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THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Frasers Group ups stake in Hugo Boss to £415m
Frasers Group has upped its stake in Hugo Boss once again, taking its investment in the company to around £415m (€490m) at the shares’ most recent closing price.
Poundland parent Pepco Group revenues grew 8% to €1.481bn in the three months to 30 June and the group expects its full-year EBITDA to grow by around 20% to €900m.
Radley growth driven by John Lewis and US sales
Radley revenues grew 2.1% to £77.3m in the year to 29 April 2023, fuelled by double-digit increase in wholesale and US market sales and sales via John Lewis.
Roman has seen record sales as its post-pandemic comeback continues with turnover for FY23 up to £141m from £126m but pre-tax profit fell to £7.5m from £10.8m in the year before.
Beauty industry tycoon closes in on Body Shop deal
Entrepreneur Mike Jatania, who made his fortune building cosmetics brands, is part of a consortium said to be close to buying The Body Shop out of administration.
WSG Brands has acquired Von Dutch for an undisclosed amount, as the US brand management firm looks to expand the iconic Los Angeles lifestyle brand across the globe.
Dr Martens holds outlook ahead of AGM
Dr Martens said trading since April has been "in line with expectations" and its full-year guidance remains unchanged ahead of its Annual General Meeting (AGM) later today.
UK economy returned to growth in May
Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show gross domestic product rose by 0.4% in May, after recording zero growth in April. City economists had forecast growth of 0.2%.
TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
How to build a social listening strategy
Find out how businesses are using social listening to get the insights that matter and learn how to build your own winning social listening strategy.
What fashion brands can learn from Nike’s mistakes
Where the sportswear giant went wrong and how other brands can avoid making the same missteps.
2024’s Christmas bestsellers revealed
Which categories and products will dominate spend for Christmas 2024 and how are retailers preparing to win in the golden quarter?
Why the Eras Tour has been a triumph for UK retail
Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour has well and truly been the talk of the town, but how much has the superstar’s fandom impacted retail? Retail Week explores Swiftonomics’ big retail hits.
How Harrods is bringing ‘175 years of exceptional’ to life
Harrods is celebrating 175 years of trading this year and the business is keen to celebrate and is making sure the luxury brands that it sells play a central role in these celebrations.
PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Nike rehires retired exec to fix slipping sales
Nike has rehired Tom Peddie, a veteran executive who worked at Nike for three decades before retiring in 2020, after the sportswear giant reported slipping sales.
BRAND NEWS
Represent to open debut UK flagship in Manchester
British luxury brand Represent will open its first UK flagship store in Manchester in September closely followed by a flagship store in London.
Hobbycraft making a ‘significant investment’ in store estate across England
Hobbycraft is making a “significant investment” into bricks and mortar with plans to open seven new stores in England in 2025.
THG is extending its next-day delivery deadline as late-night shopping booms
THG’s UK customers will be able to place orders for next-day or same-day delivery until 1am, seven days a week as the retailer hops on the late-night shopping trend.
AND FINALLY x2
Marc Jacobs and rock band Nirvana reach agreement
Marc Jacobs, artist Robert Fisher and rock band Nirvana have reached a settlement in a lawsuit over the rights to the "smiley" logo.
Mango launches first campaign generated by artificial intelligence
Mango has launched an entirely AI generated campaign for its limited-edition Sunset Dream collection in its new Mango Teen line.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending July 5th 2024?
1/ SS24
2/ AW24
3/ Christmas
4/ Garden
5/ Kitchen
6/ Denim
7/ Bathroom
8/ Home
9/ Floral
10/ Bedroom
NEW BRANDS TO PRSHOTS
Twisted Loom is a furniture and homeware brand founded by award-winning designer-maker Charlotte Cochrane. It creates exceptional quality goods with a focus on sustainability and all items are made in-house, using materials sourced within a 50-mile radius of the Manchester studio.
Online Home Shop are passionate about home textiles and believe that gorgeous interiors don't need to cost the earth. The brand aims to bring you on-trend products for home and life, for a price that suits all budgets with everything from the latest bedding styles, soft towels, throws, curtains, rugs and best-selling hoodie blankets.
Cayo is a new British brand that aims to become a part of the family with the launch of its curated collection of unique and stylish dummies to help soothe babies and toddlers throughout their daily routine.
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Clothing, beauty and accessories
George at Asda has a new SS24 womenswear, back to school ranges, plus new kids and womenswear collaboration with Billie Faiers.
F&F has a new Autumn F&F Edit and athleisure outfits, a collaboration with In The Style and a new summer range of womenswear including beachwear, lots of denim and metallics.
Matalan has a new AWtransition womenswear, 20 dresses for £20 or less range, summer women's shoes and sandals, adult and kids clothing for the Euros summer 2024, an NSPCC Bing kidswear collaboration.
River Island has new Western and FlackStock ranges of festival wear, a collection of dresses, shoes, bags and jewellery for The Races, high summer ranges, new festival ranges, 90s collection, a RI Studio range, Boho range.
Very has a new Back-to-school, V by Very, festival fashion and Olympic ranges, plus summer holidays range, under £50 ranges of clothing, plus new beachwear, sunglasses and summer co-ords, new Tara Maynard collaboration, V by Very curve and Everyday ranges, plus Wimbledon-inspired ranges.
Style for Stroke has new ranges of t-shirts and bags to promote the charity.
Dune London has new handbags and accessory ranges for high summer 2024.
Primark has new Back to school ranges, Edit ranges, beauty ranges, a new Rita Ora collaboration of festival wear range including jewellery, shoes, boots and clothing, a new Pride range, a Bridgerton-inspired clothing range.
Accessorize has a new jewellery ranges, AW24 Rewild collections, Sports range of bags, jewellery, sunglasses and more, plus a small accessories range, flip flops and a festival edit of jewellery and accessories.
Betty & Biddy has new jewellery ranges for AW24 including necklaces, earrings and bridal ranges.
PrettyLittleThing has new summer swimsuits, PLT Sports ‘tenniscore’ and athleisure outfits and PLT label summer outfits, new beach outfits, and For the dreamers Festival range.
Roman Originals has new Roman Curve ranges, SS24 womenswear and new Petite, Dusk, Ariella ranges and new spring womenswear ranges including big-pattern dresses, denim and linen.
John Lewis has new Anyday womenswear ranges, JLP womenswear lines, bags, shoes, boots and jewellery for AW24.
Marks & Spencer has new NBA kidswear ranges, back-to-school collections, M&S Collection and Per Una womenswear and accessories, new menswear, kidswear, a Sienna Miller collaboration, new B by Boutique ranges, plus new menswear range, Euro 2024 ranges and a FA collection featuring Gareth Southgate, Marcus Rashford and Conor Gallagher.
New Look has new summer and high summer 2024 womenswear dresses, trousers and tops.
Iolla has new ranges of sunglasses and contemporary glasses for men and women.
TK Maxx has new womenswear and menswear ranges of clothing, shoes and accessories for the beach and home.
Peachaus has new ranges of sleepwear and lingerie.
Celtic & Co have new AW24 clothing with jumpers and coats for the winter months for him and her plus summer womenswear ranges.
Scamp & Dude has new Summer women's wear ranges and accessories for holidays, the beach, the evening and for relaxing at home.
Oliver Bonas has new August clothing ranges with a Mediterranean and Nostalgia themes, new cosmetics ranges and new summer dresses (midi and mini), bags, jackets, hats, jewellery, sunglasses, flats, training shoes and sandals.
Peacocks has new Summer 2024 womenswear, Louise Redknapp Edit, new lingerie and swimsuit collaboration with model Caprice, football PJs for the UEFA Championships Summer 2024 and a range of beach and holiday wear.
Fielding & Nicholson has AW24 menswear.
Cotton Traders has new AW24 womenswear including coats, jumpers, skirts, and bags, plus jumpers and shirts for men.
Bonmarché has a new Lorraine Kelly Autumn 2024 range, a high summer collection and a second David Emmanuel collaboration, a new Autonomy high summer ranges, denim and Mollie Mom collection.
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Home, garden and food
The Gluttonous Gardener has new BBQ herb garden ranges, summer gifts, wedding gift roses and new plant ranges.
Matalan has new AW24 ranges, Christmas lookbooks and images, Halloween ideas, new homeware (indoors and out) ranges including cushions, kitchenware, bowls, baskets, planters and gift ideas for the summer.
Sofology has new sofas and armchairs for AW24 for lounges of all sizes from small to very large in fabrics and leather.
Ivyline has new plant pot, planters and vases, fireplace accessories, plus homeware items for the lounge, dining room and a range of new Christmas decorations, candles, candlesticks and ornaments.
Nest has new ranges of outdoor furniture as well as furniture ranges for inside.
Marks & Spencer has new Classic Revival and Casual Sancturary homeware for AW24, Provenance perfume and makeup ranges, summer resort picnic ranges, beauty ranges, luggage for summer holidays, travel cosmetics and towels for the beach.
John Lewis has new furniture, accessories for the home and soft furnishings ranges for AW24.
Dobbies Garden Centres has new Snow & Sparkles, Magic Woodland, Classic Noel, Colour Pop and Festival Tales Christmas decoration ranges, plus autumn homewares, playhouses and garden toys, and Halloween ranges.
London Grace has new nail polish ranges.
George Home has new AW24 Cosy Cottage, Modern Renaissance and Dark Nature ranges for the dining room, kitchen and lounge.
Homesense has new things for the home and for the garden BBQ and outdoor picnics.
Designers Guild has new Christian Lacroix AW24 Maison cushions, plus AW24 Pottery Studio fabric and wallpaper and accessories including cushions, rugs and throws.
TK Maxx has everything for the summer holidays from luggage to beach towels.
Home Bargains has things for the home for the autumn and Halloween.
Cambridge Imprint has Giant scrapbooks, albums, pen pots, letter trays, pen boxes, notebooks, exercise books, trays, memo books and planners, portfolios, letter trays, gift boxes, box files, exercise books and much more.
Hobbycraft has new tie-die t-shirts, material, wreath floral faux foliage autumn ideas, Country Cottage knitwear and how-to-make bracelet advice kits.
Quorn Stone has a range of new tiles for the bathroom as well as paving cobbles and porcelain paving stones for the garden and tiles for the kitchen.
Oliver Bonas has new AW24 ranges and July and August high-summer homeware drops, plus jewellery boxes, ring holders and trinket pots, plus homeware including wall art, vases and more, plus bright summer kitchenware, travel edits and wellness goods.
Cutter & Squidge has new Wimbledon tennis-themed biscuits and foodie gift ideas.
Cult Furniture has new Bourton office furniture, Boucle and Eco Edit range for indoors, furniture for outdoors, Madelyn and Aubery Garden ranges, plus ‘70s revival furniture, side tables, lighting solutions and dining chairs.
Next has its new Woodland Walk Autumn 2024 range of furniture, lighting, soft furnishings for the living, dining room and bedroom.
Dunelm has new sofa and chair ranges, plus lots of gifts for the home, its Elements and Churchgate AW24 ranges for the home, a Made to Measure William Morris range and Cosy Sleep and Autumn Glow ranges.
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DIARY
PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts
Days until Paris Olympics - 15
Days until Halloween – 112
Days until Black Friday – 141
Days until Christmas – 167
How to get your brand on the July Media Calendars
Summer is here! So keep on adding anything summer-related to your media centres eg summer clothing, swimwear, bikinis, shorts, beachwear, and sunglasses, plus things to keep you cool, like fans, sun hats and sun shades. Also, push anything to do with the 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 that people may search on eg BBQ, Bar-B-Que etc and other related keywords like picnic.
The festival season is now in full-swing, and the media are all looking for festival wear and things to take to festivals (tents, fans, ice boxes, torches etc). We’re also getting ready to go on holiday so luggage, bags, bumbags, beach towels etc are all being searched for.
It’s also the Olympics so sport is going to be in the news and it’s going to make everyone want to get healthy so athleisure wear, running shoes, trainers, pumps are all going to start appearing in searches.
Clothing keywords being searched for this summer include; florals, denim, crochet, midi-dresses, maxi-dresses, polo, preppy, tennis-core, festival wear.
But not everyone is going abroad. The cost-of-living crisis is still cutting into everyone’s wallets, so shoppers are still looking at holidays closer to home. Add in keywords and phrases like “staycation”, “holistay”, “holiday at home” to your keywords and why not suggest clothing like raincoats, coats, hoodies, and cardigans? If you stock them, then firepits and chimineas for the colder UK evenings would be good to add.
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.
July Diary - Weeks/Months
July is Independent Retailer Month, Plastic-free Month, and National Ice Cream Month in the US. The UEFA European Championships continues through July. Weeks to celebrate this month include;
The Tour De France (29th Jun – 21st Jul)
Wimbledon fortnight (1st-14th)
Cowes Week (27th Jul - 2nd Aug).
July - Days
11th – World Population Day
11-14th - Goodwood Festival of Speed
12th – Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland)
13th – Wimbledon Womens Final Day
14th - Bastille Day (France)
14th – UEFA European Football Championship Final
14th – Wimbledon Mens Final Day
14th- 16th – Pure London JATC Exhibition Olympia
18th - Nelson Mandela International Day
20th-21st - Northern Pride
21st – Tour De France ends
21st – National Ice Cream Day (US Third sundae in July 😉)
23rd – Start of the school holidays
24th – National Tequila Day (US)
25th – Christmas in July (5 months until Christmas)
26th – Paris Summer Olympics Opening Ceremony
28th – National Parents Day (US)
29th – National Lipstick Day
NB - All dates have been checked, but some events may change due to unforeseen circumstances or have not been fully confirmed for 2024 by the authorities controlling the event(s).
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