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PRShots Digest brings you the latest retail news from Next, Reiss, Joules, Hunter, M&Co, Revolution Beauty, Boohoo, Nike, Strathberry, Monsoon and THG. Plus articles on how to make a standout social media portfolio, how to use customer emotions, why demographic data is no longer useful and more.  

THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS

Waterstones parent Elliott Advisors bidding for Reiss

Private equity firm Elliott Advisors which owns Waterstones is amongst the group of potential buyers of Next’s 51% majority stake in Reiss.

Joules still owes creditors over £100m following collapse

Fashion retailer Joules reportedly still owes more than £100m to its suppliers, landlords and customers holding gift cards, according to new documents.

Days before Google UA sunset most sites still not using GA4

With just 8 days to go before Google turns off Universal Analytics, the majority of sites around the world are still using it to provide their web site analytics.

US agency sues Amazon for tricking customers into subscription service

Amazon tricked US consumers into subscribing to its "Prime" service and intentionally complicated the cancellation process, according to a US lawsuit by the US Federal Trade Commission.

KKR to buy up to €40bn of PayPal's buy now, pay later loans in Europe

Private equity firm KKR has agreed to purchase a substantial portion, or up to €40bn, of payments company PayPal's buy now, pay later (BNPL) loans in Europe.

Fashion designer Christopher Kane files to appoint administrators

Scottish fashion designer Christopher Kane’s company has filed its intention to appoint insolvency experts in a last-minute bid to help secure a rescue plan to refinance or find a new buyer.

M&Co launches new website

M&Co has relaunched its website under the ownership of Yours Clothing owner AK Retail Holdings in February which bought the name and IP in February.

Revolution Beauty slams Boohoo coup as ‘opportunistic and self-serving’

Revolution Beauty has hit back at the hostile takeover attempt by Boohoo, labelling the fashion approach as “value-destructive, opportunistic and self-serving”.

THG boss surrenders ‘golden share’ as profits expectations rise

THG’s founder and CEO Matt Moulding has given up his “golden share” rights, which allowed him to veto hostile takeover approaches.

Shopify to make Shop Pay available to retailers off-platform

Shopify is expanding its accelerated checkout service Shop Pay to include retailers not on its platform, giving them access to 100m Shopify customers already using the payments gateway.

Fashion prices grew in May

ONS Consumer Prices Index inflation in the clothing and footwear category show prices grew by 7.1% in May, up by 1.3 percentage points on the 6.8% rate recorded in April.

TRENDS, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY

How to make a standout social media portfolio

Find out how to build a social media portfolio to demonstrate that you’re an expert in your field and land more clients.

The new science of customer emotions

When a company connects with customers’ emotions, the payoff can be huge. Yet building such connections is often more guesswork than science.

Why employee advocacy is your untapped goldmine for your content marketing strategy

Explore why employee advocacy could be a game-changer, with practical tips, examples and actionable steps to get started today.

How returns can be turned into a growth and efficiency opportunity

With the true cost of returns estimated to be around £20 for a £30 item, and many returned items ending up in landfill, this is a problem that cannot be ignored.

Why demographic data is losing its value

Global pressures have made consumers more uncertain and unpredictable, with 48% of marketers questioning the value of traditional customer segmentation through demographic data.

Hunter says inflation, supply chain issues and pandemic led to decline

Authentic Brands Group agreed to buy the Hunter IP and is working with licensing partner ICL on a strategy for the brand going forward. But where did it all go wrong? Bloomberg explains the fall.

Just 33% of consumers believe online ads are more relevant than offline

Only a third (33%) of consumers agree that online ads are more relevant than offline, calling into question the supposed effectiveness of targeting and personalisation.

PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS

Matalan appoints new supply chain and retail executives

Fashion retailer Matalan has announced Phil Hackney as the company’s new chief supply chain operations officer and Katherine Davis as chief retail officer.

Boohoo appoints Rachel Horsefield to Revolution Beauty

Boohoo has appointed THG’s CEO of Beauty Rachel Horsefield as a future independent board member for the Revolution Beauty brand.

BRAND NEWS

Nike commits to cruelty-free wool

Nike has committed to complying with the certified Responsible Wool Standard (RWS) in its product range and using only cruelty-free wool in its products.

Strathberry launches first non-leather collection with Tara Swennen

Scottish accessories brand Strathberry has launched its first-ever alternative leather capsule collection in partnership with celebrity stylist Tara Swennen.

Monsoon opens new travel boutique in Waterloo Station

Monsoon is opening a new travel boutique concept in Waterloo Station, the store will be a testing space offering seasonal collections and travel essentials from its clothing and accessories ranges.

Asda introduces electric delivery fleets to three stores

Asda has rolled out electric delivery fleets at three of its stores saving 400,000kg of CO2 emissions per year as it looks to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions.

Nissan releases ‘upcycled’ vintage collection in new ad campaign

Nissan Formula E has partnered with sustainable fashion designer Mia D’Amato to create a new streetwear collection made from old racewear.

AND FINALLY

Warehouse ad banned by ASA for featuring ‘unhealthily thin’ model

An online advert for fashion retailer Warehouse has been pulled by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for featuring a model which it deemed appeared “unhealthily thin”.

PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES

What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending June 16^th 2023?

1/ Summer

2/ Garden

3/ Father’s Day

4/ Sunglasses

5/ Beach bags

6/ Shorts

7/ Kitchen

8/ AW23

9/ Barbie  

10/ Crochet

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NEW BRANDS TO PRSHOTS

Belissh create bags and dresses for going out and having fun and are committed to creating solutions that are environmentally friendly using sustainable fabric options.

Lola Starr ranges are designed with the environment and functionality in mind. They source only the highest quality recyclable materials designed to be recycled, recreated and remoulded again and again. They are a British brand that champions local expertise and keeps the carbon footprint to its lowest level.

Arran Sense of Scotland puts quality and fragrance first, so you can be sure that each of their Bath, Body & Home products have been expertly crafted and manufactured with the greatest care on the Island home of Arran.

Jessica Russell Flint is a British designer who creates vibrant, entirely unique hand-illustrated prints, with luxury products ranging across accessories, clothing, sleepwear and homeware.

Tweedmill is a family-run business established in 1971 that creates beautiful British-made blankets, picnic rugs, home accessories and more and are stocked in more than 4000 retailers UK-wide.

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BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES

Clothing, beauty and accessories

Fatface has new bags, festival wear, beachwear – with a collaboration with the Marine Conservation Society - summer clothing, shoes, bags, jewellery, and accessories.

Shoe Zone has new ranges.

Monsoon has new summer clothing including dresses, kaftans, jackets and jumpers plus shoes,  bags,  scarfs, accessories and jewellery and kids clothing ranges.

Curvy Kate has new Retro Wave, High Waist, Happy Boobs, Lift-Off, Centre Stage,  Senses, Authority, Lifestyle, Wonderfully, Enclose, Boost in Bloom, Scantilly, Twist & Shout ranges.

Accessorize has new Sundown jewellery, summer clothing, hats, scarves, shoes and bag ranges.

Roman Originals has new floral outfits, spring and summer ranges in all sizes.

George at Asda has new women’s summer clothing, bags, hats and accessories.

Aspiga has new on fashion summer maxi-dresses.

Peacocks has new womenswear ranges with Louise Redknapp and menswear ranges with Ashley Banjo.

Dune London has new luggage, sandals and bags.

Cotton Traders has new womenswear for summer, including tops, dresses, jackets and jumpers.

Primark has a new monogram ranges, Barbie movie range, band shirts, a Hip Trip festival range, a Pride range, a Bridgerton range of clothes and accessories, makeup ranges, swimsuits and beachwear.

Threadbare has more summer clothing and beachwear from its new Greecian Getaway range.

New Look has new women’s summer wear, accessories, and footwear ranges.

PrettyLittleThing has a new GirlsVsCancer holiday outfits for the beach and the clubs, a bodycon range, a festival collection, a Molly Mae Summer edit, a Bridal edit, Kappa and Gemma Owen collaborations, plus beach outfits.

Barbour has new festival fashion ranges for all weathers.

River Island has new summer holiday ranges from clothes for going out to beachwear.

Matalan has new pink and Barbie ranges, summer accessories, mens Taylor & Wright suits, kids summer outfits and beachwear plus new womenswear.

Oliver Bonas has new fashion, bags, accessories and jewellery collections.

Seol + Gold has new jewellery and womenswear ranges.

Lipsy has new Laura Whitmore x Love & Roses collaboration and new Love & Roses collections.

Teva have new sandal ranges.

Daisy Park Has a new range of all-purpose bags.

The Night Store has a new range of Moroccan nights nightwear sets.

Office has mens summer shoes and new sandal and trainer ranges.

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

Very  Bonmarché F&F Silk & Lawn National Trust Shop Scamp & Dude Dunelm Tu Clothing Regatta Dune London Men’s TK Maxx Aspiga Nologo

Home, garden and food

Cuckooland has new furniture for outdoors.

The Range has outdoor furniture, fans to keep you cool, new beach accessories, homeware, festival gear, and a honey comb collection of kitchen and table ware.

Hobbycraft has new weaving and clay kits, sewing kits, cross stitching kits, gifts, Pride clothing, summer party ranges, foam mosaic art and paint and sew your own ranges.

Ivyline has new Christmas gifts and decoration ranges as well as garden and indoor plant pot ranges for this summer.

Biscuiteers Baking has new ranges for summer, and for graduations.

Imp & Maker has new food hampers and gift ranges.

B&M has new Natural bathroom, kitchen pantry and Winter Harvest ranges.

Hotel Chocolat has new Velvetisers and chocolate gift ranges.

Oliver Bonas has new kitchen gift ranges and home ranges.

Furniture Village has new lounge and bedroom solutions.

Cartwright & Butler has new picnic hampers.

Daisy Park has new homeware and new Gisela Graham Christmas candle ranges and Christmas decorations.

Wilko has new presents and gifts.

Designers Guild has new ranges for AW23 including John Derian fabric and wallpaper and an Essentials range and an Accessories range.

Cambridge Imprint has new stationery storage ranges.

Next has new Nomadic range of homeware and Reflections, Optimism and Moss Green ranges of furniture, Kitchenware and homeware.

Dobbies Garden Centres has new plants, Meadowmat instant turf, picnic ideas, terrariums and indoors and outdoors ranges for the home.

Dunelm has new homeware and furniture ranges, plus Disney and Natural History Museum collaborations plus Timeless and Pride & Joy homeware ranges. 

Sofology has new furniture for the home.

George Home has new homeware and outdoor furniture ranges as well as ranges for your pets.

National Trust shop has new picnic and outdoor ranges.

Cutter & Squidge has new coffee ranges, afternoon tea selections and picnic hampers.

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Joe Browns Cardfactory Homesense Primark Regatta TK Maxx Nologo Studio Fritz Fryer Habitat DFS Primark Home Marks & Spencer Cult Furniture Next Branch Jewellery GettingPersonal Nest

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DIARY

PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts

Days until Halloween - 131

Days until Singles Day - 142

Days until Black Friday – 155

Days until Christmas Day - 186

How to get your brand on the June Editorial Calendars, higher up on search engines and in social media

Summer is here - and hopefully the weather will improve – so add anything summery, including summer clothing, and 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.

We’re also at the start of the festival season, so make sure you add festival or Glastonbury or any of the other big festivals, Isle of Wight, British Summer Time, Boardmasters, Reading/Leeds, to your keyword lists. 

The media are starting to ramp up their summer holiday features, so add swimwear, beachwear, beach, holiday, suitcases, travel bags, travel accessories etc to your keywords. Because of the cost-of-living crisis people are cutting back and are either staying at home, or are thinking 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, which is coming up in early July.

June Diary - Weeks/Months

June is LGBTQ Pride Month.  It’s also National Picnic Week (18^th-26^th). Shorter events include - Royal Ascot (20^th-24^th) and the return of the Glastonbury festival (21^st-25^th)

June - Days

22^nd – World Rainforest Day

22^nd – Windrush Day

23^rd – Take your dog to work Day

24^th – Midsummer’s Day

25^th – 6 months until Christmas Day

30^th – International Asteroid Day

How to get your brand on the July Editorial/Media Calendars, higher up on search engines and in social media

Summer is here! So keep on adding anything summery to your keywords and descriptions eg summer clothing, swimwear, beachwear, sunglasses, plus things to keep you cool, like fans, sun hats and sun shades. Also, push anything to do with the 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 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 beachwear, bikinis, swimsuits, shorts, trunks, luggage, bags etc are all being searched for.

Clothing keywords being searched for this summer include; crochet, maxi dresses, mermaid-core, and anything Pink and Barbie-related.    

But not everyone is going abroad. The cost of living crisis is cutting the money in 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.

July Diary - Weeks/Months

July is Independent Retailer Month, Plastic-free Month, and National Ice Cream Month in the US.  It’s also Alcohol Awareness Week (3^rd- 9^th Jul), Wimbledon fortnight (3^rd-16^thJul), Berlin Fashion Week (10^th – 13^th Jul), Northern Fashion Week (14^th- 16^th Jul), the Men’s and Women’s Ashes tournaments continues through July, and it’s Cowes Week (29^th Jul - 5^th Aug).  

July - Days

            1^st - Pride London parade

4^th - US Independence Day

5^th – National Bikini Day

7^th – World Chocolate Day

9^th - British Grand Prix 

11^th – World Population Day

12^th – Battle of the Boyne (Northern Ireland)

14^th - Bastille Day (France)

16^th – National Ice Cream Day (US Third sundae in July 😉)

18^th - Nelson Mandela International day

19^th - Muharram/Islamic New Year 

21^st – Start of the school holidays  

22^th-23^rd  - Northern Pride 

23^rd – National Parents Day (US)

24^th – National Tequila Day (US)

25^th – Christmas in July (5 months until Christmas)

29^th – National Lipstick Day

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