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PRShots Roundup brings you the latest retail news from Adidas, Halfords, Russell & Bromley, Tesco, Pop Mart, Lidl, SportsShoes, Omnes, DFS, John Smedley, Miniso and Matalan. Plus, how to make AI work in retailing, how to make employee advocacy work for your business and more.
THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Lidl remains fastest growing supermarket after profits triple
Lidl profits have more than tripled thanks to its ongoing investment into store expansion, colleagues and its supplier network.
UK inflation unexpectedly remains at 3.8% for third month in a row
UK inflation was unchanged last month at 3.8%, confounding expectations of a rise to 4% predicted by the city.
Halfords reports 3.3% group sales increase
Halfords Group has released its trading update for the H1 to 26 Sept and shows a positive like-for-like sales growth of 4.1%.
Adidas has become more optimistic about 2025 with operating profit expected to reach around €2bn up from a previous range of €1.7-1.8bn.
Russell & Bromley seeks funding to boost turnaround plan
Russell & Bromley is looking to raise its finances to help fund its ‘ReBoot’ turnaround plan.
Christmas shoppers to splurge £91bn as retail sales set to rise 3.2%
GlobalData figures estimate consumers are set to spend £91.12bn this year - a 3.2% rise in sales - across the six-week festive period, from mid-Nov to the end of Dec.
Tesco urges ministers to take action to stop recycling facilities shutting
Tesco is urging the Government to introduce regulation to encourage a major shift towards reusable plastic packaging and says action is needed to reverse the shutting of recycling facilities.
LVMH explores sale of its 50% stake in Rihanna-backed Fenty Beauty
LVMH is exploring a sale of its 50% stake in Fenty Beauty, which it co-owns with Grammy Award-winning singer and entrepreneur Rihanna.
Labubu maker sees sales soar after launch of mini version of toy
Pop Mart, the maker of the hugely popular Labubu dolls, says its sales have surged after the launch of mini versions of the monster-themed toys in August.
TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
How to make AI work in retailing
AI only delivers real value when it’s embedded into the core of retail operations, with clear objectives and a structured approach.
How to make employee advocacy work for your business
As audiences’ trust in brands declines, employee advocacy is more important than ever. Hootsuite helps you learn how to scale a program that actually works.
How to turn internal docs into content that converts
Unlock the insights hidden in sales decks, onboarding guides and support docs to create content that earns buyers’ attention and drives results.
When employee surveys do more harm than good
Employee surveys can be an important tool in the internal comms armoury – but only if organisations act on the feedback received.
ChatGPT maker launches web browser Atlas to rival Google Chrome
OpenAI, the company behind the pioneering ChatGPT generative AI chatbot, has launched its new internet browser, called Atlas but currently it’s only available on Apple.
Do consumers really want to talk to bots?
Attitudes toward AI-powered customer service are shifting, but age and industry are important factors.
The social media management expert playbook
Four social experts share insights on the future of social media management, from team structures to strategy, and proving business impact.
PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Matalan has appointed former H&M UK managing director Henrik Nordvall as its new CEO, effective Feb 2026.
SportsShoes.com strengthens marketing team to support growth
SportsShoes.com has made six new appointments within its marketing team to support its growth strategy.
BRAND NEWS
Fashion brand Omnes plots more than a dozen new stores over next 12 months
Sustainable online fashion brand Omnes is planning to open up to 15 new stores over the next 12 months.
Net-a-Porter unveils exclusive capsule collection with Manolo Blahnik
Net-a-Porter has unveiled a new capsule footwear collection with Manolo Blahnik, inspired by the style of Marie Antoinette.
DFS teams up with Pinterest to launch gamified shopping experience
DFS and Pinterest are collaborating again with a new campaign “What’s Your Thing? Collage Quest” an interactive, gamified shopping experience.
Argos launches annual home delivery subscription
Argos has unveiled a new 12-month delivery subscription scheme “Argos Plus” for customers to compete against Amazon’s Prime delivery service.
Tottenham Hotspur unveils collection with John Smedley
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club today unveils a collaboration with British knitwear icon, John Smedley with a limited-edition capsule collection.
Miniso picks Milton Keynes for the opening of its 50th UK store
Miniso has selected Milton Keynes for the opening of its 50th UK store and is creating an additional 300 Christmas jobs nationally.
Homebody moves into womenswear
Luxury British men’s sleepwear brand Homebody has launched its first full women’s sleep and loungewear line fronted by wellness advocate and former model Rosemary Ferguson.
Yours Clothing continues UK expansion with raft of openings
Plus-size retailer Yours Clothing has unveiled a host of new store openings and relocations across the UK.
AND FINALLY
Kids in costume eat free at Asda Cafés this Halloween
On Halloween, children in fancy dress can get Asda’s popular Kids Eat for £1 meal deal completely free in Asda cafés nationwide.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending Oct 17th 2025?
1/ Christmas
2/ AW25
3/ Boots
4/ Coat
5/ Halloween
6/ Heels
7/ Bag
8/ Earrings
9/ Jacket
10/ Dress
PRSHOTS DIARY
PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts
Days until Halloween – 9
Days until Black Friday - 37
Days until Christmas Day – 64
Days until Valentine’s Day - 115
How to make your products attractive to the media in October
Our October PR toolkit and content calculator is here to help PRs and marketers forward-plan campaigns and pitches armed with some timely and topical angles, plus it’s a checklist for potential campaign hooks.
We’re into autumn, and the nights are starting to draw in, and the heating is probably on. The media are looking for images that reflect the changes, so anything that looks cosy and warm is suitable; roaring fires, big jumpers, coats, hats, knitwear, scarves, and wellies in a leaf-strewn outdoors – all the clichés – are what the media are looking for.
If you can do some night shots with sparklers, then you’re also ticking the boxes for Bonfire Night next month. We also have Halloween at the end of the month, so if you can get a pumpkin in your images, then you’re hitting two birds with one stone.
You should be adding Christmas images, and for those magazines with very long lead times, then start to look for the images of people working off the Christmas excesses for the January issues.
Don’t forget to add keywords like Gifts, Christmas, Xmas, Autumn, Winter, Halloween, Fireworks night and Bonfire night, as they will be looked for from now. Also, PRShots has a worldwide audience, so add those American holiday versions e.g. The Holidays, Fall, Pumpkin Day, Thanksgiving, etc and words like hygge that are starting to enter the language and are associated with the autumn.
Media will also be searching for party outfits for Halloween, Guy Fawkes, and the office party season - which will soon be with us some businesses have their Christmas parties in November.
The media are also starting to look for and create Christmas gift guides, so try and be creative, do ones for every eventuality e.g. gifts guides for him/her/mum/dad/kids/teenagers/pets etc also gifts under £150/100/£50 and guides for secret Santa’s gifts under £20.
Please put prices on everything!!! Otherwise, you stand no chance of getting into any of the features that include “Presents under £50”, “Party dresses for £150”, etc.
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.
October Diary - Weeks/Months
October is also known as ‘Stoptober’, which started as a campaign around giving up cigarettes, but is now joined by MacMillans Go Sober for October, so if you have anything non-alcoholic, then get it on PRShots and make sure you add Stoptober and non-alcoholic as keywords.
It’s also Black History Month, Wool Month, Breast Cancer Awareness Month, Menopause Month, Vegetarian Awareness Month, Apple Month, Cookie Month, Spinach Lovers' Month, Pork Month, and National Pasta, Chilli, and Pizza Month.
Fashion and Beauty Weeks and events include – National Wedding Show London (18th -19th), British Beauty Week (20th-26th), Gran Canaria Swim Week (22nd- 25th), The Baby Show (24th-26th), National Wedding Show Manchester (25th -26th).
National Baking Week (14th-20th)
October - Days
25th – World Pasta Day
25th – 2 months until Christmas Day
26th – National Pumpkin Day
26th – Clocks go back tonight
27th – National American Beer Day
27th – Global Champagne Day
28th – National Chocolate Day (US)
29th – National Cat Day (US)
31st – Halloween
NB - All dates have been checked, but some events may change due to unforeseen circumstances or have not been fully confirmed for 2025 by the authorities controlling the event(s).
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NEW BRANDS ON PRSHOTS
Rhoen is the brainchild of designer Rebecca Rhoades. The Rhoen collection features ready-to-wear, bridal, party, signature and casual ranges of luxury womenswear, featuring big bright prints and colours in mini, midi and maxi lengths.
BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES
Clothing, beauty and accessories
Monsoon has new going out bags, shoes and jewellery, a new collaboration with Sarah Corbett-Winder, AW25 clothing, jewellery and accessories, including bags, shoes, boots, scarves and jewellery.
Primark has new Christmas pyjamas and jumper ranges and lingerie, a Satin and Lace range, plus boots, shoes, bags and jackets for the winter and for the party season, men’s autumn layering, Thermalite and Heat IQ range plus adult and kids Edit range.
Roman Originals has new AW25 Dusk, Curve and Petite ranges for parties and going out, including coats, jackets, dresses and trousers.
Regatta has an Orla Kiely collaboration, plus new kids, women's and menswear for winter walks and hikes, including coats, jackets, fleeces and waterproofs, plus boots, scarves and hats.
Matalan has a new Winter Smart Edit, Christmas pyjamas and jumper ranges, a collaboration with Little Mistress Vicky Pattison, Grinch & Cindy themed clothing ranges for the family, new AW25 men and women’s wear, and Halloween kids costumes.
New Look has Christmas jumpers and winter clothing, plus new going out outfits for October and autumn drops of AW25 range,s including clothes, bags, shoes, boots and accessories.
Very has a new denim range, a new Michelle Keegan collaboration, new Elegant Opulence, Future Heirlooms and West Country Craft drops for its new Very Collection range of women’s clothing which includes the labels V by Very and Everyday, new Halloween outfits, including Addams Family ranges.
Peacocks has it’s Christmas ranges modelled by Louise Redknapp and Danni Dyer, new kidswear, more Danni Dyer AW collections and a new Micheal Owen range of menswear.
Online Home Shop has new cosy outfits for Halloween.
Lola Starr has a new Earth Collection range of athleisure/active wear crafted from recycled fabrics.
Oliver Bonas has new Autumn women’s accessories and jewellery, new womenswear including coats, jumpers, cardigans, trousers and shoes.
FatFace has a new Winter Collection of womenswear with this seasons’ must-have Faux Fur and including dresses, trousers, jackets, coats, bags, boots, shoes and hats.
Barbour has new collaborations with Arket, Paul Smith, Farm Rio and a collaboration with Kaptain Sunshine collaboration of outdoor wear, new Heritage ranges, clothing ranges plus new outfits and footwear for the festival season.
F&F has new a new Abby Clancy collaboration, new Kids and womenswear Christmas clothing ranges, and new autumn womenswear ranges.
River Island has a new collaboration with Nephthys, has new Heritage, Nostalgia and Studio womenswear ranges, a new collaboration with Olivia Attwood, new Suede season handbags, plus new ranges of clothing, shoes, bags, and accessories.
TK Maxx has new fashion accessory ranges including scarves, bags and jewellery.
Cotton Traders has new Will Mellow and Alex Jones collaboration lines, plus winter clothing ranges including coats, cardigans, trousers and Christmas jumpers.
M&S has new Christmas clothing collections and Collection and Autograph clothing, accessories and jewellery, plus ballet shoe ranges, and new kids ranges of clothes and shoes.
Joe Browns has new Christmas party and cosy evenings in outfits for men and women, Christmas jumpers and gifts for him and her, and Christmas bags, clothes, slippers, boots, shoes, jewellery and accessories.
See additional new clothing and accessories images from
Accessorize Bonmarché Sims Wear George at Asda The Orchard Deichmann Inspecs John Lewis Threadbare Fable England
Home, garden and food
Dobbies Garden Centres has Christmas gifts from the Gruffalo collection, Lemax and Disney-themed Christmas decorations, Halloween decorations, autumn houseplants.
Ivyline has Spring Summer 2026 planters, pots, watering cans and misters for indoors, plus chimeneas and pots for outdoors.
Cambridge Imprint has Christmas Crackers, new occasion cards, place cards, notebooks, patterned papers, new notecards and envelopes, Christmas cards, garlands, paper chains, coronets, and banners.
Very has new Western, Folk Cottage and Playful furniture and soft furnishing ranges, plus homeware for the kitchen and lounge, new Halloween and Christmas decorations for the home, plus Christmas toys and homeware.
Online Home Shop has new Halloween and autumn-themed mats, cushions and homeware.
Quorn Stone has new natural stone range, marble and decorative effect tiles, Parisian Manoir, Lullington, Chalfont and Orotelli decorative tiles, plus new natural stone and Canyon Terrazzo effect porcelain tiles.
Homesense has new Christmas homeware and gifts, plus Halloween and Christmas decorations, new furniture and accessory ranges for the kitchen and living room, including soft furnishings, dishes and glassware.
Primark has new Christmas homeware for the bedroom, table and the lounge, new Christmas and Wicked/Stitch/ themed gifting ranges for kids, a new low-key luxury ranges, a new Viral Product range, Halloween decorations and gifts, back-to-college ranges, harvest festival ranges of decorations.
The Gluttonous Gardener has gifts for the horticulturist in your life including their Growbar flower seed kits.
Treats by Mars has new Galaxy Caramel and vegan Galaxy dairy-free biscuits and selection boxes, Malteser gingerbread cake bars, Mars and Snickers flavour milk drinks, M&M festive and Halloween hot chocolate kits and Galaxy hot chocolate ranges.
Oliver Bonas has new homeware and Christmas gifting, a new Shrimps collaboration of homeware, new furniture, Christmas decorations, gifts and things for the home, plus new November/October drops of homeware ranges for the lounge, bedroom, kitchen, dining room.
Regatta has an Orla Kiely collaboration of thermos mugs, cool bags, picnic rugs and totes.
Habitat has new Christmas decorations for the home and the tree.
TK Maxx has new things for the home.
Hobbycraft has new Halloween and autumnal projects.
M&S has a new Kelly Hoppen collaboration, new Christmas homeware for the kitchen, bedroom and lounge plus decorations for the tree and the home.
The Orchard has new home interiors, Christmas furnishings, tabletop fire pits and mini pizza ovens, artificial Christmas tree ranges, new Miami Corner Group sofa, new autumn and Halloween decorations.
Arran Sense of Scotland has new festive collections, Island Dusk range, 2025 Christmas gift packs and an advent calendar, new refill packages, home fragrances, scented candles, plus a new mum and bride scent range.
Joe Browns has new Christmas gifts, plus homeware including lights, faux plants, signs, lamp shades, dining and drink ware, trays, coasters, stools, side tables soft furnishings, prints and throws.
B&M has its Christmas Gift Guide for her, Frosted Night, Nordic Glow, Peaceful Wishes, Snow Much Fun and Festive Folklore Christmas decorations, homeware for back to college, university Halloween decorations and accessories.
Designers Guild has new AW25 accessory ranges, and new Trevenna AW25 ranges of big-patterned print material for curtains and soft furnishings.
Matalan has Christmas decorations and gifts, AW25 homeware for the autumn including Halloween and Harvest Festival themed soft furnishings.
Ruggable has a range of Christmas themed rugs and carpets, plus Halloween and Autumn-themed doormats as well as rugs in autumn colours.
See additional new home images from
Accessorize George Home Jellycat John Lewis Oriana B Home Bargains Dunelm
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