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THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Bravissimo still hurt by pandemic but revenue and profits begin to recover
Bravissimo accounts for the year ending Oct 2021 saw revenue rise to £51.9m, up from £42.1m, with EBITDA profits at £4.4m up from a £2.7m loss in the previous year
Celtic & Co. posts strong year
Celtic & Co results for the year ending 30 Jan saw sales grow by 21% to £19.3m, with international sales now accounting for 30% of turnover and deals with M&S, Next and John Lewis bringing in £1+m.
Love Island dumps fast fashion sponsor for eBay
Love Island is hoping to bring sustainable fashion to the forefront by ditching its usual gamut of fast-fashion sponsors for eBay.
Online sales tax will ‘damage shops and high streets’, Marks & Spencer warns
Marks & Spencer’s chief financial officer Eoin Tonge has written to chancellor Rishi Sunak warning him that an online sales tax would be damaging for high streets and the retailers on them.
UK retail businesses lost £414m last year because of cross-border tax complexities
Nearly a fifth (19%) of retailers currently exporting to the EU are planning to exit at least one EU market in the future, and 59% have reversed plans to sell goods in a European country.
42% of internet traffic in 2021 wasn’t human, as ‘bad bots’ attack retail
Just under half the traffic (42%) on the internet to commercial websites are 'bad bots' bent on fraud with the retail sector (33.8%) and travel sector (34.2%) affected the most.
UK complained about more ads in 2021 than ever before
The UK complained about a record number of ads last year with 43,325 complaints in 2021 with online the most-complained-about ads with 20,735 complaints.
TRENDS, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
How to make your DTC brand stand out in a crowded marketplace
The novelty of DTC is seemingly wearing thin and the playbook that led to DTC’s early success is now failing to deliver such guaranteed riches
How Mulberry grew sales by converting closed shops into online warehouses
Mulberry ecommerce sales were given a boost in 2021 when the luxury leather brand turned its closed shops into online warehouses during the Covid-19 pandemic and associated lockdowns.
5 strategies brands are using to enter the metaverse
FashionUnited highlights the most popular methods brands have been adopting when entering the metaverse and why these particular strategies are so attractive.
New technologies and trends in digital payments in 2022
For merchants to maintain high customer experience and cart conversion, it is essential that payment is as frictionless and immediate as possible, while still being transparent and above all safe.
3 ways how fashion brands can move towards a sustainable and net-zero future
There is no doubt that the future of fashion needs to be a sustainable one. Climate tech company Planetly explains three ways how the fashion industry can move towards a sustainable future.
PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Currys appoints Asos’ Ian Dyson as chairman
Currys has appointed Ian Dyson, the current chair of Asos, as its new chair to succeed Ian Livingston. He will join the board as a non-executive director on 1 September 2022
Jaeger hires ex-Cath Kidston product boss
M&S owned Jaeger has hired former Cath Kidston and Boden executive Suzi Avens as head of product as it pushes ahead with reinvigorating the brand.
BRAND NEWS
French Connection partners with Hirestreet to launch rental service
French Connection has launched an on-demand rental service on its own site, powered by Hirestreet’s sister platform Zoa.
Poundland to use Poundshop.com for online expansion
Poundland has opted to use Poundshop.com, the website it acquired in March, as its platform for online expansion and will retire the shop.poundland.co.uk website that it started trialing last year.
Revolution Beauty expands into select Walgreens stores and online
British skincare and cosmetics company Revolution Beauty is expanding its retail footprint with the launch of its Makeup Revolution range into Walgreen stores in the US.
Childrenswear brand Frugi partners with Circular Textiles Foundation
Frugi, a sustainable UK-based brand, has announced a new partnership with the Circular Textiles Foundation (CTF), making it the organisation’s first childrenswear member.
AND FINALLY
Which retail bosses get paid the most?
With remuneration such a hot topic, Retail Gazette delves into the latest annual reports of the UK’s biggest listed companies to find out what retail CEOs were paid last year.
Boohoo CEO in line for £1.3m bonus
Boohoo CEO John Lyttle could receive a bonus worth 200% of his £652,000 salary if he meets a number of targets over the next year.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots week-ending May 13th 2022?
1/ Jubilee
2/ SS22
3/ Dress
4/ Summer
5/ Garden
6/ Beach
7/ Picnic
8/ Gingham
9/ Bedroom
10/ Father’s Day
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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
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
Fatface has new beachwear and holiday wear
M&Co has new summer wear from Anya Madsen and Kylie, kids and adult ranges and jubilee gifts
Dune London has new occasion wear ranges
Dune London Mens has new summer beach wear
Very has new summer outfits
Primark has new pregnancy and summer ranges, beauty ranges and new Varsity and MODEST ranges
George at Asda has new summer outfits and Jubilee 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
Pretty Little Thing has new swimwear and Martha Kalifatidis, Marilyn Melo, Jayda Wayda and Alabama Barker ranges
Barbour has more outdoor clothing, bags and perfumes
Shoe Zone has trainer and sandal ranges
Kaleidoscope has new summer wear and beachwear
Freemans has images from its new TV campaign
Feelunique has new cosmetics and fragrances
Dancing Leopard has new summer dresses
See more new clothing and accessories images from the last two weeks from
F&F From My Mothers Garden Roman Originals Lipsy Pink House Mustique Radley Night Store Matalan Cotton Traders Sonder Studio Hope Fashion Monsoon Seol + Gold Very Daisy Park Joe Browns John Lewis Aspiga
Home and food
Cult Furniture has new homeware
Nest has new outdoor and indoor home ranges
Dunelm has new AW22 home wear
Primark has new home accessories
Oliver Bonas has new home ware
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
NoLoGo has new jubilee homeware
National Trust Shop has new ranges
Wilko has new Jubilee gifts, DIY, storage, garden, home wear
The Range has new wallpaper, homeware and things for the garden and Jubilee wear
See more new home images from the last two weeks from
M&Co Daisy Park Pink House Mustique Abstract House Fritz Fryer Matalan Sofology Joe Browns Parker Knoll Next Paperchase Very Cambridge Imprint Fatface George Home 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
19th – Lag B'Omer (Jewish Holiday)
20th – World Bee Day
21st – International Tea Day
22nd – World Goth Day
22nd – Craft Distillery Day (US)
25th - Geek Pride day
26th – Ascension Day
29th – National Biscuit Day
25th – National Wine Day
31st – Memorial Day (US)
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