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PRShots Digest brings you the latest retail news from Boohoo, Schuh, Asda, Nike, Hill House Home, Long Tall Sally, Burberry, Asos, Revolution Beauty, Ralph Lauren, and Gap. Plus articles on why you need a marketing work management tool, the best AI tools for social media, top tips for brand videos and more.  

THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS

UK retail sales rise 0.5% in April

Retail sales volumes grew by 0.5% in April with sales at “non-food stores” were up by 1%, following a fall of 1.8% in March with strong sales in watches, jewellery, and sports equipment stores.

Asos refinances and seeks £75m from investors

Asos is looking to raise £75m in cash from shareholders and it has refinanced in an attempt to strengthen its balance sheet.

Asda set to announce £10bn merger with EG Group

The owners of the Asda supermarket chain and EG petrol forecourt group are planning a £10bn merger of their UK operations creating a group with 170,000 employees and revenues of £30bn.

Gap narrows Q1 losses

Gap results saw a 6% drop in sales to $3.28bn for Q1 compared to 2022, however despite the fall in sales it managed to significantly narrow its net loss to $18m from a loss of $162m a year earlier.

Ralph Lauren Q4 ahead of estimates

Ralph Lauren sales were up 1% to $1.54bn over last year with the brand widening its net profit to $32m from $24m, with a 13% surge in sales in Asia and 1% in Europe balancing a 3% drop in the US.

Schuh parent Genesco swings to Q1 loss

Schuh parent Genesco made a net loss of $18.9m in the quarter to April 29 down from a profit of $4.9ms a year earlier as sales dropped 7% to $483.3m.

Revolution Beauty investigation reveals ‘unacceptable’ business practices

Revolution Beauty’s audit has revealed several “unacceptable” business practices that it has vowed to never repeat.

TRENDS, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY

Why Spanish brands are eyeing the UK market

Drapers speaks with Spanish brands making their debut in the UK about why they find the market attractive and what they can offer buyers.

6 reasons why you need a marketing work management tool

Whether your team is remote, in the office or hybrid, marketing management tools can help increase efficiency and productivity.

The 15 best AI tools for social media in 2023

The best AI tools to help you write, create videos and imagery, prompt the best hashtags and times to post, and much more.

Eleven top tips for creating stand-out brand videos

There is a lot of video content to compete with when you are trying to get a brand noticed, so here are 11 tips to get cut through.

Brands' biggest reputation nightmares

Considering that many (86%) companies prioritise reputation management over various aspects of the business, including their employees, why is it still such a prominent issue?

How to use ‘Look Inside’ to Sell More Products

The benefits of Amazon's "Look inside" book label applies to many products. Apparel, bags, housewares, and more could experience more conversions with an inside peek.

PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS

Nike announces raft of senior leadership changes

Nike has announced a raft of senior leadership changes as it looks to underscore its commitment to product innovation and drive deeper integration across the business.

Burberry poaches Alexandra McCauley from Chanel

Luxury fashion house Burberry has today announced the appointment of Alexandra McCauley as Chief People Officer and will take up the post in November.

BRAND NEWS

Nap Dress label Hill House Home launches in UK

US label Hill House Home - known for its Nap Dresses - has opened its first international warehouse along with a UK webstore as it aims to capitalise on the American dress trend outside of the UK.

Long Tall Sally launches new campaign with star netball team

Long Tall Sally has linked up with “the renowned” Loughborough Lightning Netball Team in a campaign collaboration that “while promoting inclusivity, diversity, and body positivity”.

Greggs opens first Sainsbury’s store on petrol station forecourt

Food-to-go giant Greggs has teamed up with grocer Sainsbury’s for the first time to open a new store on a petrol forecourt.

Manchester City to open new club shop at Arndale Centre

Newly crowned Premier League champions Manchester City are opening a new club shop at the Manchester Arndale, located in the former Pink unit.

Screwfix commits to making digital experience ‘even more convenient’

Screwfix has committed to making its digital experience much more convenient, after seeing a rise in e-commerce sales grow by 4.7% in its Q1 results over 2022.

AND FINALLY

Boohoo chief lands £650,000 bonus despite the fashion giant swinging into loss

John Lyttle CEO of Boohoo Group has been handed a more than £650,000 bonus despite the company swinging into a loss and seeing its share price lose nearly half its value in a year.

PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES

What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending April 19^th 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

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.

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.

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

PrettyLittleThing  has a new festival collection, a Molly Mae Summer edit, a Bridal edit, Kappa and Gemma Owen collaborations, plus beach outfits.

The Night Store has new nightwear sets.

Monsoon has new children’s coats and dresses plus shoes, accessories, jewellery and women and children’s summer dresses and beachwear.

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

Matalan has new summer accessories, mens Taylor & Wright suits, kids summer outfits and beachwear plus new womenswear.

Primark has new makeup ranges, swimsuits and beachwear, a Keith Haring collab, new makeup, Primark Cares and EDIT ranges, Jurassic Park kids range, a new Bridgerton range of clothes and accessories.

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

Barbour has new festival fashion ranges for all weathers.

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

Curvy Kate has new ranges

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

Bonmarché has new summer and swimwear ranges

F&F has new summer ranges with a collab with Frankie Bridge and clothes modelled by Kelly Brook

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

Bryony Bel has new jewellery ranges.

Silk & Lawn has new turbans and headbands.

National Trust Shop has new hats and bags for the summer.

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.

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.

Regatta has a new Orla Kiely collaboration range.

George at Asda has new summer beach and womenswear and Father’s Day gifts.

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

Dune London Men’s TK Maxx Aspiga Nologo Daisy Park Peacocks Matalan Crew Clothing Radley Lipsy Fatface Cotton Traders

Home, garden and food

The Range has a new homeware, festival gear, and a honey comb collection of kitchen and table ware.

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.

Biscuiteers Baking has new ranges for Father’s Day.

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.

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.

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.

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 Wilko Marks & Spencer B&M Cult Furniture Next Branch Jewellery GettingPersonal Nest

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PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts

Days until Father’s Day - 23

Days until Halloween - 158

Days until Singles Day - 169

Days until Black Friday - 182

Days until Christmas Day - 213

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 16^th – May 27^th)

National Doughnut Week (May 20^th – May 28^th)

Sandwich Week (May 21^st – May 27^th)

Chelsea Flower Show (May 22^nd – May 27^th)

National Barbeque Week (May 29^th – June 4^th)

May - Days

29^th – National Biscuit Day

29^th – Spring Bank Holiday

29^th – Memorial Day (US)

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