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THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
John Lewis boss White warns inflation ‘hitting the top line’
John Lewis Partnership‘s Dame Sharon White warns that rampant inflation is influencing consumer spend and may impact the group’s sales ahead of Christmas
Aldi is set to launching its first ever clothing campaign, the ‘Aldi Originals’ range starting with trainers dubbed ‘Aldidas’ available from Thursday 24th November.
Half of customers set spending limits for Christmas presents
Half of UK customers are setting themselves spending limits on Christmas presents for children and partners this year as inflation continues to run rampant.
Crew Clothing reportedly mulling Joules takeover
Crew Clothing owner Brigadier Acquisition Company Limited is reportedly considering making a bid for Joules and joins a list including Whistles owner TFG, Next, Frasers Group, and Marks & Spencer.
AO results for the half to Sept 30 saw revenue fall to £546m from £661m in 2021 and losses increase to £12m from £4m but said “good progress” had been made in its plan to focus on profitability.
Urban Outfitters Q3 earnings plummet
Urban Outfitters said total net sales for the quarter to November increased 3.9% over the same period last year to a record $1.18bn but net income fell to $37.2m down from $88.9m.
Online shopping habits show resilience
Nearly three quarters (74%) of shoppers said they are likely to shop online on or around Black Friday this year, a rise from 63% in 2021.
Only one in seven Black Friday deals offer genuine discount
Just one in seven Black Friday deals offer a genuine discount and the vast majority of promotions are cheaper or the same price in the six months before the sales event.
TRENDS, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
5 steps to sustainable shipping
The rise of e-commerce and the corresponding growth of delivery vehicles results in much more carbon emissions. Here are five tips for implementing sustainable practices.
How analytics is changing peak season
For the past decade, retailers have used peak season, especially Black Friday, as a blunt tool to shift stock in a bid to free precious warehouse space ahead of Christmas. But times have changed.
How e-commerce brands can do more with less
Removing key pain points from across the whole consumer journey will allow e-commerce brands to do more - but with less.
Boohoo reveals the trends that will dominate the Christmas season
Boohoo’s fashion expert Claire Asher predicts this year’s hottest trends that will dominate the festive season.
How to solve the personalisation paradox
People don’t want to share data for personalised ads, but they like personalised experiences. The Drum helps solve the paradox.
PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS
River Island marketing director exits
River Island’s marketing director Jill Gate has left the business with immediate effect, Gate joined in Dec 2020 from Photobox, where she was interim brand director from April 2020.
BRAND NEWS
Anya Hindmarch launches rental service
British luxury accessories brand Anya Hindmarch has launched its own rental service, offering customers the chance to rent items from five collections.
Wickes embarks on new store opening
Wickes is set to open 30 stores over the next six years to address areas where it is underrepresented and plans to open four to five new stores a year, taking its total from 230 to 260.
AND FINALLY
Raf Simons shutters his own label
Raf Simons is to close his own label after 27 years and has fuelled rumours that he will take over full time from 73-year-old Miuccia Prada – he has been joint creative director at Prada since April 2020.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots week-ending Nov 18th 2022?
1/ Christmas
2/ Gifts
3/ Bathroom
4/ Candle
5/ Earrings
6/ Jumper
7/ Slippers
8/ Dresses
9/ Hot Water Bottles
10/ Cushions
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NEW BRANDS TO PRSHOTS
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.
Branch Jewellery is a small business that has become synonymous with hand-made wooden and horn jewellery. All materials used are ethically sourced and chosen for their quality and sustainability in mind.
Fabrap makes fabric gift wrapping that stands the test of time. Inspired by Indian textiles and the traditional Japanese art of Furoshiki, these fabric gift wraps combine timeless elegance, sustainability and ease of use.
Boutique agency Emslie Creative has joined PRShots adding jewellery from Joanna Laura Constantine and KJJ Fine Jewellery and handbags from Sambar
TaskPR has added it’s rosta of big name brands to PRShots with womens wear images from Bias Cut DKNY Jaeger Guinea London Knitwear Queen Empreinte and Leocé Couture mens wear from Jaeger jewellery from Annie Haak Tateossian Thomas Sabo Tommy Hilfiger watches and jewellery from Movado and occasion wear from Azazie
Bridge Coffee Roasters launched Bridge in 1985 by sourcing and providing the very best coffee from around the world, and since then Bridge Coffee Roasters has bloomed into roasting and selling coffee, coffee machines and accessories
Threadbare is a proud family-owned British brand bringing great quality up-to-date fashion trends for men, women, children and dogs at affordable prices. Elevated, everyday, essentials
Ivyline creates contemporary accessories for the home and garden. Founded in 1976 the UK team works on everything from initial design to eventual dispatch. Its ethical product range comprises everything from fire pits and candles to planters, plant pots and everything in between.
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.
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BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES
Clothing, beauty and accessories
Roman Originals has new warm winter wear, party and going-out outfits
Cath Kidston has new winter and Christmas ranges for adults and kids
Crew Clothing has new AW clothing and shoes and boots ranges
M&Co has new clothing for men, women and kids and Christmas gifts and clothing and pet accessories
Seol + Gold has new jewellery ranges rings, bracelets, earrings and necklaces
PrettyLittleThing has new ski wear, party wear and winter clothes and boots
Dune London has new AW22 party and going out shoes
New Look has new Christmas outfits and shoes, jumpers and loungewear
Freemans has the new November drops and Love Mark Heyes and Julien Macdonald ranges
George at Asda has Christmas party wear and Children in Need Pudsey ranges
Dancing Leopard has new winter outfits
Monsoon has new womenswear
Hope Fashion has new outfits for winter
Very has new Michelle Keegan and V by Very ranges
From my mother’s garden has new womenswear ranges
Matalan has new Christmas jumpers and AW22 collections
Primark has KEM ranges, Denim ranges, Christmas party outfits, Stacey Solomon collections and new clothing and accessory ranges for men, women and kids
Radley has new boots and bag ranges for November, December and January 23
River Island has new mens, womens and kids wear and accessories for Christmas
Dune London Men’s has new 30th anniversary shoes
Barbour has new outfits for men, women and for your pets
See additional new clothing and accessories images from the last few weeks at
Tu Clothing Fatface Cotton Traders Peacocks Sainsbury’s Beauty F&F Sonder Studio TK Maxx Homesense Oliver Bonas The Morphbag by GSK Bryony Bel The Range White Stuff Shoe Zone Marks & Spencer Joe Browns Aspiga Radley Hope Fashion The Range Accessorize F&F Lemuel MC
Home and food
Dobbies Garden Centres has new AW plants, home goods, outdoor goods, pet accessories, Christmas decorations and gifts
Sofology has new SS23 furniture ranges
Cath Kidston has new winter and Christmas gifts, and home and kitchen ranges
Dunelm has new SS23 ranges including Smart Industrial home ware and furniture for the lounge
Matalan has new SS23 homestore ranges
M&Co has new Christmas gifts, games and decorations and home wear
Dune London has new luggage ranges
B&M has homeware and kids and adults gifting ranges
Designers Guild has new fabrics
George Home has Christmas gift ideas
Cult Furniture has new lighting options and Christmas images
Fritz Fryer has Christmas gift ideas
Biscuiteers Baking has new Christmas food
National Trust Shop has new Christmas and Easter ranges
Paperchase has added more Christmas decorations and gifts for the home
Next has new Emporium homeware collection due Jan including homeware from rugs to lights
Furniture Village has new furniture for the kitchen, dining, living and bedrooms
Luxdeco has new Christmas gifts
Designers Guild has new wallpaper and textile designs and home accessories
NoLoGo has table linen for the Christmas table
Cuckooland has new furniture ranges
See additional new home images from the last few weeks from
Primark Cambridge Imprint TK Maxx Homesense Abstract House Oliver Bonas The Range White Stuff Cartwright & Butler Monsoon Daisy Park George Home Nest Marks & Spencer Wilko Cardfactory KMI Brands DFS Fatface Very Habitat Hotel Chocolat Cath Kidston Christy Matalan Oliver Bonas
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DIARY
Days Until Black Friday – 3
Days Until Cyber Monday - 6
Days Until Christmas Day – 33
Days Until Valentine’s Day - 84
Days until Easter - 138
November
How to make your products attractive to the media in November
We are well into autumn and the Christmas season and the media are looking for images that help them fill all those “what to buy on Black Friday” features, the endless Christmas gift guides, and all those “What to wear for the Christmas party season” articles.
You should be uploading Black Friday and Christmas images for most media, but long lead time magazines will be looking at January issues so anything that helps illustrate the inevitable “New you for 2023” issues, so athleisure, outdoor healthy sporty images will all be useful.
As always don’t forget to add keywords – Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Thanksgiving, Gifts, Christmas, Xmas, Winter plus all those words beloved of home and women’s magazines like cosy, cosiness, hygge, wellbeing.
Clothing wise the media are looking for party wear, party dresses, nightwear, “going out out” (thanks to Annie Mac Ex-Radio 1), Christmas Jumpers, jumpers, scarves, bobble hats, beanies, cardigans, coatigans, jackets, and coats. So, make sure that you have plenty of images in those categories uploaded and labelled with as many of those words as you can.
Also make sure that if your clothing is made from a fabric associated with winter that it’s flagged up somewhere in the title/keyword or in more information. Wool (woolovers are a thing), cashmere, fur (faux obviously) and velvet.
If you’re aiming at being included in Christmas Guides then make sure you have added prices. Guides are normally price-led eg “Presents under £50”, “Party dresses for less than £150” and without prices your items won’t be included.
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 in the Keyword Search Report and try and add those in.
November Diary - Weeks/Months
Events to add to your marketing diary for November include
Movember which centres around men’s health issues and moustaches, so beard and shaving-related things might be useful, in the US it’s also national peanut butter lovers month, sweet potato month and candy month.
The first week of November is National Sausage Week in the UK – the perfect accompaniment to Guy Fawkes - the first week is also national fig week and the second week is national split pea soup week
November Diary - Days
24th – Thanksgiving (US)
25th – 1 month until Christmas Day
25th – Black Friday
26th – US Small Business Saturday
28th – Cyber Monday
30th – St Andrew’s Day (Bank Holiday Scotland)
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