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PRShots Digest brings you the latest retail news from Aesop, Boohoo, Asda, Lanvin, Brunello Cucinelli, John Lewis, PrettyLittleThing, Kipling, Timberland and M&S. Plus, articles on how to retain customers, how retailer-brand partnerships can make sales soar, how to get the most from LinkedIn carousel posts and more.  

THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS

Natura completes sale of Aesop

Natura has completed the sale of its Aesop skincare brand to cosmetics group L’Oréal for a final enterprise value of $2.58bn.

Frasers Group ups Boohoo stake to 9.1%

Frasers Group has raised its stake in Boohoo from 7.8% to 9.1% as it continues its strategy of building “supportive” positions in “attractive” companies.

Asda owners in talks over £500m portfolio sale

The brothers behind Asda, Mohsin and Zuber Issa, are understood to be close to the sale of £500m part of the supermarket’s property portfolio in a bid to bring down its debt.

Klarna posts increase in Q2 sales

Klarna Q2 revenue grew 17% to SEK5.5bn (£397m) and turnover from retailers increased by 23% with GMV up by 14%.

Wilko job losses ‘could be announced on today’

Wilko administrators PWC are apparently set to announce job losses today after an offer to buy the entire business failed to “pass basic checks”, according to the GMB union.

M2 Capital get 5pm deadline

Wilko administrators PwC gave M2 Capital a deadline of 5pm yesterday for them to provide evidence that it has proof of £89m funds.

Long weekend delivers UK footfall boost

MRI Springboard retail footfall figures over the bank holiday weekend saw a 9% rise in high street footfall, while retail parks enjoyed a 9.8% jump and shopping centres were up 14.2%.

Shaftesbury Capital to sell Fitzrovia properties

West End retail landlord Shaftesbury Capital is planning to sell all of its properties- around 100,00sqft - in London’s Fitzrovia so it can focus on its West End properties.

Lanvin Group posts increase in H1 revenue

Lanvin H1 revenues were up 6.4% to €215.5m with growth in all areas including China up 13.9% and Asia up 27.1% however, despite sales growth it posted a loss of €72.2m up from 2022’s €68.7m loss.

Brunello Cucinelli sees profits up 31.9% in H1

Italian luxury label Brunello Cucinelli saw sales up 31% to €543.9m in H1 with net income up by 31.9% to €66.7m.

M&S makes return to FTSE 100

M&S will re-enter the FTSE 100 next month for the first time in four years as its shares soared to a 19-month high.

TRENDS, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY

How to retain customers

HBR explains how to stop customers leaving by creating more value than you take. Stop playing the role of toll-taking gatekeeper and start playing the role of value-adding partner.

How retailer-brand partnerships can make sales soar

The tie-up between many retail brands and the Barbie movie showcases not only the power of Barbie but just what getting the right brand x brand alignment can do for sales.

How to boost engagement with LinkedIn carousel posts and ads

LinkedIn carousels are still around and well. Hootsuite explains how to max out engagement with document carousel posts.

10 key tips for scaling personalisation in retail

Fast-moving innovation is a tricky thing. What was a surprise-and-delight experience for customers two years ago is now an expectation. And when that expectation isn’t met, it’s a big problem.

How to save time and avoid issues with Facebook auto reply

If you want to improve response time, customer service, and brand reputation, you need to know how to use Facebook auto reply.

How Google personalises its search results

Search results on Google vary among users and are personalised based on a number of user’s interactions and can affect rankings and thus your company’s exposure to customer prospects.

EU’s Digital Product Passport explained

The new EU Digital Product Passport (DPP) will require brands to collect and share data from a product’s entire lifecycle accessible in the form of a 'digital twin'.

Shopify says US merchants can use Amazon's 'Buy with Prime' option

Shopify has said Amazon is to release an app in Shopify's app ecosystem that will give US-based merchants access to Amazon's "Buy with Prime" option.

Nearly half (49%) of UK adults discover new brands from streaming TV ads

Amazon Ads offers new insights for brands looking to break into the streaming TV ad game – from how much emphasis to place on innovation to ensuring you capture the correct audience.

BRAND NEWS

John Lewis unveils online Christmas shop for 2023

John Lewis has unveiled its online Christmas shop for 2023 as customer searches for gifts “double” in comparison to this time last year, according to the retailer.

Naomi Campbell puts spotlight on black designers in new Pretty Little Thing collection

Supermodel Naomi Campbell has collaborated with two black designers Victor Anate and Edvin Thompson for her upcoming Pretty Little Thing collection.

Oxfam launches Second Hand September

Oxfam figures show that if shoppers sourced 50% of their clothes second-hand it could prevent carbon emissions equivalent to those produced by 261,000 flights to Greece.

Kipling launches exclusive collaboration with iconic artist Frida Kahlo

Bag and accessories brand Kipling is delighted to announce the launch of an exclusive collaboration with the estate of the legendary Mexican artist Frida Kahlo.

Timberland launches campaign fronted by UK's Pip Millett

Premium boots-to-clothing brand Timberland has named British music artist Pip Millett as its new ambassador and face of the ‘Find Your Superpower’ campaign to run from AW23 to SS24.

AND FINALLY

Prada's $650 underwear is meant to be worn without pants

Having rocked the world with its $1,000 tank top just over a year ago, it’s no surprise that Prada’s co-creative directors Miuccia Prada and Raf Simons have devised $650 underwear.

PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES

What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending August 25^th 2023?

1/ AW23

2/ Christmas

3/ Halloween

4/ Bags

5/ Candle

6/ Green

7/ Autumn

8/ Bedding

9/ Floral  

10/ Check

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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.

Style For Stroke x FUND FUND is a fashion-for-good brand with a mission to fund positive change, prioritising people and planet in everything they do, and since their launch in 2020, they have donated 100% of their profit to good causes.

Fable England produces bags, accessories and delicate hand-painted jewellery with each piece made with positivity and kindness to uplift the human spirit and bring joy to their owners.

Amelia Scott is a new London-based accessories brand created by Jane Hebden, an award-winning watch and jewellery designer. The jewellery range celebrates individuality and embraces the wonderful world of colour.

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.

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BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES

Clothing, beauty and accessories

Roman Originals has new autumn clothes ranges.

Dune London has new shoes, bags and accessories for going out, and new ankle and cowboy boots, sandals, trainers, shoes and luggage.

Very has new V by Very women’s ranges with sheer and sequin looks and dresses, skirts, jackets, coats, shoes and boots, plus Lucy Mecklenburgh ranges of womenswear and childrenswear.

Shoe Zone has new ranges of boots for autumn winter 2023.

Crew Clothing has new AW23 ranges for men and women.

Primark has Room to Grow baby and toddler ranges, makeup and accessories, Halloween outfits, and a new AW23 clothes for women, men and kids, plus shoes and bags.

Oliver Bonas has new workwear ranges including new boots, bags dresses, tops and scarves.

Peacocks has new AW23 ranges.

Monsoon has new AW23 womenswear, bags, scarves, dresses, kaftans, jackets and jumpers, accessories and jewellery, as well as Christmas gifts.

New Look has the last drops for August womenswear including cardigans, jumpers, coats, knitwear, bags, blouses, bodysuits, tops, jackets, skirts, trousers,  footwear and jewellery.

Matalan has new AW23 Papaya and Et Vous womenswear including blouses, jackets, trousers, dresses, bags, belts, scarves and lingerie ranges, jewellery ranges, back-to-school ranges, plus pink and Barbie ranges.

Fatface has new AW23 womens, mens, and kids clothing ranges plus shoes, jewellery, bags and accessory ranges.

Dune London Mens has new AW boots and shoe and accessory collections.

PrettyLittleThing has a new Indiyah, Ami Charlize and La La Anthony edits.

Radley has more 25^th anniversary special bags as well as new bag and shoe ranges for releases in August/September/October AW23.

Accessorize has Christmas themed jewellery, Christmas gifts as well as new bags, purses, cardholders, belts, accessories and jewellery ranges.

Silk & Lawn has new multi-coloured turban and headband ranges.

The Morphbag by GSK has a new range of vegan handbags for Christmas.

Marks & Spencer has new M&S Collection AW23 boots, shoes, bags, hats and scarves for women.

TK Maxx has new clothing, accessories, shoes and boots for women, men’s clothes and shoes and clothes for children and babies. 

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

Belissh Threadbare River Island Barbour Curvy Kate Joe Browns Bonmarché  Regatta Cardfactory Deichmann UK George at Asda Scamp & Dude National Trust shop Tu Clothing From my mother’s garden Aspiga Cotton Traders

Home, garden and food

Very has new toys and gifts for Christmas.

Imp & Maker has new drinks and food Christmas hampers.

Primark Home has new kitchen and dining homeware collections, Halloween decorations, click and collect exclusives, new AW23 home ranges for kids and adults bedrooms, as well as the kitchen and dining room.

The Range has new Christmas decoration ranges.

Daisy Park has new Emma Bridgewater ranges for the autumn, Christmas and Halloween and new Christmas decorations.

Homesense has new Christmas decorations and gifts, plus AW23 homeware for the bedroom, lounge, kitchen and bathroom and Halloween decorations as well as gifting ranges.

Cutter & Squidge has Christmas food and hampers.

Cult Furniture  has new lighting ranges.

Sofology has new sofa, chairs and footstool ranges.

Dunelm has new back-to-university student homeware starter packs, autumn Halloween homewares, sewing, Disney, Harry Potter and Winnie the Pooh home and gift, pets, and furniture ranges.

B&M has new ranges for the kitchen, bathroom and bedroom plus autumn, Halloween and Christmas decorations and homeware.

Dobbies Garden Centres has new Christmas wreaths, and Christmas gifts and decorations, plus house plant and outdoor living collections.

Cardfactory has a range of Christmas gifts for kids.

Next has new Christmas homeware, bedding, gifts, wrapping and decorations and new Town & Country furniture range, a Natural Rustic furniture ranges plus new bedding and homeware ranges and Halloween homeware.

National Trust shop has new Halloween gift and decorations ranges.

Cambridge Imprint  has new Christmas crackers, envelopes and paper ranges.

TK Maxx has new Halloween decorations and Christmas gift including spa gifts and toys plus new AW23 home ranges.

Cuckooland has the Woody outdoor pizza oven, and an innovative 2-person roof-mounted tent.

Oliver Bonas has new homeware, household gifts and accessories as well as furniture for the bedroom and the lounge and decorations for the tree.

See additional new home images from the last weeks from

Hobbycraft Biscuiteers Baking Cartwright & Butler Hotel Chocolat Matalan George Home Marks & Spencer Tweedmill Ivyline Furniture Village  Designers Guild

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DIARY

PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts 

Days until Halloween – 61

Days until Singles Day – 72

Days until Black Friday – 85

Days until Christmas Day – 116

Days until Valentine’s Day - 167

SEPTEMBER DIARY

How to make your products attractive to the media in September    

Summer is nearly over, and it’s time to look to the autumn and to the winter. Mid-September marks just 100 days to Christmas so you should be adding your Christmas images for those monthly/weekly magazines with medium lead times.  Plus, look at adding some spring-summer 24 images for those titles with long lead times, as they will be starting to look at their Feb and March 2024 issues so you can help them out with previews of SS24. 

The media are going to be starting to create features around getting back to the office, what to wear for university or college, back-to-school. Now the nights are drawing in, they’ll also be running features on winter wear, so add coats/jumpers/boots plus, they’ll be looking for images for Halloween and bonfire night parties and there are decorations and gifts for Christmas and some last-minute AW images. 

Don’t forget to add keywords – Gifts, Christmas, Xmas, Autumn, Winter, and Halloween will all be looked for. It’s National Yoga Awareness Month, so you could add yoga as a keyword on any athleisure wear, floor mats, rugs 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.

September Diary - Weeks/Months

September is National Honey Month and National Yoga Awareness Month, and it’s second-hand September (an Oxfam initiative https://www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/second-hand-september/), Self-Care September, as well as Organic, September, and Sourdough September.

September also has London Fashion Week between 15^th-19^th September, and this year features men's and women’s fashion and features digital and physical events. See the schedule here https://londonfashionweek.co.uk/schedule. 

There’s also the Moda trade show (3^rd-6^th Sept), London Textile Fair (4^th-5^th Sept) Top Drawer (10^th-12^th Sept) and Sustainable Fashion Week (25^th Sept to 8^th Oct).

Other weeks to celebrate this month include;

British Science Festival (7^th -10^th Sept)

New York fashion week (7^th-13^th Sept)

Jane Austen Festival (8^th-17^th Sept)

Open House Festival (8^th -21^st Sept)

National Horse Race Week (9^th-17^th Sept)

Sexual Health Week (11^th- 17^th Sept)

Great British Beach Clean week (16^th-25^th Sept)

British Food Fortnight (16^th Sept - 1^st Oct)

Negroni week (18^th-24^th Sept)

Milan fashion week (19^th-25^th Sept)

Wool Week (23^rd Sept – 1^st Oct)

Paris fashion week (25^th Sept -3^rd Oct)

September - Days

1^st – National Tofu Day

1^st – Blackpool Illuminations start

1^st – Schools start going back

4^th – Labor Day US

5^th – International Charity Day

6^th – Read a book Day

6^th – Krishna Janmashtami – (Hindu Holiday)

7^th – National Beer Lovers day (US)

8^th -10^th – The Goodwood Revival

10^th – Great North Run Newcastle

16^th – 100 days until Christmas

19^th – Ganesh Chaturthi – (Hindu holiday)

21^st – Zero emissions day

22^nd – Car-free Day

23^rd – September Equinox

15^th – Rosh Hashanah

25^th – 3 months until Christmas Day

27^th – World Tourism Day

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