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PRShots Roundup brings you the latest retail news from Superdry, JD Sports, Ted Baker, HMV, Lidl, SpaceNK, TikTok, Boohoo, WH Smith, Lucy & Yak, Stone Island and Burberry. Plus, Nobody’s Child plans for growth, 21 of the best social media analytics tools and more.
THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Superdry has warned its sales will continue to drop in its current financial year, after exiting the London Stock Exchange in July to begin work on its restructuring plan.
JD Sports expects full year profit to be at lower end of guidance
JD Sports has said its full year profit is likely to be at the lower end of expectations after the quarter to 2 Nov saw sales fall by 0.3%.
Ted Baker UK and European wholesale arm snapped up by former Barbour MD
Ted Baker’s wholesale business in the UK and Europe is set to be managed by Pace Partnership London (PPL), under the helm of former Barbour MD Ryan Llewellyn-Pace.
HMV suspends new store openings following Budget tax raid
HMV has become one of the first retailers to publicly suspend new store openings across the UK, saying the Budget has made the environment too risky to invest.
British Land profits and outlook a lift
Retail park landlord British Land said underlying profit was up 1% to £143m in its latest half-year results.
Frasers demands that Boohoo chair Kamani is replaced by Mike Ashley
In the latest escalation of the public war of words between the two retailers, Frasers has this morning publicly called for Boohoo founder and chair Mahmud Kamani to step down.
Lidl switches to a profit in 2023
Lidl’s revenues for the year to Feb 28 were up 16.9% to £11bn, and EBIT rose to £220.8m from a loss of £28.5m the previous year.
Space NK sales for the year ending in March were up 34% to £196.5m with pre-tax profits up from £1.5m to £7.5m, with H1 sales up 38% year-on-year.
TikTok predicts record-breaking Christmas sales for brands on platform
TikTok predicts this Christmas will mark its biggest UK retail moment yet, driven by a surge in LIVE shopping sessions and an increase in ad spend from clients over the festive period.
Online sales in November off to ‘poor start’
IMRG reported online sales in the week starting October 28, were down 5.9% year on year, the steepest drop since June.
TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Nobody’s Child plans for growth
Nobody’s Child is grabbing attention. The brand, in which M&S holds a 27% stake, has a growing presence on the high street, through not only its 60 M&S pop-ups but its three own stores.
21 of the best social media analytics tools for 2025
If you’re looking for social media tools to better focus your time, effort, and budget then you need to look at Hootsuite’s list of 21 of the best new social media analytics tools available.
How to use AI and automation to organize your content marketing
Great content marketing requires more than a color-coded calendar. Learn how to create a flexible, budget-friendly system to keep you organized.
The 15 social media trends that will shape your 2025 strategy
With social media trend cycles moving faster than ever, we’re asking ourselves: what’s worth paying attention to in 2025?
PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Boohoo updates board amid Frasers’ criticism
Boohoo has promoted non-executive director Tim Morris to the role of independent chair, with co-founder and executive chairman Mahmud Kamani taking up the vice chair role.
BRAND NEWS
Lucy & Yak launches charity collection to challenge Black Friday
Independent socially and environmentally conscious lifestyle brand Lucy & Yak is launching a limited-edition collection with long-time charity partner Fior Di Loto Foundation
WH Smith launches first own-brand Christmas sandwich range
WH Smith has launched its first own-brand range of Christmas sandwiches into 300 travel stores in the UK.
Frasers Plus strikes new partnership with Hornby Hobbies
Frasers Plus, the credit and loyalty platform part of Frasers Group, has announced a new partnership with toy and hobby retailer, Hornby Hobbies.
Burberry expanding homeware offering for the festive season
Burberry is expanding its home and décor collection with a new line of soft accessories and home fragrances in time for the festive season.
AND FINALLY
Stone Island’s Carlo Rivetti on football’s famous brand and dressing Eric Cantona
Stone Island ’stoney’ has been worn by everyone from Drake to Keir Starmer and on the football terraces. The Guardian interviews its chair and former owner Carlo Rivetti.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending November 15th 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.
Matalan has a new Taylor & Wright collaboration of menswear, a 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.
TK Maxx has SS25 clothing and accessory ranges including crochet outfits, Christmas gift-guides for men, women, kids and pets, plus new menswear and womenswear ranges including coats, jackets and hoodies.
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.
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.
See additional new clothing and accessories images from
London Grace Deichmann Shoe Zone Online Home Shop F&F Threadbare
Home, garden and food
Quorn Stone has new natural stone and tumbled herringbone cobbles outdoor ranges, marble ranges for the bathroom and kitchen and Limestone cobbles for outside.
Designers Guild has new Studio Stripes patterns for SS25.
Jan Constantine has new cushions for SS25 and Valentine’s day.
TK Maxx has a wellness range for the New Year, Christmas gift-guides for the home, plus Beetlejuice-themed things for the home.
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.
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.
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Monsoon Habitat Home Bargains Very B&M Rebel Walls Dobbies Garden Centres Cambridge Imprint DFS Joe Browns Nest
DIARY
PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts
Days until Black Friday – 8
Days until Christmas – 34
Days until Valentine’s Day – 85
Days until Easter - 150
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 (13th-19th)
November - Days
25th – 1 month until Christmas Day
28th – Thanksgiving (US)
29th – Black Friday
30th – US Small Business Saturday
30th – 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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