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PRShots Roundup brings you the latest retail news from Astrid & Miyu, Dunelm, Lakeland, Shein, Pret a Manger, Vinted, Sephora, The Entertainer, George At Asda, Sign of the Times, Urban Outfitters, and Go Outdoors. Plus, a quick guide to marketing attribution models, why data alone can’t solve your churn issues and more.
THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Astrid & Miyu targets more stores, says sales to hit £50m this year
London-based Astrid & Miyu, which currently operates 26 stores globally, is targeting 50 units in the next three years, and expects sales to increase to £50m this year.
Dunelm sales top £1.7bn as profits rise and store footprint expands
Dunelm has reported higher sales and profits in its latest financial year, as it hit several milestones including opening its 200th store, expanding into Ireland and strengthening its digital proposition.
UK retail sales climb in August but tax fears loom over Christmas
Total UK retail sales rose 3.1% year on year for the four weeks to 30 Aug, against 1% growth last year, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC).
Lakeland owner renews interest in Claire’s rescue deal
Lakeland backer Hilco Capital is in discussions with Claire’s administrators Interpath about a potential rescue deal for the retailer.
Shein denies accusation of avoiding UK tax
Shein has rejected the accusations lodged by the Fair Tax Foundation, which has been questioning its tax arrangements.
Pret sees global double-digit sales growth
Food-to-go chain Pret a Manger has reported a double-digit sales growth across its global company-owned and franchise shops.
Asos secures workers’ rights across entire supply chain in industry first
Asos has extended its human rights commitments into transport and logistics, signing a legally binding agreement with the International Transport Workers’ Federation (ITF).
JYSK to invest £230m as part of a new IT and store opening strategy
Danish furniture and home interiors retailer JYSK is to spend DKK2bn (£230m) on IT and new store openings over the next three years.
Publishers fear AI summaries are hitting online traffic
The AI overview feature is a concern for newspapers and other media publishers, who have already seen much of their advertising revenue siphoned off by social media.
TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
5 ways luxury resale is reshaping the fashion landscape
As the global luxury market faces a cool-down in 2025 amidst ongoing geopolitical and economic turbulence, the luxury resale market continues to undergo rapid growth.
A quick guide to marketing attribution models
Still crediting only the last click? That oversimplifies your funnel. Explore better models to see what’s really working across your channels. Martech explains the options.
Why data alone can’t solve your churn issues
Most brands try to solve retention and churn by diving deeper into the data. But to get a more accurate answer you need to get out of the office and into conversations with your customers.
Are US fashion brands at risk of growing anti-American backlash over Trump policies?
Last week Levi’s issued a warning that “rising anti-Americanism as a consequence of the Trump tariffs and governmental policies” could affect its sales in Britain. Is this the start of a trend?
How digital side hustles are transforming the UK retail workforce
The landscape of work in the UK retail sector is evolving rapidly, with digital side hustles emerging as a significant trend among employees. Retail Times investigates.
How social commerce opens new doors for UK mid-market retailers
UK retail is undergoing a digital transformation, with social commerce rapidly emerging as a powerful force for mid-market retailers.
Retail media set to capture 20% of global ad revenue by 2030
The retail media sector is projected to exceed $300bn by 2030, accounting for approximately 20% of total global advertising revenue.
Ralph Lauren launches AI-powered Ask Ralph
Ralph Lauren is launching an AI-powered feature on its app that delivers shoppable style advice based on 100 commonly asked fashion questions answered by the designer himself and his team.
Tesco launches safety app that tracks work journeys for UK employees
Tesco has offered its 300,000 employees the Peoplesafe app that tracks their journeys to and from work in response to feedback from staff who said they sometimes feel unsafe when commuting.
BRAND NEWS
Vinted funds TV design competition celebrating second-hand fashion
Vinted is funding a six-part TV series ‘RE/Style’, which sees eight emerging designers using second-hand items to create unique looks competing for a prize of a debut at London Fashion Week.
Sephora reveals launch date of new Cardiff store
Sephora has announced details of its new Cardiff store, the store opening in October will be its 11th shop in the UK and is the first to launch in Wales.
The Entertainer announces latest expansion with British Garden Centres
The Entertainer, is partnering with the UK’s largest family-run garden centre group, British Garden Centres, to open branded toy concessions in stores across the country.
George at Asda launches adult adaptive clothing range
George at Asda is rolling out a 28-piece collection of adult adaptive clothing, honouring the legacy of breast cancer campaigner Nicky Newman.
Sign of the Times to launch in Manchester and Cheshire
London-based luxury resale platform Sign of the Times will launch in Manchester and Cheshire this month as the brand expands its consignment services nationwide.
Urban Outfitters opens in Metrocentre
Urban Outfitters has opened an 8,000 sq ft store in the Metrocentre in Gateshead as the mall announces record fashion sales so far this year.
Go Outdoors' York store is top-performing flagship
Go Outdoor’s 125,000 sq-ft York (and Europe’s biggest) superstore opened last year is the brand’s best-performing flagship.
Pret a Manger to take on supermarkets by trialling meal deals
Pret a Manger is finally caving in to competition from supermarkets by launching meal deals, after the value of the chain was slashed by a third amid “intense strains” on the hospitality industry.
AND FINALLY x2
UK advertising watchdog accused of breaking rules in its own ad campaign
The UK advertising watchdog has received a complaint about its own high-profile UK-wide campaign, accusing it of breaking the rules it enforces around misleading marketing.
Woman's online shopping at work not sackable offence
Spending less than an hour during work browsing properties or shopping online is not a sackable offence, a UK judge has ruled.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending Sep 5th 2025?
1/ AW25
2/ Christmas
3/ Halloween
4/ Candle
5/ Cushion
6/ Boots
7/ Kids
8/ Bathroom
9/ Wood
10/ Mug
PRSHOTS DIARY
PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts
Days until Halloween – 52
Days until Black Friday - 80
Days until Christmas Day – 107
Days until Valentine’s Day - 158
How to make your products attractive to the media in September
Our September PR toolkit and content calculator is here to help PRs and marketers forward-plan campaigns and pitches armed with some timely and topical angles, plus it’s a checklist for potential campaign hooks.
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 2026 images for those titles with long lead times, as they will be starting to look at their Feb and March 2026 issues so you can help them out with previews of SS26.
The media are going to be starting to create features around what to wear for university or college, and the office autumn wardrobe. 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 then there are titles looking for 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.
If you’re looking for more hooks to help promote your brand and products, then see the list of days, weeks and fortnights below.
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 18th-22nd September and will features men and women’s fashion and includes digital and physical events. The schedule will be available here https://londonfashionweek.co.uk/schedule, other fashion weeks include New York Fashion Week (11th-16th), Milan Fashion Week (23rd-29th) and Paris Fashion Week (29th Sept -7th Oct)
There’s also: the Moda trade show (7th-10th Sept), London Textile Fair (2nd-3rd Sept), Top Drawer (14th-16th Sept) and Sustainable Fashion Week (27th Sept to 5th Oct).
Other weeks to celebrate this month include;
Sexual Health Week (8th- 14th) (Second week in September)
British Science Festival (10th -14th)
Jane Austen Festival (12th-21st)
Open House Festival (13th -21st)
Bridal Fashion Week (14th-16th)
Great British Beach Clean Week (19th-28th)
Wrap’s National Recycle Week (22nd-28th)
Negroni Week (22nd-28th)
Fairtrade Fortnight (22nd –5th Oct)
British Food Fortnight (26th Sept – 12th Oct)
Wool Week (28th Sept – 4th Oct)
September - Days
12th -14th – The Goodwood Revival
16th – 100 days until Christmas
21st – Zero Emissions Day
22nd – Car-free Day
22nd – September Equinox
22nd-25th – Rosh Hashanah
22nd – Navaratri Starts
25th – 3 months until Christmas Day
27th – World Tourism Day
For more diary dates for this year see the Marketing Retail Diary
NB - All dates have been checked, but some events may change due to unforeseen circumstances or have not been fully confirmed for 2025 by the authorities controlling the event(s).
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NEW BRANDS TO PRSHOTS
Gardena has been producing products and solutions for the garden for more than 50 years and operates in more than 100 countries. Products and services include watering, lawn care, tree and shrub care and soil cultivation.
Flymo invented the hover mower more than 50 years ago, and since then Flymo have become the market leaders in the design and innovation of unique gardening products, which makes gardening easier.
Salts Cashmere has launched a unisex range of cashmere jumpers and tops that are made in Yorkshire.
BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES
Clothing, beauty and accessories
Matalan has new AW25 baby, toddler and kids wear ranges, Et Vous ranges of women’s shoes and boots, men and women’s autumn winter ranges including Happily Denim after denim ranges, AW25 menswear including casual and formal evening wear, Disney Villains family outfits including Halloween ranges.
Very has a new Future Heirlooms and West Country Craft drops for its new Very Collection range of women’s clothing which includes the labels V by Very and Everyday, new Halloween outfits, including Addams Family ranges.
Monsoon has new AW25 clothing, jewellery and accessories, including bags, sunglasses, shoes, boots, scarves and jewellery, new wedding and bridal ranges, new SS25 ranges for the beach and holidays, plus women’s and kids clothing for the summer.
Accessorize has new AW25 womenswear, new jewellery, charms, socks, hats, scarves and wraps for Christmas, a new Palma range of womenswear shoes and accessories, a new SS25 beachwear, bags, and scarves.
George at Asda has Tickled Pink cancer charity clothing ranges for Breast Cancer awareness month.
Bonmarché has new Lisa Snowdon, Dash and Autonomy ranges of AW25 clothing, new Lorraine Kelly collaborations for AW25, plus new women's wear ranges including coats, blouses, jackets and jumpers.
Peacocks has new AW25 ranges, including a Dani Dyer Collection and a Louise Redknapp Edit of summer womenswear, plus her Linen Edit for summer, a new SS25 Edit range, and a new menswear range.
John Lewis has new Topshop range, AW25 kidswear and womenswear lookbook images, plus bags, shoes, boots and accessories, a John Lewis x Rejina Pyo new collection.
River Island has a new collaboration with Olivia Attwood, new Suede season handbags, Summer Darks ranges of clothing, shoes, bags, and accessories, plus new denim ranges.
Primark has new denim ranges, Premium Essentials and Kem ranges, Snaffle ranges of accessories including bags, belts, jewellery and shoes, Performance athleisure ware, a viral products clothing range, Conscious Clothing ranges, Wednesday Core themed clothing and accessory ranges.
Cotton Traders has new winter clothing ranges including coats, cardigans, trousers and Christmas jumpers.
Threadbare has new menswear and women’s wear ranges for the autumn and winter.
Roman Originals has new AW25 Dusk, Curve and Petite ranges, plus outfits with this year’s must-haves, crochet and embroidery/broderie anglaise, big-pattern midi-length dresses and Bardot tops.
Barbour has new Barbour X Kaptain Sunshine collaboration of outdoor wear, new Heritage ranges, September clothing ranges plus new outfits and footwear for the festival season.
New Look has new AW25 clothes, bags, shoes, boots and accessories, new womenswear outfits and cowboy core womenswear drops.
F&F has new Kids and womenswear Christmas clothing ranges, autumn womenswear ranges, a new Kate Ferdinand active wear collaboration.
Fable England has a new range of scarves, bags, and jewellery plus Agnes jewellery, nightwear, scarf and bag range for the autumn.
Sims Wear has new men’s accessory ranges.
Joe Browns has new AW25 for men and women including clothes, jewellery and accessories; large patterned maxi and Midi-dresses big coats, khaki and camouflage trousers and lots of warm outfits for the autumn and winter.
Inspecs has new Regen Optics glasses to reduce glare, blue light, plus lenses to enhance gaming, as well as campaign imagery of sunglasses for men and women from Radley, Superdry and Botaniq.
Oliver Bonas has new autumnal womenswear including jumpers, cardigans, trousers, scarves and shoes, plus jewellery and clothing for September, new accessory drops including bags, hats, shoes, sandals, scarves and sunglasses.
M&S has new accessories and jewellery, ballet shoe ranges, new kids ranges of clothes and shoes.
See additional new clothing and accessories images from
Iolla Scamp & Dude Tu Clothing TK Maxx National Trust Dune London
Home, garden and food
Very has new Halloween and Christmas decorations for the home.
Accessorize has new Christmas decorations for the tree.
Treats by Mars has new Mars and Snickers flavour milk drinks, M&M festive and Halloween hot chocolate kits and Galaxy hot chocolate ranges.
George Home has Tickled Pink cancer charity food and drink ranges for Breast Cancer awareness month and has new AW25 Cosy Autumn, Autumn Revival, French Fancy and Serene ranges of tableware, tables, lights, candles, cushions, and soft furnishings.
Cambridge Imprint has patterned papers, new notecards and envelopes, Christmas cards, garlands, paper chains, coronets, banners, plus notebooks, exercise books, new clipboards, tissue boxes, postcard boxes, pencil pots, and letter trays.
Dobbies Garden Centres has Halloween decorations, a new RHS collaboration range of gifts, plus Christmas decorations, gifts and food.
Oliver Bonas has a new Shrimps collaboration of homeware, new furniture, Christmas decorations, gifts and things for the home, plus new September/October drops of homeware ranges for the lounge, bedroom, kitchen, dining room and lounge for AW25.
B&M has it’s Christmas Gift Guide and Frosted Night, Nordic Glow, Peaceful Wishes, Snow Much Fun and Festive Folklore Christmas decorations, homeware for back to college, university Halloween decorations and accessories.
Ruggable has a range of Halloween and Autumn-themed doormats as well as rugs in autumn colours.
The Orchard has tabletop fire pits and mini pizza ovens, artificial Christmas tree ranges, new Miami Corner Group sofa, new autumn and Halloween decorations, new furniture ranges for indoors and outdoors from garden tables and chairs to sofas and chairs for the lounge.
Homesense has new Halloween and Christmas decorations for the home, new furniture and accessory ranges for the kitchen and living room, including soft furnishings, dishes and glassware.
Jellycat has new Christmas cuddly toys and tree decorations, new Halloween themed cuddly toys and amuseables, plus new designs and bag charms.
Arran Sense of Scotland has new Island Dusk range, 2025 Christmas gift packs and an advent calendar, new refill packages, home fragrances, scented candles, plus a new mum and bride scent range.
Joe Browns has new homeware including lights, faux plants, signs, lamp shades, dining and drink ware, trays, coasters, stools, side tables soft furnishings, prints and throws.
John Lewis has its new Ancient Wonders, Worldly Treasures and Heirloom Splendour ranges of Christmas 2025 decorations and homeware, and a new collaboration with John Cooper and AW25 lookbook images from its Heritage, Modern Luxe and Timeless range of homeware collections.
Primark has a new Viral Product range, Halloween decorations and gifts, back-to-college ranges, harvest festival ranges of decorations, and Edit homeware ranges.
Oriana B has new furniture ranges including side tables, sideboards.
Ivyline has a selection of Autumn and Halloween decorations, Christmas trees, tree decorations, lights and decorations for the home plus candle holders, pots and vases.
Home Bargains has new autumn and Halloween things for the home as well as Christmas decorations and homeware.
Quorn Stone has new marble and decorative effect tiles, Parisian Manoir, Lullington, Chalfont and Orotelli decorative tiles, plus new natural stone and Canyon Terrazzo effect porcelain tiles and chequered decorative tiles for the bathroom.
Dunelm has a new homeware for the autumn, plus festive Kitschmas collaboration with designer Sophie Robinson, a new AW25 Modern Nostalgia, Into the Wild, Harvest Hues and Quite Luxury collections of homeware including furniture, bedding, curtains, soft furnishings.
Designers Guild has new Trevenna, AW25 ranges of big-patterned print material for curtains and soft furnishings.
M&S has new Christmas decorations for the tree and the home.
Matalan has Christmas decorations and gifts, AW25 homeware for the autumn including Halloween and Harvest Festival themed soft furnishings.
See additional new home images from
Habitat Nest Sofology TK Maxx National Trust Hobbycraft
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