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PRShots Roundup brings you the latest retail news from Bodycare, Dickies, Gucci, Balenciaga, Gap, Decathalon, Ikea, Arne, The Entertainer, Ryman, Robert Dyas, Cambridge Satchel and M&S. Plus, why incomplete product information is crushing conversions, how to scale content without losing your brand voice and more.
THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Retail jobs hit a record low, latest official data reveals
Retail jobs are “falling by the wayside” as figures from the BRC show the number of payrolled employees dropped by 6,000 in July.
Bodycare to shut another 30 stores
Bodycare is closing a further 30 stores with the loss of 235 jobs. That means 685 jobs and 62 stores from the chains 147 will have been closed since the collapse a few weeks ago.
Usdaw urges peers to back Employment Rights Bill
The Government has rejected all House of Lords amendments to the Employment Rights Bill, prompting retail trade union Usdaw to call on peers to drop their opposition to the legislation.
UK retail footfall drops as schools return
UK retail footfall fell by 3.3% in the second week of September as consumers returned to offices and school.
European textile firms join forces to demand ‘urgent action’ against ultra-fast fashion
European textile and clothing companies have written a joint letter to the European Commission that they "can no longer wait years for measures to be taken against ultra-fast fashion".
VF Corp to sell Dickies to Bluestar Alliance for $600m
VF Corporation has reached a deal with global brand management firm Bluestar Alliance to sell the Dickies brand, with Bluestar acquiring it for $600m in cash.
Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen targeted in cyber-attack
Private details of Gucci, Balenciaga and Alexander McQueen customers have been stolen in a cyber-attack by an “unauthorised third party”.
TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Why incomplete product information is crushing conversions
The single biggest blocker to purchase for UK consumers is not choice paralysis or complexity, but something more fundamental: a lack of reliable product data finds research from Akeneo.
How to scale content without losing your brand voice
Search engines and LLMs reward clarity and distinctiveness, not raw volume. Martech shows you how the right structures let you publish more without weakening trust.
Around 2.2% of returns in 2025 have been fraudulent
Research by Rebound Returns found around 2.2% of returns are fraudulent, with fraudulent returns costing some fashion retailers up to £37m a year.
Beauty, footwear, and social wellness are key drivers of UK physical retail
CACI and P-Three data shows three key retail sectors - beauty, footwear, and social wellness - are starting to mature in London, “and are set to dominate the retail sector across the UK”.
Grey and brown are key autumn trainer trends says JD Sports
JD Sports assessment of key autumn trends shows grey and brown are key trainer trends with brown Adidas Campus searches soaring 256%.
How fashion tech could be the coolest weapon against climate change
From laboratory innovation to wardrobe staple, smart cooling garments are reshaping how fashion confronts the climate crisis.
PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS
M&S bolsters fashion team with former Primark director
Marks & Spencer has appointed Jon Rolls as commercial and operations director for fashion, home and beauty.
Gap appoints Jody Gerson to its board
Gap has appointed Jody Gerson, chairman and chief executive of Universal Music Publishing Group, to its board of directors.
Decathlon appoints CEO for newly merged UK and Ireland business
Decathlon has named Elena Pecos as chief executive officer of its UK and Ireland business. Her appointment marks the merging of the two regions under one role.
BRAND NEWS
Ikea to open Chester store next month
Ikea is set to open a new small-format store in Chester on 9 Oct, marking the retailer’s third such launch in the UK this year.
Arne opens first permanent store
Arne has opened its first permanent store. The new flagship 6,750 sq ft store at Liverpool One includes clothing as well as the brand’s in-store ice cream and bakery concept, Arne Bites.
Ryman and Robert Dyas roll out photo printing services to stores
Ryman and Robert Dyas are introducing photo printing services across more than 200 high street stores.
Cambridge Satchel launches Harvard and Columbia Universities collab
Cambridge Satchel is linking up with Harvard and Columbia Universities in the US on a collection of bags available online and instore in the UK.
The Entertainer reveals festive tie-up with Disney
The Entertainer has unveiled a new partnership with Disney which includes sponsorship of the retailer’s Christmas gift guide for 2025.
Louis Vuitton opens first menswear-dedicated store in Selfridges
Louis Vuitton has opened its first store dedicated to its menswear collections. The retail space is located in Selfridges Manchester Exchange Square department store.
AND FINALLY x2
Fading Labubu frenzy wipes $13bn from Pop Mart shares
Pop Mart sees stock tumble nearly 9% after JPMorgan downgraded the Chinese toymaker due to concerns over fading hype for its Labubu dolls.
Elephant tusks, villas and a Warhol portrait shared out in Armani’s will
Giorgio Armani’s will outlines his wishes for his more singular possessions as well as the future of the luxury empire he founded.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending Sep 12th 2025?
1/ AW25
2/ Christmas
3/ Halloween
4/ Pumpkin
5/ Christmas Tree
6/ Lighting
7/ Bauble
8/ Bathroom
9/ Orange
10/ Coat
PRSHOTS DIARY
PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts
Days until Halloween – 45
Days until Black Friday - 73
Days until Christmas Day – 100
Days until Valentine’s Day - 151
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;
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
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
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.
George at Asda has new AW25 womenswear ranges of clothes and boots and an Erica Davies collaboration, plus the Tickled Pink cancer charity clothing ranges for Breast Cancer awareness month.
The Orchard has Christmas gifting clothing ranges for men and women.
Deichmann has new AW25 ranges of shoes, trainers, bags and boots for women.
F&F has new Kids and womenswear Christmas clothing ranges, autumn womenswear ranges, a new Kate Ferdinand active wear collaboration.
Barbour has new collaborations with Farm Rio and a collaboration with 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 September drops of AW25 ranges including clothes, bags, shoes, boots and accessories, plus new womenswear outfits and cowboy core womenswear drops.
Very has a new Michelle Keegan collaboration, new Elegant Opulence, 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, shoes, boots, scarves and jewellery, new wedding and bridal ranges.
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.
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.
Accessorize has new AW25 womenswear, new jewellery, charms, socks, hats, scarves and wraps for Christmas, a new Palma range of womenswear shoes and accessories.
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.
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, plus new ranges of clothing, shoes, bags, and accessories and 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.
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.
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
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Home, garden and food
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.
The Orchard has Christmas furnishings, tabletop fire pits and mini pizza ovens, artificial Christmas tree ranges, new Miami Corner Group sofa, new autumn and Halloween decorations.
Cambridge Imprint has notebooks, patterned papers, new notecards and envelopes, Christmas cards, garlands, paper chains, coronets, banners, plus notebooks, and exercise books.
Treats by Mars has new Malteser gingerbread cake bars, Mars and Snickers flavour milk drinks, M&M festive and Halloween hot chocolate kits and Galaxy hot chocolate ranges.
Very has new Halloween and Christmas decorations for the home, plus Christmas toys and homewear.
Accessorize has new Christmas decorations for the tree.
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.
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.
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.
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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