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THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
N Brown profit and revenue fall
N Brown saw a 5.3% drop in group revenue to £677.5m in the 53 weeks to March 4 with adjusted EBITDA down 39.7% to £57m in line with the latest board and market expectations.
Pepco sales rise as growth strategy progresses
Pepco sales were up 22.8% to €2.8bn and underlying EBITDA increased 11% to €377m in the half to March 31 and is on track to open at least 550 new stores in the current financial year.
Retail sales growth slows as bank holidays fail to get consumers spending
Total retail sales were up 3.9% in May, up from a decline of 1.1% in May 2022, with non-food sales up 0.7% on a total basis and up 0.5% over three months according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor.
Boots among companies hit by major cyber attack with UK staff bank details exposed
Boots and British Airways have been named among thousands of firms who have been hit by a major cyber attack by a Russian-speaking criminal gang in a widespread hack.
Sainsbury’s bolsters online fashion marketplace
Sainsbury’s has added more third-party brands to its Tu website bringing the total to almost twenty third-party fashion brands including the latest fashion label Finery London.
John Lewis to source own-range sofa leather exclusively from Waitrose farms
John Lewis is to source leather for its own-label sofas and chairs exclusively from farms that supply sister brand Waitrose as the JLP groups seek to integrate further and operate more sustainably.
The Edit LDN eyes European expansion
The Edit LDN is expanding its international presence with new department store concessions in Amsterdam and Dublin, Drapers revealed.
Casablanca sold in corporate restructuring deal to power future growth
High-end fashion brand Casablanca Clothing known for its colourful and exuberant fusion of luxury and leisurewear, has been acquired in a corporate restructuring deal to power its future growth.
Consumers want personalised ads
UK shoppers say they ignore over half (56%) of digital advertising they see, while 54% of search ads also go unnoticed by UK consumers.
TRENDS, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
3 winning strategies to boost sales and marketing
New research from Bain shows the three ways companies can boost and refine their sales and marketing go-to-market model.
Research by consultants Bain shows that investment in unified commerce is critical to delivering a holistic seamless customer experience and is something that every retailer needs to prioritise.
Why AI is the most important consumer trend to watch for marketers
AI has been singled out as the single most important consumer trend to watch for marketers, according to the latest Mediaocean report.
Social media image sizes cheatsheet
The most recent image size specifications for different social media networks, including Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, and more.
5 ways to improve social media security awareness
Being active on social media comes with some security risks. Hootsuite has top tips to help improve your workplace social media security awareness.
How to use ChatGPT for social media
Save time, get strategy advice, and never worry about finding the perfect caption. Here's how to get started with ChatGPT for social media.
Geopost launches carbon calculator for shippers
Parcel delivery service Geopost has launched a new carbon calculator to help shipping customers see carbon emissions in real-time and is already in use by DPD in the UK and some Euro nations.
Shopify puts spotlight back on its Shop app with the rollout of Shop Cash rewards program
Shopify has launched a new rewards program called Shop Cash on purchases made using Shop Pay and redeemable only in the Shop app. Shopify’s
Aldi partners with Polytag to trace packaging recycling
Aldi UK is partnering with Polytag, to improve the traceability of its packaging recycling by adding invisible UV tags to its products packaging and monitoring for the UV tags at recycling centres.
PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Maison Margiela appoints CEO and chairman
Paris fashion house Maison Margiela has appointed Gaetano Sciuto as the brand's new CEO and Stefano Rosso as its new chairman.
Diesel hires new North America CEO
Premium Italian denim and clothing brand Diesel has appointed Matteo Lena to the role of North America CEO starting 5th June.
BRAND NEWS
Joe Browns opens first new store in four years
Joe Browns is opening its first franchise store with retail entrepreneurs Adrian and Julie North. The shop in Bowness will open on June 10th and will sell menswear, womenswear and home ranges.
Angelina Jolie teaming up with Chloé for first clothing collection
French fashion house Chloé has confirmed that it will be the first collaborator for Angelina Jolie’s new purpose-driven sustainable fashion label, Atelier Jolie, which the actress unveiled last month.
Fat Face expands into Canada with three new stores
Retail Week can reveals fashion retailer Fat Face has made its Canada debut with the opening of three new stores and six more planned for later this year.
Homebase offers BNPL options in-store
Homebase is now offering an instore buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) credit financing option of up to £50,000, provided by PayPal.
Marks & Spencer’s summer Icons collection
Marks & Spencer has launched its second M&S Icons collection, focusing on summer staples for men’s and womenswear.
North Sails launches beachwear collection to help regenerate coral reefs
Sailing lifestyle brand North Sails has launched its third capsule beachwear collection with environmental group the Coral Gardeners to help regenerate the world’s dying coral reefs.
Cooshti launches sunglasses collaboration with MessyWeekend for 30th anniversary
Bristol streetwear independent Cooshti has launched a sunglasses collaboration with Danish eyewear brand MessyWeekend, as part of the retailer’s 30th anniversary celebrations.
AND FINALLY
New documentary ‘Do-Gooders’ shines a light on environmental campaign
New documentary, ‘Do-Gooders: Creatives’, celebrates the creatives and purpose-led agencies that are putting the planet first by shining a light on the UK’s biggest environmental campaigns.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending June 2nd 2023?
1/ Summer
2/ Father’s Day
3/ Garden
4/ Sandals
5/ Outdoor
6/ Earrings
7/ Scarf
8/ Bathroom
9/ Picnic
10/ Pink
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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.
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
Roman Originals has new spring and summer ranges in all sizes.
Oliver Bonas has new jewellery collections.
Fatface has new festival wear, beachwear – with a collaboration with the Marine Conservation Society - summer clothing, shoes, bags, jewellery, and accessories.
Curvy Kate has new Twist & Shout ranges.
Monsoon has new accessory ranges. summer dresses, children’s coats and dresses plus shoes, jewellery and women and children’s summer beachwear.
Primark has a new Hip Trip festival range, a Pride range, a Bridgerton range of clothes and accessories, makeup ranges, swimsuits and beachwear, plus a Keith Haring collab, and new makeup.
Seol + Gold has new jewellery and womenswear ranges.
George at Asda has new women’s summer clothing and tops for Father’s Day.
Matalan has new Father’s Day gifts, summer accessories, mens Taylor & Wright suits, kids summer outfits and beachwear plus new womenswear.
Lipsy has new Laura Whitmore x Love & Roses collaboration and new Love & Roses collections.
PrettyLittleThing has a new bodycon range, a festival collection, a Molly Mae Summer edit, a Bridal edit, Kappa and Gemma Owen collaborations, plus beach outfits.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
See additional new clothing and accessories images from the last few weeks at
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Home, garden and food
The Range has a new beach accessories, homeware, festival gear, and a honey comb collection of kitchen and table ware.
Furniture Village has new lounge and bedroom solutions.
Cartwright & Butler has new picnic hampers and Father’s Day ranges.
Daisy Park has new homeware and new Gisela Graham Christmas candle ranges and Christmas decorations.
Wilko has new presents for Father’s Day
Hobbycraft has new tips for pride clothing, summer party ranges, Father’s Day gifts, foam mosaic art and paint and sew your own ranges.
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.
Biscuiteers Baking has new ranges for graduation and Father’s Day.
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, Father’s Day treats, afternoon tea selections and picnic hampers.
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.
Regatta has a new Orla Kiely collaboration range of tents and accessories.
TK Maxx has new homeware, picnic and beach accessories.
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PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts
Days until Father’s Day - 12
Days until Halloween - 147
Days until Singles Day - 158
Days until Black Friday - 171
Days until Christmas Day - 202
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, National Smile Month (15th May – 15th June). It’s also London Fashion Week (9th-12th), Men’s Health Week (10th-17th), Diabetes Awareness Week (12th-18th), National Picnic Week (18th-26th). Shorter events include - Royal Ascot (20th-24th), the Derby (2nd-3rd) and the return of the Glastonbury festival (21st-25th)
June - Days
6th - D-Day
7th – Global Running Day
8th – World Oceans Day
10th – World Gin Day
14th – International Bath Day
14th – National Cup Cake Day (US)
15th – Three years since the end of the first UK lockdown for non-essential shops (England)
15th – National Beer Day (UK)
17th – King Charles III official Birthday
18th – Sustainable Gastronomy Day
18th – International Picnic Day
18th – Father’s Day
18th – Juneteenth
20th – Royal Ascot Starts
21st – Glastonbury Festival Starts
21st – International Yoga Day
21st – Summer Solstice (The end of Spring)
22nd – World Rainforest Day
22nd – Windrush Day
23rd – Take your dog to work Day
24th – Midsummer’s Day
25th – 6 months until Christmas Day
30th – International Asteroid Day
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