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PRShots Digest brings you the latest retail news from LK Bennet, Made, John Lewis, Frasers Group, MySale, Ben De Lisi, John Smedley, Dr Martens, Ikea, Zalando and articles on how retailers can combat supply chain shocks, can live shopping rescue e-commerce, getting ready for new EU accessibility laws and more.

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THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS

LK Bennett reports sales bounce back in FY22

LK Bennett results to Feb 2022, saw group sales up 38% year-on-year to £37.7m, with UK sales up 53% and gross profit grew by 55% to £21.7m despite shops closures on 71 days due to Covid.

Made.com prospective buyers given mid-October deadline

Furniture retailer Made has started non-disclosure agreements with prospective buyers and the buyers will be invited to put forward non-binding proposals by the middle of October.

Frasers Group acquires further MySale shares

Frasers Group has increased its share of MySale with purchases from the Jackson Family Capital and the company’s founder and chair, Jamie Jackson giving them 50.1% of issued share capital.

Christmas shoppers expected to spend £4.4bn less this year

UK shoppers are set to spend £4.4bn less (a 22% drop) on essentials ahead of Christmas, with over 70% of customers expecting to reduce spending in some form.

73% of brands admit they are failing to deliver a true omnichannel experience

The majority (73%) of UK brands admit they are falling short in delivering a true omnichannel experience for consumers.

Sustainable as long as it’s cheap

57% of shoppers want fashion to be more sustainable and are willing to change their shopping habits to achieve that, but 61% will prioritise price over sustainability if they are asked to choose,

Tesco links executive bonuses to hitting sustainability targets

Supermarket giant Tesco will be aligning executive pay performance targets with achieving sustainability goals such as reducing food waste.

John Lewis to develop more rental and resale options

John Lewis new sustainability pledges include “buy back or take back” schemes in every product category by 2025 and plans to develop more rental and resale options.

Deliveroo launches first bricks-and-mortar store

Deliveroo has launched its first bricks-and-mortar store, the store lets customers order groceries from digital kiosks via the Deliveroo app, for in-store collection or delivery to their home or work.

TikTok set to launch live shopping in the US using outsourced tech

TikTok is planning to launch live shopping in the US and outsource the operation after the UK experiment failed to pay off.

TRENDS, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY

How online retailers can combat supply chain shocks

E-commerce influenced many retailers to go online, and the omnichannel experience is now standard however while the move online has been successful, it hasn't solved supply chain issues.

Can e-commerce be rescued by live shopping?

A new chapter is being written in the ongoing story of retail evolution: despite online retailers’ best efforts to improve the customer experience, shoppers are left wanting more.

How new EU accessibility rules affect UX design

The European Accessibility Act (EAA) will come into force on June 28, 2025, bringing new regulations into law for the accessibility of products and services.

Amazon to launch new e-commerce hub for affordable shopping options

Amazon’s new Amazon Access hub allows US customers to find more affordable shopping programmes which include discounts.

BRAND NEWS

Ben De Lisi debuts on QVC in UK

Clothes designer Ben De Lisi has launched an affordably priced UK-focused offer to add to Debenhams and Principles ranges with an exclusive line for QVC.

John Smedley creates 'Cornwall sweater' as part of Campaign for Wool

John Smedley is launching a limited edition Cornwall sweater in partnership with The Campaign for Wool as part of Wool Month's celebration of homegrown manufacturing.

Jimmy Choo launches resale through The RealReal partnership

Jimmy Choo is to offer resale to Jimmy Choo clients through a new partnership with luxury consignment retailer, The RealReal.

Dr Martens launches collaboration collection with The Clash

Dr Martens and The Clash have collaborated on a new line of 8-hole boots and 3-hole shoes, the collaboration “46 years in the making”  launches on the 6^th and features a playlist by Don Letts.

IKEA's home deliveries will be fully electric by 2025

Ikea CEO Jesper Brodin says all Ikea home deliveries will be made by electric vehicles by 2025 as part of its target to drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions over the next eight years.

Zalando expands strategic partnership with Nike

Zalando has expanded its strategic partnership with Nike in a move that will allow shoppers to shop for Nike member-exclusive products on the Zalando platform.

AND FINALLY

NFT sales tumble in Q3, down by 60% from Q2

Sales of NFTs (non-fungible tokens) plunged in Q3 as crypto investors prepare for a "crypto winter" with demand for the digital assets unlikely to return.

PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES

What were our users searching for on PRShots week-ending Sep 30^th 2022?

1/ Christmas  

2/ Halloween    

3/ AW22  

4/ Coat

5/ Bedroom

6/ Candle

7/ Earrings

8/ Purple

9/ Dresses   

10/ Cowboy Boots

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NEW BRANDS TO PRSHOTS

Boutique agency Emslie Creative has joined PRShots adding jewellery from Joanna Laura Constantine and KJJ Fine Jewellery and handbags from Sambar

Papier was launched in 2015, and creates stationery – notebooks, diaries, planners, photobooks  and stationery for weddings, birthdays etc  – and gifts that invites curiosity and contemplation. In every piece of Papier is the promise of what's to come, the endless possibilities of a blank page.

TaskPR has added it’s rosta of big name brands to PRShots with womens wear images from Joules Bias Cut DKNY Jaeger  mens wear from Jaeger jewellery from Annie Haak Tateossian Thomas Sabo watches and jewellery from Movado and occasion wear from Azazie    

Somerset by Alice Temperley embodies all of the hallmarks of the Temperley aesthetic –whimsy; unabashed femininity, wild prints and dresses that float from office to after hours.

Little Mistress is a specialist in occasion wear. From proms to graduations, weddings to christenings and every social event in between, their hyper-feminine details, jaw-dropping silhouettes and ultra-luxurious fabrics they’re designed to make the wearers feel like a million dollars. The new ranges include a phot shoot with celeb Dani Dyer.

Bridge Coffee Roasters launched Bridge in 1985 by sourcing and providing the very best coffee from around the world, and since then Bridge Coffee Roasters has bloomed into roasting and selling coffee, coffee machines and accessories

Threadbare is a proud family-owned British brand bringing great quality up-to-date fashion trends for men, women, children and dogs at affordable prices. Elevated, everyday, essentials

Ivyline creates contemporary accessories for the home and garden. Founded in 1976 the UK team works on everything from initial design to eventual dispatch. Its ethical product range comprises everything from fire pits and candles to planters, plant pots and everything in between.

Wild Clouds started because they wanted more from their clothing. More sustainability, more longevity, more versatility, more comfort, and they wanted them to be affordable. They’re committed to slow fashion, making seasonless clothing locally in London, using the most sustainable materials they can find.

Teva produced the original sport sandal on the shores of the Grand Canyon back in 1984. Born out of necessity to prevent sandals from floating downstream, a resourceful river guide strapped two Velcro watchbands to a pair of old flip-flops. And just like that, Teva was born.

Cutter & Squidge is a family-run, all-natural bakery created by two food-obsessed sisters. Playfulness is their passion, they love to create exciting, experimental flavours and artisan designs. Their bakes and gifts are lovingly handcrafted to taste delicious and look exquisite on any occasion.

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BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES

Clothing, beauty and accessories

Seol + Gold has jewellery including bangles, earrings and rings for Christmas

PrettyLittleThing  has Gemma Owen ranges, a Girls Versus Cancer range and new Halloween ranges

Cotton Traders has Christmas jumpers and new AW22 ranges

Roman Originals has new party and going out outfits

M&Co  has new AW22 drops for men, women and kids and Christmas gifts and clothing

From my mother’s garden has new AW22 clothes and bags

River Island  has Halloween dressing up ranges

New Look has new women’s shoes and Christmas outfits and jumpers

Aspiga has new AW22 ranges

Peacocks  has a new collections and Louise Redknapp collaborations

Sonder Studio has new Christmas and AW ranges

Very has new Michelle Keegan ranges and new accessories and bags

Radley has new bag ranges

Freemans has new AW22 ranges

Matalan has new AW22 collections and Alder Hey 2022 collections

Dancing Leopard has new AW22 womenswear ranges 

Dune London has new shoe ranges

Joe Browns  has new Christmas ranges

Marks & Spencer have new clothing, shoes and boot ranges and Christmas jumpers

Hope Fashion has cosy winter ranges

Fatface has new AW22 ranges

Barbour has new items from its Modern Heritage range for cosy autumn and winter walks

Primark has new clothing and accessory ranges for women and young adults and added beauty ranges

The Range has new Christmas jumpers for all the family

Accessorize has 100s of new bags and jewellery and accessories

See more new clothing and accessories images from the last two weeks from

F&F Lemuel MC Bonmarché TK Maxx NoLoGo Oliver Bonas Regatta Very John Lewis Bryony Bel Lipsy George at Asda Seol + Gold Shoe Zone Dune London Men’s  Monsoon  Office TU Clothing  

Home and food

Cardfactory has new personalised gifts and hampers

Cambridge Imprint  has new gifts for AW22

M&Co  has new Christmas decorations and homeware

Cult Furniture  has new bar stools and furniture

Primark shows its Christmas decorations and gifts

Paperchase has added more Christmas decorations and gifts and folkart stationery ranges

TK Maxx and Homesense have new homeware and Christmas goodies

KMI Brands have new curly styling essentials

Marks & Spencer have new personalised Christmas gifts and Christmas decorations

DFS has new ranges for the living room and bedroom including a Cath Kidston collaboration

Sofology has new sofa ranges

Wilko has festive decorations and gifts for Christmas and Halloween, and AW22 home 

The Range has Halloween ranges

Fatface has new Christmas gift ranges

Very has new gifts and decorations

Habitat has Christmas decorations and home ranges

Luxdeco had new gifts and homeware

Hotel Chocolat has new velvetisers, Christmas gifts, chocolates and advent calendars

Cuckooland has new sofas and childrens beds and bedding

B&M has new home gifts

Dobbies Garden Centres has new home goods, pet accessories, Christmas decorations and gifts and spooky Halloween plants

Cath Kidston has a new Great British Bake-off collaboration range

See more new home images from the last two weeks from

National Trust Shop Abstract House George Home Marks & Spencer Nest Christy Primark Matalan Oliver Bonas Next Daisy Park Freemans Primark Home Homesense Biscuiteers Baking Regatta John Lewis Fritz Fryer Furniture Village NoLoGo

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DIARY

Days Until Halloween – 27

Days Until Black Friday – 52

Days Until Cyber Monday - 55

Days Until Christmas Day – 82

October

How to make your products attractive to the media in October    

We’re into autumn and the nights are starting to draw in and the heating is on - at last! Although at a much-reduced rate.  The media are looking for images that reflect the changes so anything that looks cosy and warm is good, roaring fires, big jumpers, coats, hats, knitwear, scarfs and wellies in a leaf-strewn outdoors – all the cliches – are what the media are looking for. If you can do some night shots with sparklers, then you’re also ticking the boxes for bonfire night next month. We also have Halloween at the end of the month, so if you can get a pumpkin in your images then you’re hitting two birds with one stone.  

You should be adding Christmas images and for those magazines with long lead times then start to look for the images of people working off the Christmas excesses for the January issues. 

Don’t forget to add keywords – Gifts, Christmas, Xmas, Autumn, Winter, Halloween, fireworks night, bonfire night will all be looked for. Also, we have a wide audience with media from around the World so add those American holiday versions eg the holidays, Fall, Pumpkin day, Thanksgiving etc and words like hygge that are starting to enter the language. 

Also cost-of living crises maybe a good keyword to add especially on warm clothing

Media will also be searching for party outfits for Halloween, Guy Fawkes, and the office party season will be on us soon.  Christmas gift guides are also useful, try and be creative, do ones for every eventuality eg gifts guides for him/her/mum/dad/kids/teenagers/pets etc also gifts under £150/100/£50 and for guides for secret Santa’s gifts under £20.

Please put prices on everything!!! Otherwise, you stand no chance of getting into any of the features that include “Presents under £50”, “Party dresses for £150” 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.

October Diary - Weeks/Months

October is also known as ‘Stoptober’ which started as a campaign around giving up cigarettes, but is now joined by MacMillans Go Sober for October, so if you have anything non-alcoholic then get it on PRShots and make sure you add Stoptober and non-alcoholic as keywords. It’s also breast cancer awareness month, wool month, black history month, vegetarian awareness month, apple month, cookie month, spinach lovers’ month, pork month and national pasta, chilli and pizza month.

The second week is National Chocolate week, and in the US the 14-20^th is national School Lunch week.

October - Days

4^th – Yom Kippur begins

4^th – National Vodka Day (US)

4^th – Navaratri Hindu festival ends

4^th – Vijayadashami/Dussehra Hindu festival

5^th – UN World Teachers’ Day

5^th – Navaratri ends

6^th – National Poetry Day

6^th - National Plus Size Appreciation Day

7^th – National LED light Day

7^th-8^th  – Eid Milad un Nabi (Mawlid)

9^th – First Day of Sukkot – Jewish Holiday

10^th – UN World Mental Health Day

10^th – National Cake Decorating Day

13^th – National Yorkshire Pudding Day (US)

15^th – Hoshana Rabbah

16^th – Last Day of Sukkot

16^th – Shemini Atzeret

16^th – UN World Food Day

16^th – Department store day

17^th - Simchat Torah

18^th – National Chocolate Cup Cake Day (US)

20^th – National Office Chocolate Day (US)

25^th – World pasta day

26^th – National pumpkin day

27^th – National American Beer Day

28^th – National Chocolate Day (US)

29^th – National Cat Day (US)

30^th – Clocks go back tonight

31^st – Halloween

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