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PRShots Roundup brings you the latest retail news from Mulberry, Revolution Beauty, Asos, Shein, Boohoo, B&M, AllSaints, Sephora, Pull&Bear, Claire’s and M&S. Plus, how Harvey Norman is hoping to shake up the UK, how the top retailers are navigating a challenging fashion market and more.  

THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS

Retailers warn National Insurance hike makes job cuts ‘inevitable’

Over 70 businesses including Tesco, Sainsbury’s, and Next have written to Chancellor Rachel Reeves warning that National Insurance rises meant job cuts were “inevitable”.

Mulberry half-year losses widen

Mulberry sales fell 19% to £56.1m and losses grew to £15.7m for the half to 28 Sept and new CEO Andrea Baldo highlighted the “clear need to reprioritise and rebuild the business”.

Revolution Beauty profits rise but sales dip

Revolution Beauty H1 to Aug 31 show revenues down 20% to £72.4m, but there was an 18% rise in underlying adjusted EBITDA to £3.9m.

Asos boss Ramos Calamonte receives bumper pay rise despite deepening losses

Ramos Calamonte, boss of Asos has received an almost 44% pay rise amid a turnaround at the retailer following mounting full year losses.

UK retail footfall improves in latest week

Retail footfall rose by 4.5% across all UK destinations last week compared to the week before, led by a 4.8% rise in shopping centres and a 4.7% rise in high streets.

Morrisons slashes debt by £2.4bn following restructuring

Morrisons has completed a major debt restructuring, including the repayment of an additional £200m, bringing its total debt reduction to £2.4bn since its acquisition by Clayton, Dubilier & Rice.

Shein is targeting early 2025 for £50bn London float

Shein is reportedly preparing to launch its massive £50bn IPO on the London Stock Exchange in early 2025.

Boohoo has raised £40m to fuel its turnaround

Boohoo has completed a fundraising round to fuel its turnaround amid a boardroom bust-up with its biggest shareholder.

Fashion and clothing retailers expected to see the largest uplift in sales on Black Friday

Fashion retailers are set to capture a significant digital market share this Black Friday, with a projected 123% growth in web traffic, outpacing all other retail sectors.

B&M well positioned for the Golden Quarter

B&M sales increased by 3.7% to £2.64bn in the half to 28 Sept with group adjusted EBITDA up 2% to £274m and says it’s well positioned for the Christmas quarter.

TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY

How Asos, M&S, Primark and Zalando are navigating a challenging fashion market

Retail Gazette looks at the top fashion retailers and discovers how they are adapting to shifting consumer behaviours, economic pressures, and rising competition.

How Harvey Norman is hoping to shake up the UK

Australian electricals and homewares retailer Harvey Norman which has over 300 stores worldwide, made it English debut last month and is close to getting a second location.

10 retailers nailing online UX and what you can learn from them

Retail Week takes a deep dive into customer experience and shows how retailers, including White Stuff, FatFace and Zalando are winning customers with great digital experiences.

It's going to be another cost-conscious Christmas for shoppers

With cost-of-living constraints affecting gift-buying again this Christmas, shoppers are tightening their purse strings, planning to spend on average 11% less than last year.

Amazon Alexa to offer interactive Levi’s Jeans Fit Guide

Levi’s is piloting an innovative Jeans Fit Guide with Amazon’s Alexa where Alexa will ask a number of questions on their best fit before directing them to Amazon listings.

BRAND NEWS

AllSaints shows commitment to bricks-and-mortar with raft of international store openings

Fashion retailer AllSaints is ramping up its international expansion strategy with a raft of new store openings worldwide.

Sephora CEO wants to open at least 20 UK stores in the next few years

Sephora’s CEO has announced it is aggressively expanding its UK market presence, aiming to challenge established players like Boots.

Dolce & Gabbana and Skims launch a joint clothes and lingerie collection

Dolce & Gabbana and Skims have announced the launch of a collection that “merges Dolce & Gabbana’s Italian lifestyle with Skims’s signature comfort and versatility”.

Pull&Bear launches partywear capsule fronted by Dixie D’Amelio

Pull&Bear has introduced its new Partywear collection, social media star and model Dixie D’Amelio, the items will be available both instore and online.

Claire’s evolves beauty category with new product offering

Claire’s is evolving its beauty category with the launch of C by Claire’s, an exclusive range of fragrances and body care products.

Kate Moss to launch a new Zara collection

The ZARA X Kate Moss collection launches on 30 November in-store and online, and will comprise of ready-to-wear pieces and accessories intended for a big night out.

Amazon launches low-cost ecommerce service in US to challenge Temu

Amazon has launched Amazon Haul a low-cost e-commerce service for the US market to take on  Shein and Temu.

AND FINALLY

Office co-founder David Casey dies aged 78

David Casey, the co-founder of footwear retailers Office and Offspring, has passed away aged 78.

PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES

What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending November 15^th 2024?

1/ Christmas

2/ AW24

3/ Leopard

4/ Bedroom

5/ SS25

6/ Jumper

7/ Sequin

8/ Home

9/ Gold  

10/ Throw

NEW BRANDS TO PRSHOTS

Frangipani was established in 2010, and produces men’s shirts and accessories crafted from high-quality materials and featuring bold prints or subtle contrasts. With each shirt embodying a perfect balance of comfort and elegance.

Mission C founder Qes discovered that CBD oil helped his Grandad - who was living with dementia - feel calm and contented, he knew it could help others too. So he created a natural and accessible remedy for people looking to improve their quality of life.

Saywood was created in 2020 by Harriet Saywood-Bellisario, who graduated from the London College of Fashion before working at Paul Smith, Richard Nicoll and Label/Mix. The brand specialises in beautiful edits of wardrobe essentials and classics contemporised with unexpected details made to be worn and re-worn.

Jellycat is the brand of the moment and has been around for a quarter of a century. Over this time, their unmistakable characters have gained the affection of millions across 77 countries.

Priestleys was founded by husband and wife team James and Karen and specialises in producing little luxuries in their Lincolnshire workshop.  Their leather bags, belts, wallets and accessories are handcrafted using responsibly sourced leathers from gold and silver-rated tanneries in Europe and are supplemented with ranges of scarves and jewellery.

Sims Wear was founded by Billy Sims-Hilditch with the idea of creating British made menswear, using best-in-class natural fibres. The range is all home produced in Aberdeenshire from fibre carding and spinning, through to knitting, weaving, cutting and sewing.

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BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES

Clothing, beauty and accessories

Roman Originals has more AW24 imagery, new Petite, Curve and Dusk campaign ranges of womenswear for cosy evenings and big events, new nightwear ranges with pyjamas and cosy dressing gowns.

Monsoon has new designer ranges, plus clothes, shoes, boots, bags and accessories for Christmas, new edits for women and kids, bags, shoes, jewellery and accessories.

Primark has a new ski range, a new Rita Ora collaboration of clothing, shoes, bags, jewellery and accessories, and new tie-ups with  Wicked, The Grinch, Sonic the Movie and Ashleigh Huish, plus going out shoes, boots and bags for women.

Very has new V by very ranges of clothes and footwear including metallics, sequins and faux fur, a new Michelle Keegan collaboration, new Grinch-themed pyjamas for all the family, stocking filler accessories, partywear ranges.

George at Asda has a Children in Need range, women’s and menswear for Christmas occasions and parties, Children in Need Christmas outfits, a new Roksanda and Tickled Pink collaboration clothing ranges.

River Island has a Christmas Gift Guide and Christmas jumpers, plus new Premium and Winter Reds collections, along with party outfits and accessories for the Christmas season for men, women and children.

Peacocks has new Christmas jumpers and fashion, Caprice Christmas pyjama collections, new womenswear, a new Louise Redknapp AW and Christmas Edit, a Michael Owen collaboration and new AW24 womenswear and jewellery.

Fatface has a new Copper & Black range of womenswear, new menswear, and kids clothing, plus Christmas clothing, accessories and jewellery for all the family plus gifts for under £50, plus more AW24 Edit ranges of womenswear. 

Cotton Traders has new Christmas jumpers, cosy womenswear and menswear for AW24 including jumpers, cardigans and coats.

Celtic &Co has new Christmas accessories, jumpers and cosy outfits from the winter.

Oliver Bonas has new women’s clothing, bags, shoes, accessories and jewellery for the New Year and SS25.

Bonmarché has new Christmas jumpers and partywear, lingerie ranges, new jewellery and accessory ranges for Christmas and the winter and AW24 clothing ranges.

M&S has a Bella Freud bag collaboration, the Christmas beauty advent calendar, party outfits for all the family, Christmas clothing, accessories and lingerie sets as well as post-surgery bras, the Dress the Nation range with Vernon Kay and AJ Odudu.

Scamp & Dude has Christmas party outfits and new AW24 womenswear ranges.

Matalan has a new menopause lingerie range plus a new collaboration with Marvel, Paddington and Alder Hey hospital, Christmas women’s eveningwear, outdoor clothing, footwear, Christmas and Winter outfits for the whole family.

Peachaus has new sleepwear and lingerie for AW24 and SS25.

New Look has more new November outfits, winter and occasion wear outfits for women, plus ranges of womenswear including coats, jumpers, skirts and tops.

Dune London has new shoes, boots and bags.

Accessorize has some new Valentine’s day and SS25 collections of clothes, bags and shoes, a new bridal collection, new Christmas 2024 ranges of pyjamas, jumpers, bags, jewellery and accessories.

Fable England has new small accessory ranges, a Core collection of bags and accessories, a Wolf Garden range of clothes, jewellery and bags, a new AW24 collaboration with the National History Museum, plus new jewellery ranges.

Barbour has new collaborations with Noah, Ganni and Baracuta and has new outdoor ranges, a gifts under £50 range, a Alexa Natalie range, plus a Flower Mountain collaboration of trainers and clothes.

London Grace has new nail varnish ranges and nail varnish gift boxes.

Deichmann has new lifestyle imagery of its new shoes, boots, slippers and bags.

Shoe Zone has women's slippers and men's boots.

TK Maxx has its Christmas gift-guides for men, women, kids and pets, plus new menswear and womenswear ranges for AW24 including coats, jackets and hoodies, plus Leopard skin prints t-shirts and skirts.

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Home, garden and food

Fritz Fryer has new antique lighting ranges, kitchen lighting ranges, as well as lamps and lights for every room in the home.

Online Home Shop has new bedding, foot warmers, hot water bottles, heated pads, body wraps, plus bar stools and furniture, mirrors, cuddle cushions, shaped pillows and bolsters.

Quorn Stone has new natural stone and tumbled herringbone cobbles outdoor ranges, marble ranges for the bathroom and kitchen and Limestone cobbles for outside.

M&S has a new Nordic notes Christmas decoration ranges, National Gallery collaboration, stocking filler Christmas images and new Fearne Cotton Happy Place range, Christmas homeware including tableware, soft furnishings, candles and diffusers, Christmas decorations, homeware and bedding ranges.

Ivyline has new planters, pots for its indoor living ranges.

Cult Furniture has a new collaboration with Daniela Tasca.

Oliver Bonas has new furniture and home accessories including mirrors, lighting and tableware for the New Year and SS25.

Fatface has a collaboration with homeless charity Shelter, Christmas decorations for the Christmas tree and homeware gifts.

George Home has a new Christmas decorations for the tree, tableware, soft furnishings and trees, Stacey Solomon Christmas and Autumn collaborations on cookware, bedding, dining, and homeware.

Primark has new Wicked and Grinch themed gifts for kids and pets, furniture, Christmas decorations and homeware gifts, AW24 furniture, homeware, bedding, diffusers and candles.

Matalan has SS25 homeware images for the dining room, bedroom, bathroom and garden, plus Christmas gifts and decorations, a new Connie the Cockapoo range, AW24 soft furnishings and gifts, a new AW Cosy Shop range of bedding and soft furnishings, Christmas bedding ranges and presents for pets.

Treats by Mars has new Galaxy ranges of hot chocolate. 

Cutter & Squidge has a new boxed cookie range.

Sofology has new SS25 Premiere and Westwood ranges of sofas, chairs and recliners.

Homesense has new Christmas gift ideas for family and pets as well as new Christmas decorations.

Hobbycraft has new ideas for Christmas decorations.

The Gluttonous Gardener has Christmas gifts for keen cooks and budding chefs.

Arran Sense of Scotland has Christmas gifting ranges for men and Christmas scented diffusers and handwashes.

Monsoon has new Christmas decorations for the home and the tree.

Habitat has new made to measure upholstery collections of sofas and chairs Christmas wreaths and decorations for the home and Christmas trees, plus a Willaim Morris collaboration of furniture and soft furnishings, plus new lighting, furniture for the living dining and bedroom plus new tableware.

Home Bargains has new gift ranges for Christmas including candles.

TK Maxx has its Christmas gift-guides for the home, plus Beetlejuice-themed things for the home.

Very has new soft furnishings and candles and other stocking fillers plus Christmas decorations for the home and the tree.

B&M has new bedding and soft furnishings, Xmas 2024 gift guides, new Woodland Charm, Japandi and Natural Earth homeware, plus bedding and soft furnishings for AW24, Christmas 2024 ranges of decorations, Christmas mugs, cushions, candles, and things for the kitchen and the Christmas dining table. 

Rebel Walls has new big statement First Rebels wallpaper ranges for the home based on paintings by famous artists.

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DIARY

PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts

Days until Black Friday – 10

Days until Christmas – 36

Days until Valentine’s Day – 87

Days until Easter - 152
 

How to get your brand on the November media calendars

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 2025” issues will also be welcomed. So, any 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 and wellbeing.

Clothing-wise the media are looking for party wear, party dresses, nightwear, going-out outfits, Christmas Jumpers, jumpers, scarves, bobble hats, beanies, cardigans, coatigans, jackets, and coats. So, make sure 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), velvet, plus the year’s big trends of sequins, metallics, red and gold.     

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 and try and add those in.

If you’re looking for more hooks to help promote your brand and products, then see the list of days, weeks and fortnights below.

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. It’s also World Pancreatic Cancer Month, World Vegan Month, Men’s Health Awareness Month, and in the US, it’s also National Peanut Butter Lovers’ Month, Sweet Potato Month and Candy Month.

Weeks to celebrate in November include;

Transgender Awareness Week (13^th-19^th)

November - Days

19^th – International Men’s Day

20^th – World Children’s Day

25^th – 1 month until Christmas Day

28^th – Thanksgiving (US) 

29^th – Black Friday 

30^th – US Small Business Saturday 

30^th – St Andrew’s Day (Bank Holiday Scotland)

NB - All dates have been checked, but some events may change due to unforeseen circumstances or have not been fully confirmed for 2024 by the authorities controlling the event(s). 

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