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PRShots Digest brings you the latest retail news from Joe Browns, Wickes, Castore, Canada Goose, Stella McCartney, Ted Baker, and DFS. Plus articles on 10 ways to boost customer satisfaction, six big trading trends, how to monetise serendipity and more.

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THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS

UK economy unexpectedly grew in November

The Office for National Statistics (ONS) figures show the UK economy unexpectedly grew 0.1% in November, reducing the risk of the country entering a recession,

DFS has strong start to the year

DFS trading update for the half weeks to Dec 25 saw a 4.8% drop in orders year on year but said the second quarter of the period, orders jumped 18.8% and has reiterated its full-year profit guidance.

Ted Baker head office jobs at risk

Ted Baker is conducting a strategic review of its head office staff, putting 30 roles at risk at the business across departments including sales and merchandising.

Morphe parent company Forma Brands files for bankruptcy, agrees to acquisition

Forma Brands, the parent company of US beauty giant Morphe, is starting voluntary Chapter 11 proceedings, and has accepted an acquisition deal by a group of the brands secured lenders.

Consumers willing to pay higher prices for shipping

Nearly two-thirds (65%) of UK shoppers expect shipping costs to increase this year with consumers willing to pay around £4.70 for a £15 order and £6.80 for a £150 order.

UK shoppers more particular over where they buy from

UK shoppers are more particular over where they buy from with just 38% of UK shoppers who “don’t care” where they buy from “as long as it works” compared to US 40%, and Germany 46%.

H&M, Inditex and Mango among retailers establishing textile waste association

Decathlon, H&M, Ikea, Inditex, Kiabi, Mango and Tendam have partnered to create the Association for Textile Waste Management, with the aim of managing clothing and footwear waste.

TRENDS, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY

10 ways to boost customer satisfaction

Customer satisfaction is at its lowest point in the past two decades. Companies must focus on 10 areas of the customer experience to improve satisfaction without sacrificing revenue.

The six big trading trends

With January now in full swing, retail giants like M&S and Next have unveiled their trading results for the Christmas period and in the process revealed key market trends and successful strategies.

Marketing serendipity is all about making your ads appear in the right place and at the right time

While it may seem to the consumer that finding the right ad at the right time is serendipitous, publishers can actually be quite savvy about placing ads in context.

Are beauty influencer brands falling out of fashion?

Morphe's failed bet on Jeffree Star and James Charles, plus the exit of Hyram and Addison Rae's beauty lines at Sephora, indicate a reckoning for an industry shaped for years by influencers.

How to reduce your digital marketing carbon emissions

Five steps advertisers can take to reduce their contribution to the heavy carbon cost of digital marketing.

How digital shopping experiences change with shoppers age

A new survey from Tata Consultancy Services finds there are generational differences when it comes to digital shopping experiences and data privacy.

Is Argos finally back to its best?

Argos was the surprise star performer for Sainsbury’s over Christmas, driving strong general merchandise sales growth. After years of underperformance, is Argos back at its best?

BRAND NEWS

Joe Browns to invest £2m in warehouse upgrade

Joe Browns will invest £2m in a warehouse upgrade in an effort to support both its growth ambitions and increase pick face efficiency even further.

Wickes ties up with BNPL giant Klarna

Home improvement retailer Wickes has announced a tie up with buy now, pay later giant, Klarna in a sector first.

Castore continues partnership expansion with McLaren Racing deal

Luxury sportswear brand Castore has continued to add to its long list of partnerships, this time expanding its multi-year deal with McLaren Racing.

Canada Goose launches campaign aligned to purpose platform Humannature

Canada Goose has launched a new campaign to promote its purpose platform, Humannature, which seeks to ‘keep the planet cold and the people on it warm.’

Stella McCartney latest environmental impact report

Stella McCartney’s total valued impact on nature in 2021 was around €3.1m – down from €5.3m in 2020 and €8.2m in 2019 - with 72% from greenhouse gas emissions, followed by land and water.

Rent the Runway will sell secondhand items on Amazon

Rent the Runway is launching an Amazon Fashion storefront including styles from about 35 brands and expects the partnership to serve as both a form of marketing as well as boost revenue.

AND FINALLY

5 of the best campaigns making the rounds this Veganuary

As one of the most successful behaviour-change campaigns of recent years, Veganuary marketing campaigns are still making their mark in 2023.

PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES

What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending January 10^th 2022?

1/ Valentine 

2/ Easter

3/ Cushion

4/ SS23

5/ Bathroom

6/ Candle

7/ Vase

8/ Magenta

9/ Pink  

10/ Red

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NEW BRANDS TO PRSHOTS

LolaStarr is a proud British active wear brand whose clothes are designed with the environment and functionality in mind and champions local textile industries using a talented UK team of skilled designers, pattern cutters, and seamstresses.

Hobbycraft was founded in 1995, and has since grown to be the largest arts and crafts retailer in the UK with over 100 stores across the UK, and has everything you need for art, knitting and crochet, haberdashery, papercraft, wedding and party, baking, jewellery making and more.

Silk & Lawn are a Brighton-based accessories brand creating beautiful handmade headbands, hair ties & turbans for little and grown-up people made from silk and Tana lawn cottons.

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Clothing, beauty and accessories

Dune London has new SS23 shoe and bag ranges, gift ranges, going out shoes and wedding shoes

Peacocks has new spring summer outfits lingerie and sleepwear for her

PrettyLittleThing  has a new Renew range featuring Molly Mae and Valentine’s Day lingerie and going out wear

Barbour has new ranges for adults and dogs

Oliver Bonas has new drops for February including clothes, jewellery, bags and accessories

John Lewis has new womenswear ranges for SS23

Monsoon has new women’s fashion and accessories for kids and adults

Very has new Valentines fashions

Matalan has a new kids character shop for dressing up

Roman Originals has new warm winter wear, party and going-out outfits

Fatface has new clothing ranges and accessories for kids and adults

TK Maxx has new fashion accessory ranges

New Look has new bags and shoes, Valentine’s 2023 lingerie, tops and dresses, as well as jeans, and winter outfits and loungewear

Bryony Bel has new jewellery ranges

Primark has Valentines outfits, new Disney 100 ranges, baby outfits and dry shampoo ranges

River Island has new Valentines outfits Active ranges and SS23 winter clothes for Jan-Feb drops

Tu Clothing has activewear for the New Year

Radley has new ranges for release in February, March and April

F&F has new looks for 2023

Marks & Spencer has gifts for valentines

Threadbare has new SS232 outfits for her

Bonmarché Has new SS23 activewear women’s ranges

Aspiga has new womenswear

Deichmann UK has new formal and training shoe ranges

From my mother’s garden has new ranges for 2023

Joe Browns has new Slo Joe’s ranges for SS23

See additional new clothing and accessories images from the last few weeks at

NoLoGo Cath Kidston George at Asda Accessorize Dancing Leopard Sarvin Lipsy M&Co  Cotton Traders Dune London Men’s Dunelm Hope Fashion The Morphbag by GSK Hope Fashion Crew Clothing Seol + Gold Dancing Leopard Sainsbury’s Beauty Sonder Studio Homesense

Home and food

Cuckooland  has new home gifts

Cartwright & Butler has new Valentines hampers and gifts

Dobbies Garden Centres has new chimeneas, pizza ovens, firepits, SS23 outdoor cushions, prints, furniture, AW plants, home goods, and pet accessories.

Oliver Bonas has new gifts for the home

Very unveils its new Everyday Homes collection and has Valentines gifts

Sofology has new sofa and footstool ranges as well as things for the home

TK Maxx has new things for you and your home for the New Year

B&M has their new Urban Eden and Superbloom collections for summer outdoors and Easter collections

Biscuiteers Baking has new Easter goodies

John Lewis has new solutions for the whole house from living rooms to bedrooms

Cardfactory has more valentines’ gifts for him and her

Marks & Spencer has gifts for valentines and homeware

Daisy Park has new ranges from East of India

Cambridge Imprint  has new ideas for the home

The Range  has kitchen and home ware to keep you organised in 2023

Designers Guild has new Christian Lacroix collaboration items

Primark Home has new homeware and gifts

Cult Furniture  has new homeware

Matalan has new SS23 homestore ranges

Homesense has new Valentines gifts and SS23 home items

Next introduces its new Land and Parallel collections

See additional new home images from the last few weeks from

Fritz Fryer NoLoGo George Home Dunelm M&Co Avalana Cath Kidston Dune London National Trust Shop Furniture Village Luxdeco Designers Guild White Stuff Monsoon  Nest Wilko KMI Brands DFS Fatface Very Habitat Hotel Chocolat Cath Kidston Christy Matalan Oliver Bonas

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DIARY

Days until Valentine’s Day - 32

Days until Mother’s Day - 65

Days until Easter – 86

Days until Eid al-Fitr – 98

Days until Halloween - 291

Days until Black Friday – 315

Days until Christmas Day – 346

How to get your brand on the January Editorial Calendars   

January is all about fitness and health and getting back on track after a Christmas and New Year Holidays break, plus it’s about starting to prepare for outfits and gifts for Valentine’s Day next month. But also, we’re looking forward to next season so make sure anything SS23 is flagged on your drops. Plus, as we’re mid-winter there will still be searches for anything cosy, so pyjamas, slippers, coats, hygge, winter warmers, knitwear, scarves and everything warm.  

January Diary - Weeks/Months

January is also Veganuary and Dry January so it’s a good idea to make sure you have vegan-friendly products and non-alcoholic products labelled on your media centre, plus anything that’s healthy that fits in with resetting your life.  

If you sell gin and anything gin-related then it’s also Ginuary 

Diary - Days

14^th - Orthodox New Year

20^th – Martin Luther King Day

21^st – National Hugging Day (US)

23^rd - Have a Brew and Chat Monday/Blue Monday

25^th – Burns Night

26^th – Australia Day

26^th – Indian Republic Day

27^th – Chocolate cake day (US)

28^th – Data Privacy Day

31^st – Tax return payments are due today

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