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THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Retailers now pay 755% more in business rates than online rivals
According to new analysis, traditional high street retailers are paying 755% more in business rates than their online rivals.
Luxury brands call for re-introduction of tax-free shopping
Scrapping tax from purchases will trigger an extra £1.2 bn in annual retail sales and attract an additional 600,000 visitors to the country, according to the Walpole UK luxury industry group.
Klarna announces job cuts, 10% of posts to go
BNPL operator Klarna, is cutting 10% of its 6,500 workforce due to weakening consumer confidence because of surging inflation, and the war in Ukraine. Last year the firm made a $689m loss.
Big luxury names still back physical retail, London, Paris, NYC are key
A Savills report finds major global brands will “continue betting on physical retail to drive sales in resilient destination cities” with New York, Paris and London the most attractive cities for retailers.
TRENDS, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
What you can learn from The Body Shop’s online customer experience
The Body Shop has always been a ground-breaking brand and that’s something that remains true today with its online customer experience.
Why email still presents so many opportunities for marketers
With shoppers returning to in person shopping, how can marketers continue to utilise email to their greatest advantage?
What can brands do to improve and harness cultural diversity?
Understanding and respecting cultural diversity and applying this knowledge and insight into how you communicate your brand is a first and pivotal step to positively contributing to this movement.
Ten steps to scaling your marketplace presence
Internet Retailing combines guidance from research, industry experts and case studies from a range of retailers and marketplaces, to produce ten steps to scaling your marketplace presence.
Why you need to rethink your customer engagement
Three examples from Burberry, boohoo and Buymie on how they have successfully restructured the ways they engage with their customers.
Why personalisation by segmentation is dead
Why it’s time to stop defining and segmenting audiences by demographics or past purchasing choices and calling it personalisation.
Ocado to purchase robotics start-up Myrmex for £8.1m
Ocado is purchasing materials handling robotics start-up Myrmex Inc for £8.1m the brand was developing a system for Ocado that automates the loading of containers carrying customer orders
PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Harrods appoints new chief financial officer
Harrods has named Tim Parker as group chief financial officer as it seeks to build operations following tough trading during the pandemic.
BRAND NEWS
The Vintage Store to open biggest store to date
The Vintage Store has chosen Liverpool ONE for the opening of its largest store to date the new 12,000 sqft store is set to launch at the end of May.
Converse unveils playful collaboration with Peanuts
Comic strip Peanuts is continuing its fashion collaborations with a limited-edition playful footwear Converse collection for adults and kids.
Stella McCartney's ground-breaking Mylo-based bag goes on sale in July
Stella McCartney will take a key step forward in the use of vegan leather on July 1 with the label set to launch the Frayme Mylo bag.
Puma launches sports-based experience on Roblox
Puma announced the launch of a new immersive sports-based experience on Roblox, a leading global metaverse platform.
Fashion retailer Club L London launches Irish website
Online fashion retailer Club L London has launched a dedicated Irish website after web traffic in Ireland increased by 90% in Q1.
Secret Sales launches fulfilment service
Secret Sales has launched ‘Fulfilment by Secret Sales’ a fully-managed logistical solution which enables brands and retailers to ship goods in bulk to Secret Sales’ UK warehouse.
PrettyLittleThing announces design competition with Teyana Taylor
Online retailer PrettyLittleThing is working with its US creative director Teyana Taylor to find their next ‘Designer of the Year’.
AND FINALLY
eBay to launch physical sneaker store
eBay is to open a physical store in LA from which it will sell some of the “most exclusive and coveted sneaker styles” for up to 70% off today’s market price.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots week-ending May 20th 2022?
1/ SS22
2/ Jubilee
3/ Pink
4/ Bedroom
5/ AW22
6/ Summer
7/ Blue
8/ Wedding
9/ Kitchen
10/ Beach
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NEW BRANDS TO PRSHOTS
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.
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.
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.
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BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES
Clothing and accessories
TK Maxx has new accessories and jewellery
Roman Originals has new SS22 outfits
Matalan has new family dressing options
Pink House Mustique has new beachwear
Dune London has new occasion wear and summer sandals
From My Mothers Garden has new summery robes
M&Co has new summer wear from Anya Madsen and Kylie, kids and adult ranges and jubilee gifts
F&F has new Bridges range
Monsoon has new summer outfits
Primark has summer ranges, beauty ranges and accessories
Dancing Leopard has new summer dresses and beachwear
Fatface has new beachwear and holiday wear for all ages
Freemans has new summer ranges
George at Asda has new summer outfits and Jubilee outfits
Dune London Mens has new summer beach wear
Very has new summer outfits
River Island has father’s day gifts, new summer clothing imagery for kids and adults and a Charlie Howard collab
Marks & Spencer has new menswear holiday wear, Per Una and M&S collection images
Wilko has suntan lotions and creams
Oliver Bonas has new clothing, jewellery and accessories
New Look has new women’s summer outfits
PrettyLittleThing has new swimwear and Martha Kalifatidis, Marilyn Melo, Jayda Wayda and Alabama Barker ranges
See more new clothing and accessories images from the last two weeks from
Barbour Shoe Zone Kaleidoscope Feelunique Lipsy Radley Night Store Cotton Traders Sonder Studio Hope Fashion Seol + Gold Very Daisy Park Joe Browns John Lewis Aspiga
Home and food
Cambridge Imprint has new stationery and printing sets
Cartwright & Butler has new gifts and hampers for Father’s Day
Very has Jubilee, 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
Cult Furniture has new homeware
Nest has new outdoor and indoor home ranges
Dunelm has new AW22 home wear
Primark has new home accessories
Marks & Spencer has new things for the lounge and bathroom
Cuckooland has new modular sofas
Lights4fun has AW22 and Halloween lights
Cath Kidston has new kitchen wear
Oak Furnitureland has new sofa and rug ranges
Dobbies Garden Centres has new home goods, pet accessories and Fathers’ Day gifts
DFS has new ranges
See more new home images from the last two weeks from
NoLoGo National Trust Shop Wilko The Range M&Co Daisy Park Pink House Mustique Abstract House Fritz Fryer Matalan Sofology Joe Browns Parker Knoll Next Paperchase Fatface Next Hotel Chocolat
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May Diary
How to get your brand on the May Editorial Calendars
Next month sees the start of the Platinum Jubilee 4-day weekend so start to get anything related to the Jubilee up now and get the keywords Platinum Jubilee on anything relevant.
We’re now well into Spring so carry on adding those spring summer related images and adding keywords relating to summer outfits, swimwear, the garden, garden parties and Barbecues (don’t forget to add all of the other spellings BBQ, Bar-B-Que etc and other related keywords like picnics, garden party etc).
Now that covid travel restrictions have lifted images of beach holidays and swimwear, as well as holiday clothes, festival clothes can all come back out and all of the associated keywords and phrases sandals, beachwear, swimsuits, bikinis, linen, summer wear. Although not everyone will be going abroad so still keep keywords and phrases like “staycation” “holistay” “holiday at home” to your keywords and why not suggest clothing like cardigans for the colder UK evenings.
May is also the start of wedding season so if you have any wedding related items then get ready to promote them with any wedding keywords, bridal, bride, groom, hen party, stag do etc.
May Diary - Weeks/Months
May is National Walking Month, National Smile Month and Skin Cancer awareness month. It’s also;
Chelsea Flower Show (24th – 28th May)
May - Days
25th - Geek Pride day
26th – Ascension Day
29th – National Biscuit Day
25th – National Wine Day
31st – Memorial Day (US)
How to get your brand on the June Editorial Calendars
This month sees the start of the Platinum Jubilee 4-day weekend so start to get anything related to the Jubilee up now and get the keywords Platinum Jubilee on anything relevant
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 (27th-10thJuly) and Royal Ascot (14th-18th), the Derby (3rd-4th) and the return of the Glastonbury festival (22nd-26th).
June - Days
1st - Global Parents Day
2nd – Spring Bank Holiday
3rd – Jubilee Bank Holiday
3rd – World Bicycle Day
3rd – World Cider Day
3rd – National Fish and Chips Day
5th – World Environment Day
5th – Shavuot
6th – Whit Monday
6th – D-Day
8th – World Oceans Day
11th – Queen’s Official Birthday
11th – World Gin Day
14th – International Bath Day
15th – Two years since the end of the first UK lockdown for non-essential shops (England)
15th – National Beer Day (UK)
18th – Sustainable Gastronomy Day
18th – International Picnic Day
19th – Father’s Day
19th – Juneteenth
21st – Summer Solstice
22nd – World Rainforest Day
22nd – Windrush Day
24th – Take your dog to work Day
24th – Midsummer’s Day
27th – Wimbledon fortnight starts
30th – International Asteroid Day
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