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THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Sainsbury’s prepares to launch online fashion marketplace
Sainsbury’s is looking to launch its own online fashion marketplace to compete with Next and Marks & Spencer's success with third-party labels.
Marks & Spencer set for another sales rise
Marks & Spencer is set to reveal another rise in sales with a 10.5% rise predicted for clothing and home sales and 7.7% growth projected in its food division.
LK Bennett hails ‘strongest year in a decade’ as event wear lift sales
Womenswear retailer LK Bennett turnover was up to £49m, with profits up 30% on the previous year to over £30m in the year to January 2023, driven by a post-pandemic boom in event wear.
Seasalt's accounts show major bounce-back post-pandemic
Seasalt results showed ‘outstanding’ growth for the year to Jan 2022 with sales up to £96.4m from £69.7m in 2021 with operating profit doubling to £5.6m from £2.8m.
Benetton's revenue hits €1bn mark in 2022
Benetton achieved €1.004bn in revenue up from €847m last year but still not reaching its pre-pandemic 2019 figure of €1.148bn. EBITDA profit for 2022 was €103m up from €61m in 2021.
Tesco chair John Allan to step down
Tesco’s John Allan will be stepping down from his role as chair of the board and a director of the business.
Boohoo asks Turkish suppliers to match Pakistan prices
Boohoo has asked for discounts of more than 30% on outstanding orders from Turkish suppliers as it looks to lower costs across its supply chain.
Almost three-quarters of former Debenhams stores remain empty
Despite May marking the two-year anniversary since Debenhams shuttered, 73% of the 124 former Debenhams units remain empty.
TRENDS, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
'Mini Me' is the high street's latest fashion phenomenon
‘Mini-Me’ where Gen Alpha - children up to the age of 13-years-old - and their mostly Millennial parents are becoming clones of one another.
Lessons to learn from the Greggs success story
Greggs is often voted one of the most popular dining brands in the UK, which is some achievement when you consider where the business comes from.
The 4 categories of AI that impact marketing
Generative AI has some compelling current uses and holds considerable potential, but marketers should also proceed with caution before wholesale adoption.
5 tips for balancing ‘push’ and ‘pull’ in content marketing
Learn the difference between promoting engagement and pushing sales in your content and how to do them right.
How marketers can best build brand trust
Brand trust is a difficult metric to define and measure, but its intrinsic link to customer loyalty makes it important to marketers. Here’s a roadmap for defining and building brand trust.
How to navigate low MOQs as a small, sustainable brand
Small brands entering the fashion industry are often faced with the challenge of high minimum order quantities (MOQs).
Google confirms date for phasing out third-party cookies confirmed
Google is finally set to phase out third-party cookies from the first quarter of 2024 after twice delaying the move over the past couple of years.
PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Percival shuffles board as it gears up for international growth
Percival has appointed Cheryl Calegari as its new non-executive chair to “lead brand strategy and business growth” for the British menswear retailer.
Wickes to boost mental health through supporting community garden projects
In recognition of Mental Health Awareness Week, Wickes reflects on the impact their Community Programme is having on wellbeing projects in schools and local community spaces.
Poundland seeking London locations for new store format
Poundland has confirmed that it is looking for more locations in London to expand its new store format.
Champion and Rick Owens set to launch fourth collaboration collection
American fashion designer Rick Owens has once again teamed up with heritage US sportswear brand Champion on a capsule collaboration collection, launching on 26 May 2023.
Puma launches capsule collection with Olivia Amato
Global sports company Puma has launched a capsule collection with Peloton Instructor and Puma training ambassador, Olivia Amato.
Karen Millen in Emily-London collab
The Karen Millen brand has just launched an exclusive 38-piece collection of fascinators and hats in a link-up with Emily-London.
AND FINALLY
Adidas to donate Yeezy proceeds charity
Adidas will start selling some of the €1.2bn shoes from its defunct Yeezy partnership with Kanye West at the end of May, with proceeds going to organisations fighting antisemitism and racism.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending April 19th 2023?
1/ Summer
2/ Father’s Day
3/ Garden
4/ Dress
5/ Bikini
6/ Bag
7/ Outdoor
8/ Towel
9/ Cushion
10/ Kitchen
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NEW BRANDS TO PRSHOTS
HebTroCo are based in Hebden Bridge and started in 2015 in the pub; they started selling trousers back in 2016 and have never looked back and now sell everything from jackets, to gifts, to their unique Action Blankets.
Paria sell cycle clothing and accessories that couple urban influences with the grit and fervour of the Yorkshire countryside, and collaborate with artists, designers, and illustrators to create something inspiring that promotes a friendly and inclusive attitude to cycling.
Love Hero founders Joshua, Tanja and Heather believed there was a better way to produce clothing that didn’t cost the planet and could reflect the real people who live on it. Which resulted in Love Hero a planet-conscious clothing for ordinary people living extraordinary lives.
Studio started back in 1962 and delivers everything from homewares through to clothing and footwear from top brand names as well as its own branded clothing.
Mission C founder Qes discovered that CBD oil helped his Grandad - who was living with dementia - feel calm and contented, he knew it could help others too. So he created a natural and accessible remedy for people looking to improve their quality of life.
Jessica Russell Flint is 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
Silk & Lawn has new turbans and headbands.
National Trust Shop has new hats and bags for the summer.
Roman Originals has new spring and summer ranges in all sizes.
Monsoon has new children’s coats and dresses plus shoes, accessories, jewellery and women and children’s summer dresses and beachwear.
Very has new V by Very ranges for the summer.
Bryony Bel has new jewellery ranges
Primark has a new swimsuits, a Keith Haring collab, new makeup, Primark Cares and EDIT ranges, Jurassic Park kids range, a new Bridgerton range of clothes and accessories.
PrettyLittleThing has a new Molly Mae Summer edit, a Bridal edit, Kappa and Gemma Owen collaborations, plus beach outfits.
Matalan has new summer accessories, mens Taylor & Wright suits, kids summer outfits and beachwear plus new womenswear.
New Look has new women’s summer wear, and footwear ranges.
Threadbare has more summer clothing and beachwear from its new Greecian Getaway range.
Shoe Zone has new summer shoes, trainers and sandals and welly boots for festivals.
Fatface has new denim jackets, kids summer clothing, sandals, bags, clothes, accessories and jewellery for the summer plus Father’s Day gifts.
Scamp & Dude has new summer wear.
F&F has new summer ranges modelled by Kelly Brook
Peacocks has new womenswear ranges with swim and beach wear.
Dune London has new shoes and bags in day-glow colours and embellished with diamante to leather and studs
Accessorize has a wide range of new bags and purses.
River Island has new summer wear.
Dunelm has new loungewear.
Oliver Bonas has new summer outfits, shoes, sandals, bags, accessories and jewellery.
Tu Clothing has new linen high-summer clothing.
Barbour has new mens, womens and kids ranges.
Regatta has a new Orla Kiely collaboration range.
George at Asda has new summer beach and womenswear and Father’s Day gifts.
Office has new sandal and trainer ranges.
See additional new clothing and accessories images from the last few weeks at
Dune London Men’s TK Maxx Aspiga Nologo Daisy Park Bonmarché Peacocks Matalan Crew Clothing Radley Lipsy Fatface Cotton Traders
Home, garden and food
Cutter & Squidge has new coffee ranges, Father’s Day treats and afternoon tea selections.
Dobbies Garden Centres has new Meadowmat instant turf, plants, picnic ideas, terrariums and indoors and outdoors ranges for the home.
Next has new Reflections, Optimism and Moss Green ranges of furniture, Kitchenware and homeware.
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.
The Range has a new honey comb collection of kitchen and table ware.
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.
George at Asda has new Father’s Day outfits.
Dunelm has a new Disney and Natural History Museum collaborations plus Timeless and Pride & Joy homeware ranges for lounge, bedroom, dining room and kitchen.
Oliver Bonas has new home ranges for indoors and outdoors.
Primark has a new Bridgerton range of home ware.
Cartwright & Butler has new Father’s Day ranges.
Regatta has a new Orla Kiely collaboration range of tents and accessories.
TK Maxx has new homeware, picnic and beach accessories.
Nologo has new gifts.
Studio has new gift ranges.
See additional new home images from the last weeks from
Fritz Fryer Habitat Cuckooland Daisy Park DFS Ivyline Furniture Village Primark Home Cambridge Imprint Biscuiteers Baking Sofology Wilko National Trust shop Marks & Spencer B&M Cult Furniture Next Branch Jewellery GettingPersonal Nest
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PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts
Days until Father’s Day - 27
Days until Halloween - 162
Days until Singles Day - 173
Days until Black Friday - 186
Days until Christmas Day - 217
How to get your brand on the May Editorial Calendars, higher up on search engines and in social media
We’re now well into Spring, so carry on adding those spring-summer-related images and there are bank holidays aplenty this month, and hopefully, we’ll have great weather. So add all those keywords relating to being out of the house and into the garden and the great outdoors; keywords to add include garden, garden parties, barbecues, (don’t forget to add all of the other spellings BBQ, Bar-B-Que etc) picnics, outdoors etc.
Summer holidays are on the horizon so images of beach holidays and swimwear, as well as holiday clothes, festival clothes and all of the associated keywords and phrases eg sandals, beachwear, swimsuits, bikinis, linen, summer wear.
Although with the cost-of-living increases not everyone will be going abroad so still keep keywords and phrases like “staycation” “holistay” “holiday at home” to your keywords, and why not suggest clothing like cardigans and hoodies for the colder UK evenings.
May is also the start of wedding season so if you have any wedding-related items, then get ready to promote them with any wedding keywords, bridal, bride, groom, hen party, stag do etc.
May Diary - Weeks/Months
May is National Walking Month, National Smile Month and Skin Cancer awareness month
It’s also;
Cannes Film Festival (May 16th – May 27th)
National Doughnut Week (May 20th – May 28th)
Sandwich Week (May 21st – May 27th)
Chelsea Flower Show (May 22nd – May 27th)
National Barbeque Week (May 29th – June 4th)
May - Days
22nd – World Goth Day
22nd – Craft Distillery Day (US)
25th - Geek Pride Day
25th – National Wine Day (US)
29th – National Biscuit Day
29th – Spring Bank Holiday
29th – Memorial Day (US)
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