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PRShots Roundup brings you the latest retail news from Mulberry, Aldi, Flying Tiger, Sainsbury’s, Mothercare, Morrisons, Gymshark, Superdrug and River Island. Plus, how to create a successful AI strategy, why you need to get delivery right and more.
THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Mulberry seeks £20m lifeline as losses deepen
Mulberry is in discussions to raise over £20m in new funding as the luxury brand faces widening losses and a tough trading environment.
River Island to shut 33 stores
River Island is set to shut 33 of its 230 stores as part of a major restructuring plan that could put over 1,000 jobs at risk, with a further 71 shops under review pending talks with landlords.
Aldi to recruit 1,000 new store staff before 2026
Aldi is creating 1,000 new store roles across the UK as the discounter pushes ahead with its store opening programme for the rest of the year.
Marks & Spencer tech supplier says systems not compromised in cyber attack
Technology giant Tata Consultancy Services, a top partner of Marks & Spencer, has said that its systems were not breached as part of a high-profile hack of the retailer.
Flying Tiger teases mass openings across six new markets
Danish retailer Flying Tiger Copenhagen has teased the opening of dozens of new stores across six brand new markets.
Sainsbury’s saw sales jump 4.7% in the 12 weeks to 18 May, according to the latest Kantar figures, outpacing the wider grocery market as shoppers stocked up on seasonal staples.
UK retail spend by tourists to remain subdued
A new study from the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR) shows real spending per tourist will lag behind the overall expected growth rate of Britain’s economy up to 2030.
TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
How to create a successful AI strategy
Nearly half of all AI projects are abandoned before launch. Martech helps you learn what separates failed pilots from scalable success.
How loyalty strategies can help drive acquisition as well as long-term customer retention
A new report from VCCP and the DMA finds brands with integrated loyalty strategies are 80% more likely to acquire new customers.
Why you need to get delivery right
UK consumers are particularly unforgiving when it comes to failed deliveries. After just one failed delivery almost two-thirds of UK shoppers wouldn’t reorder from a brand.
Facial recognition in shops: smart move or privacy nightmare?
Recent headlines about Home Bargains ejecting an innocent shopper after a Facewatch match-mix-up have reignited the debate over facial-recognition cameras in the UK.
7 vanity metrics marketers should avoid, and 7 to replace them
Martech looks at vanity metrics, numbers that are easy to measure and look good on paper, but don’t show business outcomes or provide actionable insights and suggests some alternatives.
9 social video metrics you need to track in 2025
Social video metrics track the success of your video content. They can highlight opportunities and show you what’s working (and what isn’t). Hootsuite explains which metrics to watch.
Gap’s CEO on why you can’t drive revenue without relevance
Gap Inc CEO Richard Dickson believes the business has regained its relevance after “losing the plot” on performance marketing in the past.
BRAND NEWS
Mothercare strikes licensing deal with Ebebek
Mothercare has signed a 10-year licensing agreement with Turkish nursery retailer Ebebek.
Morrisons head office staff to return to full-time work
Morrisons has abandoned a policy that allowed staff to work compressed hours and has asked them to return to their desks five days a week.
Gymshark to open Manchester Trafford Centre store next month
Gymshark will launch at Manchester’s Trafford Centre on Saturday, July 12 – marking its first standalone store in the North of England.
Admiral partners Forever Collectibles to make retro football team kits
British sportswear brand Admiral has entered a new strategic licensing partnership with Forever Collectibles to market strips from the brands past in the UK and European football market.
Westfield to launch SOJO ‘Fix & Fit’ repair and alterations service
Westfield is backing the "era of circular fashion" with the launch of SOJO ‘Fix & Fit’, a repair and alterations service opening at both Westfield White City and Westfield Stratford on 25 June.
Superdrug invests £20m in own-brand product innovation
Superdrug is doubling down on its commitment to affordable beauty with a £20m investment in its own-brand product innovation.
AND FINALLY x2
Sir Paul Smith makes his Milan catwalk debut at 78
Sir Paul Smith has made his Milan debut at the Milan Fashion Week Mens with one of his nattiest collections in years at the age of 78.
Oasis opens first fan store in Manchester ahead of Live '25 tour
Ahead of the sold-out Oasis Live '25 world tour, the first of a planned series of fan stores has opened in Manchester, offering a range of clothing and merch.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending June 20th 2025?
1/ AW25
2/ SS25
3/ Bedroom
4/ Men
5/ Vase
6/ Cushion
7/ Garden
8/ Outdoor
9/ Crochet
10/ Dress
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NEW BRANDS TO PRSHOTS
Salts Cashmere is launching 1st September with a unisex range of cashmere jumpers and tops that are made in Yorkshire.
The Orchard specialises in everything for the home and the garden, from sofas and chairs to soft furnishings and kitchenware through to barbecues and firepits.
Cave Cove was born from the rhythm of the tides and the wonder of the wild. Founded by three women, the brand is at its heart a female-led business created for the benefit of the many, not the few. Every embroidered detail, every flowing pattern, and every delicate texture on its clothing ranges is a reminder to embrace the elements and live with gentle joy.
BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES
Clothing, beauty and accessories
Oliver Bonas has new clothing, jewellery and accessories drops for July, including bags, hats, shoes, sandals, scarves and sunglasses.
River Island has new Wimbledon whites ranges, new summer festival outfits and accessories, new Arm Candy beaded bag range, new Latin-American flavoured summer ranges of womenswear and menswear ranges, a new women’s wear collaboration with Latin-Australian brand Del Maar.
Cotton Traders has new AW25 womenswear, new Jasmine Harman’s SS25 Edit of beachwear and relaxed summer clothing and accessories.
Roman Originals has new Petite and Curve ranges, plus outfits with this summer’s must-haves, crochet and embroidery/broderie anglaise, including big-pattern midi-length summer dresses, Bardot tops, denim, trousers and cropped pants.
Accessorize has new SS25 beachwear, bags, scarves and jewellery – including Z charms, a new Seville range of beachwear and clothing, new jewellery charm ranges, plus accessories including makeup sandals, bags, card holders.
Primark has new band t-shirts, womenswear, new Youth ranges, a new collaboration with Ashley Huish on summer wear, plus there’s beachwear for all the family including shorts, trunks, bikinis, swimsuits, trousers, tops, sandals and accessories.
Matalan has AW25 transitional womenswear ranges, England football strips, back-to-school ranges, new AW25 transitional ranges, plus Paw Patrol kidswear, makeup ranges, and new accessory ranges for women.
Iolla has new sunglasses ranges for him and her.
F&F has new Abbey Clancy festival imagery, a new summer band t-shirts and beach wear drop, new F&F Active sportswear and athleisure collaboration with Kate Ferdinand, new summer beachwear campaign imagery.
Monsoon has new June and July drops, new wedding and bridal ranges, new SS25 ranges for the beach and holidays, plus women’s and kids clothing for the summer, new sandals for the beach.
M&S has new summer menswear and womenswear campaign imagery, plus new t-shirts, sandals, shoes, sunglasses, swimsuits and bikini ranges, Autograph underwear, and a suede-themed range of clothing.
Scamp & Dude has new stripey clothes and accessories, new SS25 athleisure wear, dresses, shorts, jackets, hoodies, coats, bags and scarves, plus new collaborations with Nicky Newman and Sabrina Elba.
Fatface has a new collaboration with the Marine Conservation Charity and has new beachwear and evening wear for the summer plus new shoes, sandals and accessories.
National Trust has a new collaboration with Craghoppers on outdoor AW25 clothing.
Curvy Kate has new Superhero ranges of bras, and new ranges of swimwear for the spring and summer, including swimming costumes and bikinis.
Peacocks has a new Louise Redknapp Edit of summer womenswear, plus her Linen Edit for summer, a new SS25 Edit range, and a new menswear range.
Fable England has new Alice’s Garden jewellery and accessories, new Forget Me Not jewellery for SS25, plus bag charms and jewellery based on the Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit characters.
Very has a new V by Very and V by Very Curve lines of women’s wear for High Summer 2025 including dresses, tops, jeans, shorts, jackets, sandals and swimwear and a new Michelle Keegan collaboration.
Barbour has new fragrance ranges, festival outfits, mens summer outfits including a range of festival wellies, plus a new Crocs collaboration, a Very British Summer collaboration of clothes and accessories with Lucy Williams.
See additional new clothing and accessories images from
Sims Wear Threadbare New Look George at Asda TK Maxx Lipsy Bonmarché
Home, garden and food
Nest has new HKLiving furniture and rugs, Audo Copenhagen and Norwegian designer furniture for the home plus Hay Traverse and Pallisade garden furniture, including tables, chairs and loungers, new Vitra office furniture.
Quorn Stone has new natural stone and new Lullington Beige stone effect floor tiles, Canyon Terrazzo effect porcelain tiles and chequered decorative tiles for the bathroom.
Matalan has AW25 homeware for the autumn including Halloween and Harvest Festival themed soft furnishings.
Cambridge Imprint has new mug ranges, sketching pencils, patterned wrapping paper, memo books, labels, tea towels, box files, envelopes, postcard boxes, postcards, and tea trays.
Ivyline has Christmas ranges including trees, wreaths, tree skirts and decorations, and new pots, planters, candleholders and lanterns for inside and outside the home.
Treats by Mars has new Galaxy Frappe Duo and Caramel mixes.
Primark has new travel gadgets, new summer-themed homeware including kitchenware, candles and soft furnishings, Lilo and Stitch themed things, outdoor ranges from picnic blankets to thermoses, bedding and tableware.
Dobbies Garden Centres has tomato growing kits, Christmas and Halloween decorations, new summer pots, pet toys and hoses, plus Disney-themed garden tools, bags, wheelbarrows and bird houses.
Homesense has new Halloween items and new homewar plus new homeware for the kitchen, dining room and the conservator, plus tableware and picnic items for eating out in the garden.
Jellycat has a new Amuseables range of animals, flowers and food, new baby ranges, a Bartholomew Bear collaboration with department store Liberty.
Hobbycraft has new DIY decoration ideas for homes.
Arran Sense of Scotland has new refill packages, home fragrances, scented candles, After the Rain summer fragrance and a new mum and bride scent range.
National Trust has a collaboration with Sitting Spiritually on a selection of outdoor swings from two- seater to four-seaters as well as pots for the garden, water bottles and autumn decorations.
Furniture Village has new AW25 Cottagecore Comfort furniture for bedrooms and Cherry Lacquer for dining rooms and living rooms and Seeing Green office and dining furniture.
Dunelm has more of the 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.
George Home has new homeware and new Sanctuary and Subtle Opulence ranges of furniture and tableware for the outdoors.
Ruggable has new ranges of its machine-washable rugs for every room in the home from the brand and a number of collaborators.
M&S has new AW25 homeware including dining ware, furniture, lighting, bedding and tableware, new wash bags beauty and wellness ranges, Ultimate bedding sets, makeup ranges, SS25 Boho, Classic and Exquisite Earth furniture and homeware ranges.
Oliver Bonas has new June/July/August/September/October drops of homeware ranges for the kitchen, dining room and lounge, plus furniture and home accessories including mirrors, lighting and tableware for SS25.
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DIARY
PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts
Days until School holidays start (23rd July) – 30
Days until School holidays ends (3rd Sept) – 72
Days until Halloween – 130
Days until Black Friday - 158
Days until Christmas Day – 185
How to get your brand in the media in June
Summer is here - and hopefully, the weather will improve – and the media will be starting to ramp up their summer holiday features. For fashion, add summer clothing, swimwear, beachwear, sandals, garden party outfits etc, plus any accessories, like suitcases, travel bags, travel accessories etc.
For home, push anything related to the outside, including garden furniture, anything for a garden party, a picnic, or a barbecue. Don’t forget to add all of the other spellings, such as BBQ, Bar-B-Que, etc. Also, add general keywords like beach, holiday, travel, and vacation.
We’re also at the start of the festival season, so upload any items related to festivals and make sure you add the keyword festival or Glastonbury or any of the other big festivals, Isle of Wight, British Summer Time, Boardmasters, Reading/Leeds, to your keyword lists.
Also, look at any sports-related items, as this month sees the start of football’s Euro 2024 competition. Plus, look at anything tennis-related for Wimbledon, which is coming up in early July, and the Olympics, which start at the end of July.
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 promote your brand and products, see the list of days, weeks, and fortnights below.
June Diary - Weeks/Months
June is LGBTQ Pride Month, Men’s Health Month, National Smile Month (12th May – 12th Jun), Royal Ascot (17th-21st) and the Glastonbury festival (25th-29th).
It’s also.
National Picnic Week (16th-23rd).
Wimbledon fortnight starts (30th Jun – 13th Jul)
June - Days
24th – Midsummer’s Day
25th – 6 months until Christmas Day
25th – First Day of Glastonbury Festival
27th – Muharram/Islamic New Year
29th – Wimbledon Searches Rise
29th – Last Day of Glastonbury Festival
29th – First Day of Wimbledon
30th – International Asteroid Day
How to make your products attractive to the media in July
Summer is here! So keep on adding anything summer-related to your media centres, eg summer clothing, swimwear, bikinis, shorts, beachwear, sunglasses, plus things to keep you cool, like fans, sun hats and sun shades. Also, push anything to do with the outside, such as 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.
Clothing keywords being searched for this summer include; denim, florals, crochet, midi-dresses, maxi-dresses, polo, preppy, tennis-core, cottage-core and 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.
Weeks to celebrate this month include;
Berlin Fashion Week (30th June – 3rd)
Wimbledon fortnight (30th June - 13th)
The Tour De France (5th – 27th)
Alcohol Awareness Week (7th- 13th)
July - Days
4th - US Independence Day
5th - Pride London parade
5th – National Bikini Day
6th - British Grand Prix
7th – World Chocolate Day
10-13th - Goodwood Festival of Speed
11th – World Population Day
12th – Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland)
12th – Wimbledon Womens Final Day
13th – Wimbledon Mens Final Day
14th - Bastille Day (France)
15th – St Swithin’s Day
18th - Nelson Mandela International Day
19th-20th - Northern Pride
19th – National Ice Cream Day (US Third sundae in July 😉)
22nd- 23rd – Start of the school holidays
24th – National Tequila Day (US)
25th – Christmas in July (5 months until Christmas)
27th – Tour de France ends
27th – National Parents Day (US 4th Sunday in July)
29th – National Lipstick 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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