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THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS

Shift to home-working threatens ‘permanent scarring’ for city centre trading

The switch to working from home will hit urban retail locations permanently if sustained at present levels, a leading shopper footfall monitor has warned.

Government appoints cost-of-living tsar as inflation climbs

The government has appointed Just Eat founder David Buttress to work with companies including grocers to support consumers as the cost-of-living crunch bites.

Cotton Traders cuts 100+ jobs despite profits jumping to record level

Cotton Traders has cut 100+ jobs during its latest financial year ending Dec 21 despite turnover growing to £100.7m from £87.1m and profits rising to £12.6m from £5.5m.

Zalando buys online magazine Highsnobiety

Online retail giant Zalando has bought a majority stake in our favourite fashion publication Highsnobiety as it aims to bring content and commerce together.

Walmart to introduce UK sellers to its online marketplace

Walmart will begin introducing UK exporters to its flagship Walmart Marketplace, an online marketplace where third-party sellers serve over 120 m US shoppers each month.

eCommerce sales down by nearly 8.7%

IMRG Capgemini Online Retail Index figures show digital retail sales declined by 8.7% last month compared to the previous year, as shoppers return to the high-street and scale back purchases.

UK retail jobs numbers decline in 2022

The number of jobs in the UK retail sector has declined by 83,000 to 2.9m over the last year, according to the latest ONS jobs figures.

More young Europeans are buying counterfeit goods

Young Europeans are buying more counterfeit products and continue to access pirated content with 37% buying one or several fake products intentionally in the last 12 months from 12% in 2016.

Amazon to start delivering items via drone this year

Amazon has announced that it will start its Prime Air drone delivery service in California this year, paving the way for a wider roll out of the tech.

TRENDS, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY

How retail is boosting sustainability through supplier relationships

How Marks and Spencer and H&M are working with their suppliers DHL Supply Chain and Bestseller to help them reach sustainability targets.

How Ralph Lauren wants to become more circular

Ralph Lauren wants to manufacture products in a more responsible and circular way, part of which includes a focus on cradle-to-cradle certification it’s introducing for certain products.

What teen brands can teach us about fashion in the metaverse

Brands including Pacsun, Forever21 and Boohoo may have different products and appeal from your brand, but their metaverse strategies can offer insights into appealing to the younger set.

Six metaverse myths busted

According to a McKinsey survey the majority of consumers know and engage with some form of the metaverse, and many expect it to become a significant part of their lives.

How to capture the online home-and-garden market

The home-and-garden market is the next vertical to move online with 50+% of shoppers in the UK and Germany buying home decor and furniture shopping online, and over 40% in gardening.

Has the homewares sector lost its spring?

The homewares sector has enjoyed a boom over the past two years but, with DFS and ProCook issuing the latest in a string of profit warnings, has the pandemic bubble burst?

Four steps any brand can take to appeal to Gen Z

To build loyalty with Gen Z brands need to advocate meaningfully, tap into communities to stay ahead of trends, and lean on like-minded partners.

PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS

Reiss hires former Flannels director as head of buying

Reiss has appointed a former Flannels director as it looks to add further third-party premium retailers to its proposition.

BRAND NEWS

Spoke secures £5m investment to support international growth

British custom-made-on-demand menswear brand Spoke has completed a £5m crowd-funding round on the Seedrs platform to help accelerate its growth and reach internationally.

Abercrombie & Fitch expands same-day delivery service to all UK stores

Abercrombie & Fitch has partnered with Gophr to expand its same-day delivery service to the majority of its UK stores including abercrombie kids and Hollister locations.

Clarks enters the resale market with Dotte

Clarks has partnered with Dotte’s Resale Collective, allowing shoppers to earn rewards for selling, donating, or recycling outgrown Clarks shoes on the platform

Thomas Cook showcases major campaign after six-month delay

After a six months delay, Thomas Cook has unveiled its first major ad campaign since declaring bankruptcy in 2019.

Tommy Hilfiger to launch pets collection

Tommy Hilfiger will launch its first-ever pets collection in a collaboration with licensee partner Kanine, featuring a comprehensive range of clothes, accessories, and home products for dogs.

Fila and Playboy launch women’s capsule collection

Sportswear brand Fila has teamed up with Playboy to launch a women’s apparel capsule collection exclusively at Urban Outfitters

AND FINALLY

A perfume in the metaverse?

Digital fashion startup Rtfkt and luxury fragrance brand Byredo have partnered on a perfume for Web3, a first for both companies driven by Nike-owned Rtfkt's experimental Web3 approach.

PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES

What were our users searching for on PRShots week-ending June 10^th 2022?

1/ SS22

2/ AW22

3/ Father’s Day

4/ Bedrooms   

5/ Dress

6/ Summer

7/ Picnic

8/ Garden

9/ Cushion   

10/ Shorts

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NEW BRANDS TO PRSHOTS

Chinakwe is a contemporary, Afro Lux, art and lifestyle brand. Founded by artist, stylist and designer, Caroline Chinakwe and is rooted in the artist’s African heritage and European upbringing and embodies bold colours to depict her cultural influences.

Cutter & Squidge is a family-run, all-natural bakery created by two food-obsessed sisters. Playfulness is their passion, they love to create exciting, experimental flavours and artisan designs. Their bakes and gifts are lovingly handcrafted to taste delicious and look exquisite on any occasion.

Peacocks was founded by Albert Frank Peacock in Warrington, in 1884 with the principle of value for money and that still holds today with its good value clothing ranges for men, women and children. The latest Weekend range features brand ambassador Louise Redknapp.

Bonmarché returns to PRShots with its Spring Summer 2022 range if women’s clothing. The range features long, midi and short dresses as well as jackets, swimsuits, shirts and t-shirts

KMI Brands Noughty is a British-born, cruelty-free, vegan and naturals brand on a mission to exceed the performance of premium conventional hair and body care with natural alternatives that won’t cost the earth - literally.

Bryony Bel was born out of a desire for aspirational, contemporary and wearable jewellery without the designer price tag. With over 15 years industry experience at a number of jewellery brands, they bring a curated edit of contemporary and affordable sterling silver and 18kt gold vermeil jewellery.

NoLoGo was founded by designer Tina Malhamé who has worked with Sir Terence Conran, Next, Monsoon, Laura Ashley, Anokhi, Per Una and more. NoLoGo-Chic produces beautiful clothing, each carefully designed and sourced, with its own unique detailing, in gorgeous natural fabrics.

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BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES

Clothing, beauty and accessories

Primark has a new modest swimwear, a Pride range, new summer sandals and wedges, and a Stacey Solomon collaboration

Cath Kidston have kids and adult accessories   

Dune London has new occasion wear and summer sandals 

Very has new summer outfits for men and women and back to school outfits

M&Co  has new summer clothes and accessories for kids and adults

New Look has new women’s summer and beach outfits

From My Mothers Garden has new summer wear

Freemans has new summer outfits including Julien Macdonald ranges

River Island  has Father’s Day gifts, accessories and new summer clothing imagery for kids and adults and a Sofia Richie, Charlie Howard and Danny Lomas collabs

Shoe Zone Has new shoe collections

Monsoon  has new vintage inspired womenswear and accessories

Hotter has new summer shoes

Barbour has new classic clothing 

George at Asda has new summer outfits, vintage and Pride t-shirts

PrettyLittleThing has new swimwear and Nella Rose, Martha Kalifatidis, Marilyn Melo, Jayda Wayda and Alabama Barker ranges

Lipsy has new campaign images

Feel Unique has Father’s Day toiletries

F&F  has summer outfits, beach wear and athleisure wear

Roman Originals has more new SS22 outfits

Radley has new bags and accessories

NoLoGo has summer outfits

Crew Clothing has new clothing and accessories

Matalan has Taylor & Wright styles and new family dressing options and Father’s Day gifts

Pink House Mustique  has new beachwear

See more new clothing and accessories images from the last two weeks from

Fatface Hope Fashion  TK Maxx Dancing Leopard Dune London Mens Marks & Spencer Wilko Oliver Bonas

Home and food

The Range has new outdoor and indoor furniture as well as camping and festival gear

Cult Furniture  has new garden furniture and homeware

Homesense has new summer picnic and BBQ ware

Dobbies Garden Centres has new home goods, pet accessories, Fathers’ Day gifts  and Christmas decorations

Cuckooland has new garden and outdoor items

Wilko has new outdoor summer wares

Marks & Spencer has new homeware

Abstract House has new canvasses for all tastes

Designers Guild has new AW22 ranges

Parker Knoll has new sofa and chair ranges

Hotel Chocolat has new Father’s Day chocolates

Furniture Village has new Ercol bedroom and lounge furniture

Daisy Park has new decorations and light for outside and in

Primark has new home accessories

Cambridge Imprint  has new stationery and printing sets

Nest TK Maxx  has new homeware

Cartwright & Butler has new gifts and hampers for Father’s Day

Very  has kitchenware and garden items

George Home has the season sell out Ozark blow up chair

Oliver Bonas has new home ware and some early Christmas baubles

Dunelm has new AW22 home wear

Lights4fun has AW22 and Halloween lights

Cath Kidston has new kitchen wear

Oak Furnitureland has new sofa and rug ranges

DFS has new ranges

See more new home images from the last two weeks from

NoLoGo National Trust Shop M&Co Pink House Mustique Fritz Fryer Matalan Sofology Joe Browns Next Paperchase Fatface Next

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How to get your brand on the June Editorial Calendars   

Summer is here - and hopefully the weather will improve – so add anything summery including summer clothing, swimwear, and push anything to do with 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 BBQ, Bar-B-Que etc and we’re also at the start of the festival season, so make sure you add festival, Glastonbury, to your keyword lists. 

Media are starting to ramp up the summer holiday features so swimwear, suitcases, travel bags, travel accessories etc are all images and keywords that you should be adding. Some people are still staying at home, so it’s probably a good idea to think of holidays closer to home, so add in keywords and phrases like “staycation” “holistay” “holiday at home” to your keywords and why not suggest clothing like hoodies, and cardigans for the colder UK evenings.

Also look at sports, particularly anything tennis-related for Wimbledon.

June Diary - Weeks/Months

June is LGBTQ Pride Month, National Smile Month, it’s also Wimbledon (27^th-10thJuly) and Royal Ascot (14^th-18^th), and the return of the Glastonbury festival (22^nd-26^th).  

June - Days

14^th – International Bath Day

15^th – Two years since the end of the first UK lockdown for non-essential shops (England)

15^th – National Beer Day (UK)

18^th – Sustainable Gastronomy Day

18^th – International Picnic Day

19^th – Father’s Day

19^th – Juneteenth

21^st – Summer Solstice

22^nd – World Rainforest Day

22^nd – Windrush Day

24^th – Take your dog to work Day

24^th – Midsummer’s Day

27^th – Wimbledon fortnight starts

30^th – International Asteroid Day

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