologo Studio Fritz Fryer Habitat Cuckooland DFS Primark Home Marks & Spencer Cult Furniture Next Branch Jewellery GettingPersonal Nest

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PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts

Days until Father’s Day - 5

Days until Halloween - 140

Days until Singles Day - 151

Days until Black Friday - 164

Days until Christmas Day - 195

How to get your brand on the June Editorial Calendars, higher up on search engines and in social media

Summer is here - and hopefully the weather will improve – so add anything summery, including summer clothing, and swimwear and push anything to do with outside so garden furniture, anything for a garden party, or a picnic or barbecue, and don’t forget to add all of the other spellings BBQ, Bar-B-Que etc.

We’re also at the start of the festival season, so make sure you add festival or Glastonbury or any of the other big festivals, Isle of Wight, British Summer Time, Boardmasters, Reading/Leeds, to your keyword lists. 

The media are starting to ramp up their summer holiday features, so add swimwear, beachwear, beach, holiday, suitcases, travel bags, travel accessories etc to your keywords. Because of the cost-of-living crisis people are cutting back and are either staying at home, or are thinking of holidays closer to home, so add in keywords and phrases like “staycation”, “holistay”, “holiday at home” to your keywords and why not suggest clothing like hoodies and cardigans for the colder UK evenings.

Also, look at sports, particularly anything tennis-related for Wimbledon, which is coming up in early July.

June Diary - Weeks/Months

June is LGBTQ Pride Month, National Smile Month (15^th May – 15^th June).  It’s also London Fashion Week (9^th-12^th), Men’s Health Week (10^th-17^th), Diabetes Awareness Week (12^th-18^th), National Picnic Week (18^th-26^th). Shorter events include - Royal Ascot (20^th-24^th) and the return of the Glastonbury festival (21^st-25^th)

June - Days

14^th – International Bath Day

14^th – National Cup Cake Day (US)

15^th – Three years since the end of the first UK lockdown for non-essential shops (England)

15^th – National Beer Day (UK)

17^th – King Charles III official Birthday

18^th – Sustainable Gastronomy Day

18^th – International Picnic Day

18^th – Father’s Day

18^th – Juneteenth

20^th – Royal Ascot Starts

21^st – Glastonbury Festival Starts

21^st – International Yoga Day

21^st – Summer Solstice (The end of Spring)

22^nd – World Rainforest Day

22^nd – Windrush Day

23^rd – Take your dog to work Day

24^th – Midsummer’s Day

25^th – 6 months until Christmas Day

30^th – International Asteroid Day

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