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PRShots Digest brings you the latest retail news from Boohoo, Hotter, Lyle & Scott, Raised by Danger, Revolution Beauty, Frasers, Joules, Ocado, Currys, PrettyLittleThing and Gymshark. Plus articles on how the big brands are targeting future shoppers, the future of brand loyalty, how to attract Gen Z and more.
This will be our last digest for a few weeks. We’re off somewhere sunny, and we will be back 10thJuly
THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Boohoo shareholders revolt over executive pay
Boohoo Group's shareholders have staged a revolt over the company's proposed executive bonuses with 36% of voters objecting to the bonuses.
Hotter owner Unbound plans emergency restructuring
Hotter owner Unbound Group is drawing up “contingency planning” to implement an emergency restructuring mechanism due to fading sales prospects.
Revolution Beauty sales leap amid Boohoo requisition
Revolution Beauty sales grew 60% over 2022 in Q1 with EBITDA at £3.5m explaining its performance demonstrates its ability to ”deliver growing sales into an expanding global retailer base”.
Retail sales rise unexpectedly in May
UK retail sales rose unexpectedly in May thanks to three bank holidays and a run of warm weather, with sales up 0.3% during the month, defying economist predictions of a 0.2% decline.
Consumer confidence ‘a whisker away from positive’
GfK’s Consumer Confidence Barometer has risen three points in June - the fifth monthly increase in a row - driven by growing optimism for future personal finance.
Ocado shares soar on rumours of Amazon takeover
Shares in Ocado Group, the British online supermarket and technology group, soared by more than 40% yesterday, amid speculation of possible bid interest by Amazon.
Frasers acquisition spree continues as it grows Currys stake
Frasers has upped its stake in Currys to 9.3% from 8.9% earlier this week as its acquisition spree continues.
Joules suppliers to get 12p in the pound
Joules suppliers and unsecured creditors, owed money after the retailer's collapse into administration last year, are expected to receive between 12p and 15p in the pound.
UK e-sales dip in weeks before Father's Day, but AOV is higher
UK online retailers revenue was down by 8% year on year from 1 June up to Father’s Day, but those lucky enough to get orders saw average order values (AOV) grow 18% in the same period.
TRENDS, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
How Boots, Next, M&S, and Clarks are targeting the future consumer
Retail giant’s like Boots, Clarks, M&S and Next are paying close attention to the shifting consumer landscape and altering what they do to stay relevant for the fast-changing shopper.
Our understanding of customer relations has undergone a remarkable transformation over the last few years and the result is a reassessment of brand loyalty and how we achieve and maintain it.
Why in-game advertising beats digital at capturing consumers attention
In-game advertising is more effective at engaging consumers than other forms of digital advertising, according to a two-year study into the impact of attention on digital and gaming.
How to attract Gen Z consumers with brand-influencer partnerships
Authenticity is among Gen Z’s most important values. Janet Balis offers five lessons for brands who want to tap into this era of influencers and make authentic connections with Gen Z.
Using generative AI to increase productivity
Generative AI is poised to unleash the next wave of productivity. McKinsey & Co takes a first look at where business value could accrue and the potential impacts on the workforce.
Roblox offers brands’ the opportunity to self-serve their advertising
Roblox now allows brands to serve their own ads in the virtual reality world to help encourage more use of the platform by advertisers.
New AI tool lets consumers virtually try on clothes on model of themselves
Photo AI claims to be the world’s first artificial intelligence (AI) tool that lets shoppers virtually try on clothes they like online.
PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS
PrettyLittleThing creative director Molly-Mae Hague steps down from £5m a year job
Molly-Mae Hague has resigned from her role as creative director for PrettyLittleThing to look after her daughter but said she would return to working as a brand ambassador for the retailer.
Gymshark chief commercial officer Niran Chana departs after 8 years
Gymshark chief commercial officer Niran Chana has left after just under four years in the position and eight years at the sportswear retailer.
BRAND NEWS
TOFS to bring back physical club card and extend club pricing
The Original Factory Shop is reintroducing its physical club card to stores and extending its club pricing to all members,
Raised by Danger heads to Glasgow for brand relaunch
Finnish-American designer and artist Saija Cleary, known as Saint Danger, has announced the “grand re-launch” of her fashion brand, Raised by Danger, both online and in Scotland.
Lyle & Scott launches The Hive hub in Scotland
Lyle & Scott has opened The Hive, a ‘centre of operational excellence’ in the Scottish borders. Marking “significant investment-led expansion in Scotland”
AND FINALLY
Furby’s are back for Christmas 2023
Furby, the ’90s toy phenomenon that divided kids and parents into opposing camps when it first hit stores and quickly became a craze, is making yet another comeback.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending June 16th 2023?
1/ Summer
2/ Garden
3/ Father’s Day
4/ Sunglasses
5/ Beach bags
6/ Shorts
7/ Kitchen
8/ AW23
9/ Barbie
10/ Crochet
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NEW BRANDS TO PRSHOTS
Belissh create bags and dresses for going out and having fun and are committed to creating solutions that are environmentally friendly using sustainable fabric options.
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
Roman Originals has new floral outfits, spring and summer ranges in all sizes.
New Look has new women’s summer wear, accessories, and footwear ranges.
Monsoon has new summer clothing including dresses, kaftans, jackets and jumpers plus shoes, bags, scarfs, accessories and jewellery and kids clothing ranges.
Shoe Zone has new ranges.
Fatface has new bags, festival wear, beachwear – with a collaboration with the Marine Conservation Society - summer clothing, shoes, bags, jewellery, and accessories.
Curvy Kate has new Retro Wave, High Waist, Happy Boobs, Lift-Off, Centre Stage, Senses, Authority, Lifestyle, Wonderfully, Enclose, Boost in Bloom, Scantilly, Twist & Shout ranges.
Accessorize has new Sundown jewellery, summer clothing, hats, scarves, shoes and bag ranges.
George at Asda has new women’s summer clothing, bags, hats and accessories.
Aspiga has new on fashion summer maxi-dresses.
Peacocks has new womenswear ranges with Louise Redknapp and menswear ranges with Ashley Banjo.
Dune London has new luggage, sandals and bags.
Cotton Traders has new womenswear for summer, including tops, dresses, jackets and jumpers.
Primark has a new monogram ranges, 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.
Threadbare has more summer clothing and beachwear from its new Greecian Getaway range.
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.
River Island has new summer holiday ranges from clothes for going out to beachwear.
Matalan has new pink and Barbie ranges, summer accessories, mens Taylor & Wright suits, kids summer outfits and beachwear plus new womenswear.
Oliver Bonas has new fashion, bags, accessories and jewellery collections.
Seol + Gold has new jewellery and womenswear ranges.
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.
See additional new clothing and accessories images from the last few weeks at
Very Bonmarché F&F Silk & Lawn National Trust Shop Scamp & Dude Dunelm Tu Clothing Regatta Dune London Men’s TK Maxx Aspiga Nologo
Home, garden and food
Cuckooland has new furniture for outdoors.
The Range has outdoor furniture, fans to keep you cool, new beach accessories, homeware, festival gear, and a honey comb collection of kitchen and table ware.
Hobbycraft has new weaving and clay kits, sewing kits, cross stitching kits, gifts, Pride clothing, summer party ranges, foam mosaic art and paint and sew your own ranges.
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, and for graduations.
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.
Furniture Village has new lounge and bedroom solutions.
Cartwright & Butler has new picnic hampers.
Daisy Park has new homeware and new Gisela Graham Christmas candle ranges and Christmas decorations.
Wilko has new presents and gifts.
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, afternoon tea selections and picnic hampers.
See additional new home images from the last weeks from
Joe Browns Cardfactory Homesense Primark Regatta TK Maxx Nologo Studio Fritz Fryer Habitat DFS Primark Home Marks & Spencer Cult Furniture Next Branch Jewellery GettingPersonal Nest
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DIARY
PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts
Days until Halloween - 130
Days until Singles Day – 141
Days until Black Friday – 154
Days until Christmas Day - 185
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. It’s also National Picnic Week (18th-26th). Shorter events include - Royal Ascot (20th-24th) and the return of the Glastonbury festival (21st-25th)
June - Days
23rd – Take your dog to work Day
24th – Midsummer’s Day
25th – 6 months until Christmas Day
30th – International Asteroid Day
How to get your brand on the July Editorial/Media Calendars, higher up on search engines and in social media
Summer is here! So keep on adding anything summery to your keywords and descriptions eg summer clothing, swimwear, beachwear, sunglasses, plus things to keep you cool, like fans, sun hats and sun shades. Also, push anything to do with the 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 and other related keywords like picnic.
The festival season is now in full-swing, and the media are all looking for festival wear and things to take to festivals (tents, fans, ice boxes, torches etc). We’re also getting ready to go on holiday so beachwear, bikinis, swimsuits, shorts, trunks, luggage, bags etc are all being searched for.
Clothing keywords being searched for this summer include; crochet, maxi dresses, mermaid-core, and anything Pink and Barbie-related.
But not everyone is going abroad. The cost of living crisis is cutting the money in everyone’s wallets, so shoppers are still looking at holidays closer to home. Add in keywords and phrases like “staycation”, “holistay”, “holiday at home” to your keywords and why not suggest clothing like raincoats, coats, hoodies, and cardigans? If you stock them, then firepits and chimineas for the colder UK evenings would be good to add.
July Diary - Weeks/Months
July is Independent Retailer Month, Plastic-free Month, and National Ice Cream Month in the US. It’s also Alcohol Awareness Week (3rd- 9th Jul), Wimbledon fortnight (3rd-16thJul), Berlin Fashion Week (10th – 13th Jul), Northern Fashion Week (14th- 16th Jul), the Men’s and Women’s Ashes tournaments continues through July, and it’s Cowes Week (29th Jul - 5th Aug).
July - Days
1st - Pride London parade
4th - US Independence Day
5th – National Bikini Day
7th – World Chocolate Day
9th - British Grand Prix
11th – World Population Day
12th – Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland)
14th - Bastille Day (France)
16th – National Ice Cream Day (US Third sundae in July 😉)
18th - Nelson Mandela International day
19th - Muharram/Islamic New Year
21st – Start of the school holidays
22th-23rd - Northern Pride
23rd – National Parents Day (US)
24th – National Tequila Day (US)
25th – Christmas in July (5 months until Christmas)
29th – National Lipstick Day
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