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PRShots Digest brings you the latest retail news from Very, Specsavers, Superdry, LVMH, Adolfo Domínguez, Bodo, In The Style, Les Belles, A State of Nature, ScS and articles on the marketing trends for 2023, five global leaders to learn from, what you need to know about Fast channels and more.

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THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS

Shopify merchants make record £3.12bn Black Friday sales haul

Shopify merchants hit a record £3.12bn in sales on Black Friday up 17% on last year with London, New York and Los Angeles the top selling cities.

US Black Friday online sales hit record $9bn

Adobe figures show US shoppers spent a record $9.12bn online this Black Friday with online spending up 2.3% on 2021 and expects Cyber Monday to add to the record.

Black Friday has been “encouraging” for retailers

Barclaycard Payments saw Black Friday transaction numbers up 3.2% year on year as of 5pm while Nationwide said number of purchases were up 10% with footfall to retail stores up 4.6%

Very Group sales and profits slip

Very Group revenue for the quarter to 1 Oct fell 3% to £469.4m from £484.1m with retail sales down 6.7% and pre-tax profit fell from £9m to £2.2m

Specsavers rebounds from pandemic with record annual sales

Specsavers posted record annual sales in the year to Feb 28 with sales up 25% year on year to £3.4bn and profits increased to £446m.

Superdry closes in on refinancing deal with Elliott Advisors

Superdry is close to striking a refinancing deal with the UK arm of activist investor Elliott Advisors to replace its existing £70m facility which expires at the end of January.

Adolfo Domínguez cuts losses by 75% to €2.7m

Adolfo Domínguez saw group sales up 27% to €49.6 m in its H1 to Sept and a gross operating profit (EBITDA) of €4.3m up from a loss of €5.6m a year earlier.

LVMH acquires Italian jewellery manufacturer Pedemonte

LVMH has acquired Italian jewellers Pedemonte Group for an undisclosed sum, the brand will allow LVMH to significantly increase its production capacity for its watches & jewellery division.

Consumer spending up for Black Friday

Black Friday transaction volumes were up 0.7% up until 1pm on Black Friday 2022, compared with 2021 and transactions were up 4.9% on Black Friday 2019.

Fashion retailers face mounting stockpiles

The shortening of lead times from East Asia and delays in clearing last year’s delayed stock are causing issues for retailers with Asos sitting on £1.08bn of unsold stock, up a third on 2021.

TRENDS, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY

Five global digital leaders UK retail can learn from

Retail Week’s The Tech List casts a spotlight on five international tech transformers at the forefront of innovation

The marketing trends to watch for in 2023

 M&C Saatchi Performance’s managing partner Jonathan Yantz shares four predictions for where the marketing and advertising industry is headed in the new year.

Why you should care about Fast channels?

Worth $4bn in ad revenue in the US, free ad-supported streaming TV channels are only now gaining momentum in the UK. Here’s what you need to know.

How brands should approach the unpredictable state of Twitter

Ogilvy UK’s head of social and content, Fiona Uwagwu, looks at Twitter and outlines how brands should approach the unpredictable - and controversial - Twitter landscape.

Ex-Deliveroo exec launches rival sustainable quick commerce platform Bodo

Ex-Deliveroo executive Jack Green and former Cloudkitchen executive Brandon Neman have launched a sustainable quick commerce platform to rival the sector's incumbents, Bodo.

PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS

In The Style appoints design manager

Online fashion retailer In The Style has named Jocelyn Seeley as its new design manager. Previously Seeley held the same role at River Island and before this was at Boohoo Group.

Revolution Beauty hires new CEO

Revolution Beauty has brought in Bob Holt OBE as interim COO, to replace previous CEO, founder Adam Minto, who stood down earlier this month in the wake of accountancy issues

BRAND NEWS

Les Belles offers new approach to tights

Les Belles an indie hosiery start-up hopes to make a dent in the consumer base for tights with a fresh approach that includes sustainability and a subscription model.

A State of Nature wins The Incubator Project

Independent British label A State of Nature have been named the winner of This Is Soho’s ‘The Incubator Project’ competition, securing a rent-free pop-up shop in London’s Soho.

ScS sees upturn in sofa orders

ScS says its orders have improved in recent weeks with trading 1.3% ahead of last year, following a downturn over the summer and current trading is now in line with its expectations.

AND FINALLY

Coca-Cola completes karaoke takeover of Piccadilly Lights

Coca-Cola used the massive display billboards in Piccadilly Circus for a festive karaoke activation attended by thousands to celebrate the return of the brand’s ‘Holidays Are Coming’ advert.

PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES

What were our users searching for on PRShots week-ending Nov 25^th 2022?

1/ Christmas 

2/ Cushion

3/ Candle

4/ Gifts

5/ Bathroom

6/ Rug

7/ Scarf

8/ Pink

9/ Boots  

10/ Jumper

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NEW BRANDS TO PRSHOTS

Silk & Lawn are a Brighton-based accessories brand creating beautiful handmade headbands, hair ties & turbans for little and grown-up people made from silk and Tana lawn cottons.

Branch Jewellery is a small business that has become synonymous with hand-made wooden and horn jewellery. All materials used are ethically sourced and chosen for their quality and sustainability in mind.

Fabrap makes fabric gift wrapping that stands the test of time. Inspired by Indian textiles and the traditional Japanese art of Furoshiki, these fabric gift wraps combine timeless elegance, sustainability and ease of use.

Boutique agency Emslie Creative has joined PRShots adding jewellery from Joanna Laura Constantine and KJJ Fine Jewellery and handbags from Sambar

TaskPR has added it’s rosta of big name brands to PRShots with womens wear images from Bias Cut DKNY Jaeger Guinea London Knitwear Queen Empreinte and Leocé Couture mens wear from Jaeger jewellery from Annie Haak Tateossian Thomas Sabo Tommy Hilfiger watches and jewellery from Movado and occasion wear from Azazie   

Bridge Coffee Roasters launched Bridge in 1985 by sourcing and providing the very best coffee from around the world, and since then Bridge Coffee Roasters has bloomed into roasting and selling coffee, coffee machines and accessories

Threadbare is a proud family-owned British brand bringing great quality up-to-date fashion trends for men, women, children and dogs at affordable prices. Elevated, everyday, essentials

Ivyline creates contemporary accessories for the home and garden. Founded in 1976 the UK team works on everything from initial design to eventual dispatch. Its ethical product range comprises everything from fire pits and candles to planters, plant pots and everything in between.

Cutter & Squidge is a family-run, all-natural bakery created by two food-obsessed sisters. Playfulness is their passion, they love to create exciting, experimental flavours and artisan designs. Their bakes and gifts are lovingly handcrafted to taste delicious and look exquisite on any occasion.

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BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES

Clothing, beauty and accessories

The Morphbag by GSK has new campaign images

Primark has the new Greggs Primark range, KEM ranges, Denim ranges, Christmas party outfits, Stacey Solomon collections and new clothing and accessory ranges for men, women and kids

F&F has new spring 2023 ranges

Accessorize has new jewellery and gift ranges

M&Co  has new clothing for men, women and kids and Christmas gifts and clothing and pet accessories including a new Kylie range

Dune London has new Wedding collection, AW22 party ranges and going out shoes

Roman Originals has new warm winter wear, party and going-out outfits

Barbour has new collaboration with Wander as well as outfits for men, women and for your pets

George at Asda has new lingerie, Christmas party wear and Children in Need Pudsey ranges

River Island has new Christmas outfits for men, women and kids as well as accessories

New Look has new Christmas outfits and shoes, jumpers and loungewear

Very has new beauty ranges, Michelle Keegan and V by Very ranges

Cath Kidston has new winter and Christmas ranges for adults and kids

Hope Fashion has new outfits for winter

Crew Clothing has new AW clothing and shoes and boots ranges

Seol + Gold  has new jewellery ranges rings, bracelets, earrings and necklaces

PrettyLittleThing  has new ski wear, party wear and winter clothes and boots

Freemans has the new November drops and Love Mark Heyes and Julien Macdonald ranges

Dancing Leopard has new winter outfits

Monsoon  has new womenswear

From my mother’s garden has new womenswear ranges

Matalan has new Christmas jumpers and AW22 collections

Radley has new boots and bag ranges for November, December and January 23

Dune London Men’s has new 30^th anniversary shoes

See additional new clothing and accessories images from the last few weeks at

Tu Clothing Fatface Cotton Traders Peacocks Sainsbury’s Beauty Sonder Studio TK Maxx  Homesense Oliver Bonas Bryony Bel The Range White Stuff Shoe Zone Marks & Spencer  Joe Browns Aspiga Radley Hope Fashion The Range F&F Lemuel MC

Home and food

Cult Furniture  has new lighting options, Christmas images and desks

Daisy Park  has new Emma Bridgewater and Gisela Graham Primavera and Pastel home and gift ranges

The Range  has new kitchenware and Christmas decorations

Designers Guild has new SS23 fabrics  

Avalana has new patterned luxury curtains

Biscuiteers Baking has new Christmas and New Year food

Dobbies Garden Centres has new AW plants, home goods, outdoor goods, pet accessories, Christmas decorations and gifts

Sofology has new SS23 furniture ranges

Cath Kidston has new winter and Christmas gifts, and home and kitchen ranges

Dunelm has new SS23 ranges including Smart Industrial home ware and furniture for the lounge

Matalan has new SS23 homestore ranges

M&Co  has new Christmas gifts, games and decorations and home wear

Dune London has new luggage ranges

B&M has homeware and kids and adults gifting ranges

George Home has Christmas gift ideas

Fritz Fryer has Christmas gift ideas

National Trust Shop has new Christmas and Easter ranges

Paperchase has added more Christmas decorations and gifts for the home

Next has new Emporium homeware collection due Jan including homeware from rugs to lights

Furniture Village has new furniture for the kitchen, dining, living and bedrooms

Luxdeco has new Christmas gifts

Designers Guild has new wallpaper and textile designs and home accessories

NoLoGo has table linen for the Christmas table

Cuckooland has new furniture ranges

See additional new home images from the last few weeks from

Primark Cambridge Imprint  TK Maxx Homesense Abstract House Oliver Bonas White Stuff Cartwright & Butler Monsoon  George Home Nest Marks & Spencer Wilko Cardfactory KMI Brands DFS Fatface Very Habitat Hotel Chocolat Cath Kidston Christy Matalan Oliver Bonas

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DIARY

Days until Christmas Day – 27

Days until Valentine’s Day - 78

Days until Mother’s Day - 110

Days until Easter – 132

November

How to make your products attractive to the media in November   

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 2023” issues, so 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, wellbeing.

Clothing wise the media are looking for party wear, party dresses, nightwear, “going out out” (thanks to Annie Mac Ex-Radio 1), Christmas Jumpers, jumpers, scarves, bobble hats, beanies, cardigans, coatigans, jackets, and coats. So, make sure that 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) and velvet.

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 in the Keyword Search Report and try and add those in.

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, in the US it’s also national peanut butter lovers month, sweet potato month and candy month.

The first week of November is National Sausage Week in the UK – the perfect accompaniment to Guy Fawkes - the first week is also national fig week and the second week is national split pea soup week

November Diary - Days

28^th – Cyber Monday

29^th – National Day of Giving

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

How to make your products attractive to the media in December    

Christmas is nearly over by now for the media; there are just a few dailies, weeklies, websites and influencers doing last minute gift guides for Christmas but for most print media it’s the New Year, and what’s happening in 2023.  

You should be uploading SS23 outfits and home goods for those “A new you for 2023” “Redecorate for 2023” issues, so athleisure, outdoor healthy sporty images will all be useful plus anything for the home. 

As always don’t forget to add keywords – New Year,  Gifts, Spring, Christmas, Xmas, Holidays, Winter plus all those words beloved of home magazines like cosy, cosiness, hygge, wellbeing.

Clothing wise the media are still looking for going out outfits for Christmas and New Year, so party wear, party dresses, nightwear, “going out out” (thanks to Annie Mac ex-Radio 1), and also winter clothing jumpers, scarves, bobble hats, beanies, cardigans, coatigans, jackets, coats. So, make sure that you have plenty of images in those categories uploaded and labelled with as many of those words as you can.

You can also start to look at holiday clothing and outfits for when the weather gets a little warmer so make sure SS23 is flagged on your drops even if they’re not yet available until 2023 – If they’re not on sale until Jan or Feb then use the On Sale date field to flag this up. You can either add a specific date 2/2/22 or if you’re not sure then you can use text “available first week in Feb” 

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 in the Keyword Search Report and try and add those in.

December Diary - Weeks/Months

December is all about Christmas and New Year events but it’s also AIDS awareness month, and universal human rights month and Kwanzaa runs from 26^th to the 1^st Jan as well as No Gender December. Additionally, the 1st week (5^th-9^th) is UK Charity Week

December Diary - Days

1^st – Returns will start to come back from Black Friday sales – be ready for them

1^st – World AIDS Day

2^nd – National day of giving  

2^nd – English Breakfast Day

3^rd – Advent Sunday/First Sunday of Advent

3^rd – UK Small Business Saturday  

6^th – St Nicholas Day

8^th – Christmas Jumper Day

10^th – Human Rights Day

18^th – Hannukah begins

18^th – Stilton Day

21^st – Winter Solstice

22^nd – National Regifting Day

24^th – Super Saturday/Panic Saturday  

25^th – Christmas Day

26^th – Boxing Day

26^th – Hannukah ends

27^th – Substitute Bank Holiday for Christmas Day

31^st – New Year’s Eve

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