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PRShots Roundup brings you the latest retail news from Boohoo, Currys, Cotswold Company, JYSK, Debenhams, Boden, Temu, Poundland, Amazon, Uniqlo, Boots, Boux Avenue, Tala, Wyse, John Lewis and George. Plus, why you need a ‘Welcome Back’ program for returning customers, everything you need to know about marketing analytics and more.
THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Boohoo faces shareholder revolt over bosses’ bonuses
Boohoo could be facing a shareholder uprising following criticism over multimillion-pound bonus payments to its senior executives.
Currys dismantles ESG committee
Currys is shutting down its board ESG committee but insists it is committed to sustainability as ever.
The Cotswold Company reveals sales boost in record trading update
The Cotswold Company sales in H1 saw its sales grow 30% year-on-year, rising to £56.9m for the six months to 30 Aug, outperforming the broader home and furniture market for the period.
Oxford Street one-day traffic ban is start of ‘fight to rescue street’
The Mayor of London Sadiq Khan, has said a one-day trial banning traffic from part of Oxford Street marks “the day the fight back began to rescue this street”.
UK retail sales rise in August driven by warm weather
UK retail sales jumped by 0.5% in August, following a rise of 0.5% in July, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
Consumer confidence drops in September
GfK Consumer Confidence Barometer for September 2025 decreased by two points to -19 in September. With all measures were down in comparison to last month’s announcement.
JYSK delivers record turnover in pressured market
JYSK increased its turnover by 11.8% to DKK 46.3 bn (€6.2bn) and welcomed a record 13.7m new customers.
Boden in the black on the back of catalogue re-introduction
Boden FY24 revenues were up 19% to £362.8m with a pre-tax profit of £34.6m up from a loss of £12.3m in FY23 thanks to the relaunch of its catalogue proved to be pivotal.
Temu accused of dodging corporation tax despite ‘enormous’ revenues
Temu’s UK business has been accused of avoiding corporation tax in the UK for two years despite “enormous” revenues.
Poundland pauses store closures as retailer focuses on recovery and pricing overhaul
Poundland has placed 11 planned store closures on hold, following the execution of its restructuring and recovery plan.
Amazon ‘breaches consumer protection laws’, rules US judge
A US federal judge has ruled that Amazon violated consumer protection laws in its handling of Prime subscriptions.
TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Why you need a ‘Welcome Back’ program for returning customers?
A welcome-back email can turn churned customers into loyal ones by picking up where their last experience left off.
Everything you need to know about marketing analytics
Martech shows you how to turn data into growth. Learn how marketing analytics tracks performance, reveals insights, and drives smarter decisions across all your campaigns.
Models and best practices for marketing attribution
Marketing attribution shows what drives conversions. Learn how different models work, how to choose the right one, and how to optimise your ad spend.
Luxury brands face a generational test with Gen Z consumers
Fashion Network investigates how Gen Z – those born between 1998 and 2012 - are buying luxury and what methods luxury brands are using to attract this social media generation to luxury goods.
Half of shoppers who’ve tried GenAI on retail sites say it’s always or often helpful; 1 in 5 would even trust AI over their partner to pick out a gift.
Younger shoppers drive loyalty shift in Black Friday retail strategy
New research from LoyaltyLion reveals a significant shift in consumer behaviour around Black Friday, with younger shoppers prioritising loyalty rewards over traditional discounts.
Meta launches new generation of smart glasses with EssilorLuxottica
Smart glasses with an integrated display and gesture control inspired by the film "Minority Report" are at the heart of Meta’s latest wearables launch.
PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Debenhams Group names new non-executive director under board restructure
Debenhams Group has appointed Tom Handley as a new non-executive director as part of a board reshuffle.
Gucci has announced the appointment of Francesca Bellettini as president and chief executive as part of the brand’s move to a “leaner and clearer” organisation.
BRAND NEWS
Yasmin and Amber Le Bon front George at Asda AW25 campaign
George at Asda has revealed model Yasmin Le Bon and her daughter Amber Le Bon as the faces of its AW25 collection, launching today (22 September).
John Lewis unveils new menswear own-label
John Lewis continues to expand its fashion offer with the launch of a new premium capsule menswear line, J. Lewis.
Uniqlo continues UK expansion, confirms three new store openings
Japanese apparel giant Uniqlo is continuing to double down on the UK market with the confirmation of three new store openings in the region.
Boots doubles on-demand delivery to 500 stores
Boots has announced the expansion of on-demand delivery via Deliveroo and UberEats to almost 500 stores across the UK.
Boux Avenue spies further retail expansion off the back of strong UK growth
Boux Avenue has announced that it will be opening a huge new flagship store in Manchester’s Trafford Centre in Autumn 2025.
Stradivarius to open in Bluewater
Inditex-owned Stradivarius will open its latest 8,488 sq ft store at Kent's Bluewater shopping centre in 2026.
Wyse London continues retail expansion
Contemporary womenswear brand Wyse London is continuing to expand its retail portfolio with the opening of a new store in York.
Tala to open in Westfield London
Women's athleisure brand Tala will open its second physical store in Westfield London shopping centre later this autumn.
The Fragrance Shop partners with Uber for 60-minute delivery ahead of holiday rush
Customers ordering online from the Fragrance Shop ahead of the holiday rush will be able to receive their goods within 60 minutes of placing their order in a collaboration with Uber Direct.
AND FINALLY x2
Milan Fashion Week to mourn Armani and welcome new stars
Milan Fashion Week opens Tuesday, a feast of Italian style set to be dominated by the late Giorgio Armani's final collections and new faces at Gucci and Versace.
One of the World’s richest men, LVMH's Arnault, slams proposed billionaire tax
Bernard Arnault, the boss of luxury goods group LVMH and France's richest man, has attacked a proposed 2% tax on billionaires.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending Sep 19th 2025?
1/ Christmas
2/ AW25
3/ Halloween
4/ Dress
5/ Coat
6/ Scarf
7/ Bedroom
8/ Candle
9/ Wreath
10/ Earrings
PRSHOTS DIARY
PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts
Days until Halloween – 39
Days until Black Friday - 67
Days until Christmas Day – 94
Days until Valentine’s Day - 145
How to make your products attractive to the media in September
Our September 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.
Summer is nearly over, and it’s time to look to the autumn and to the winter. Mid-September marks just 100 days to Christmas so you should be adding your Christmas images for those monthly/weekly magazines with medium lead times. Plus, look at adding some Spring-Summer 2026 images for those titles with long lead times, as they will be starting to look at their Feb and March 2026 issues so you can help them out with previews of SS26.
The media are going to be starting to create features around what to wear for university or college, and the office autumn wardrobe. Now the nights are drawing in, they’ll also be running features on winter wear, so add coats/jumpers/boots. Plus they’ll be looking for images for Halloween and bonfire night parties and then there are titles looking for decorations and gifts for Christmas and some last-minute AW images.
Don’t forget to add keywords – Gifts, Christmas, Xmas, Autumn, Winter, and Halloween will all be looked for. It’s National Yoga Awareness Month, so you could add yoga as a keyword on any athleisure wear, floor mats, rugs 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.
September Diary - Weeks/Months
September is National Honey Month and National Yoga Awareness month and it’s second-hand September (an Oxfam initiative https://www.oxfam.org.uk/get-involved/second-hand-september/), Self-Care September, as well as Organic September, and Sourdough September.
September also has London Fashion Week between 18th-22nd September and will features men and women’s fashion and includes digital and physical events. The schedule will be available here https://londonfashionweek.co.uk/schedule, other fashion weeks include New York Fashion Week (11th-16th), Milan Fashion Week (23rd-29th) and Paris Fashion Week (29th Sept -7th Oct)
There’s also: the Moda trade show (7th-10th Sept), London Textile Fair (2nd-3rd Sept), Top Drawer (14th-16th Sept) and Sustainable Fashion Week (27th Sept to 5th Oct).
Other weeks to celebrate this month include;
Great British Beach Clean Week (19th-28th)
Wrap’s National Recycle Week (22nd-28th)
Negroni Week (22nd-28th)
Fairtrade Fortnight (22nd –5th Oct)
British Food Fortnight (26th Sept – 12th Oct)
Wool Week (28th Sept – 4th Oct)
September - Days
22nd – Car-free Day
22nd – September Equinox
22nd-25th – Rosh Hashanah
22nd – Navaratri Starts
25th – 3 months until Christmas Day
27th – World Tourism Day
For more diary dates for this year see the Marketing Retail Diary
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 TO PRSHOTS
Gardena has been producing products and solutions for the garden for more than 50 years and operates in more than 100 countries. Products and services include watering, lawn care, tree and shrub care and soil cultivation.
Flymo invented the hover mower more than 50 years ago, and since then Flymo have become the market leaders in the design and innovation of unique gardening products, which makes gardening easier.
Salts Cashmere has launched a unisex range of cashmere jumpers and tops that are made in Yorkshire.
BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES
Clothing, beauty and accessories
Roman Originals has new AW25 Dusk, Curve and Petite ranges, plus outfits with this year’s must-haves, crochet and embroidery/broderie anglaise, big-pattern midi-length dresses and Bardot tops.
George at Asda has new AW25 womenswear ranges of clothes and boots and an Erica Davies collaboration, plus the Tickled Pink cancer charity clothing ranges for Breast Cancer awareness month.
The Orchard has Christmas gifting clothing ranges for men and women.
Deichmann has new AW25 ranges of shoes, trainers, bags and boots for women.
F&F has new Kids and womenswear Christmas clothing ranges, autumn womenswear ranges, a new Kate Ferdinand active wear collaboration.
Barbour has new collaborations with Farm Rio and a collaboration with Kaptain Sunshine collaboration of outdoor wear, new Heritage ranges, September clothing ranges plus new outfits and footwear for the festival season.
New Look has new September drops of AW25 ranges including clothes, bags, shoes, boots and accessories, plus new womenswear outfits and cowboy core womenswear drops.
Very has 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.
Monsoon has new AW25 clothing, jewellery and accessories, including bags, shoes, boots, scarves and jewellery, new wedding and bridal ranges.
Inspecs has new Regen Optics glasses to reduce glare, blue light, plus lenses to enhance gaming, as well as campaign imagery of sunglasses for men and women from Radley, Superdry and Botaniq.
Matalan has new AW25 baby, toddler and kids wear ranges, Et Vous ranges of women’s shoes and boots, men and women’s autumn winter ranges including Happily Denim after denim ranges, AW25 menswear including casual and formal evening wear, Disney Villains family outfits including Halloween ranges.
Accessorize has new AW25 womenswear, new jewellery, charms, socks, hats, scarves and wraps for Christmas, a new Palma range of womenswear shoes and accessories.
Bonmarché has new Lisa Snowdon, Dash and Autonomy ranges of AW25 clothing, new Lorraine Kelly collaborations for AW25, plus new women's wear ranges including coats, blouses, jackets and jumpers.
Peacocks has new AW25 ranges, including a Dani Dyer Collection and a Louise Redknapp Edit.
John Lewis has new Topshop range, AW25 kidswear and womenswear lookbook images, plus bags, shoes, boots and accessories, a John Lewis x Rejina Pyo new collection.
River Island has a new collaboration with Olivia Attwood, new Suede season handbags, plus new ranges of clothing, shoes, bags, and accessories and new denim ranges.
Primark has new denim ranges, Premium Essentials and Kem ranges, Snaffle ranges of accessories including bags, belts, jewellery and shoes, Performance athleisure ware, a viral products clothing range, Conscious Clothing ranges, Wednesday Core themed clothing and accessory ranges.
Cotton Traders has new winter clothing ranges including coats, cardigans, trousers and Christmas jumpers.
Threadbare has new menswear and women’s wear ranges for the autumn and winter.
Fable England has a new range of scarves, bags, and jewellery plus Agnes jewellery, nightwear, scarf and bag range for the autumn.
Sims Wear has new men’s accessory ranges.
Joe Browns has new AW25 for men and women including clothes, jewellery and accessories; large patterned maxi and Midi-dresses big coats, khaki and camouflage trousers and lots of warm outfits for the autumn and winter.
Oliver Bonas has new autumnal womenswear including jumpers, cardigans, trousers, scarves and shoes, plus jewellery and clothing for September, new accessory drops including bags, hats, shoes, sandals, scarves and sunglasses.
M&S has new accessories and jewellery, ballet shoe ranges, new kids ranges of clothes and shoes.
See additional new clothing and accessories images from
M&S Iolla Scamp & Dude Tu Clothing TK Maxx National Trust Dune London
Home, garden and food
Quorn Stone has new marble and decorative effect tiles, Parisian Manoir, Lullington, Chalfont and Orotelli decorative tiles, plus new natural stone and Canyon Terrazzo effect porcelain tiles and chequered decorative tiles for the bathroom.
The Orchard has Christmas furnishings, tabletop fire pits and mini pizza ovens, artificial Christmas tree ranges, new Miami Corner Group sofa, new autumn and Halloween decorations.
Cambridge Imprint has notebooks, patterned papers, new notecards and envelopes, Christmas cards, garlands, paper chains, coronets, banners, plus notebooks, and exercise books.
Treats by Mars has new Malteser gingerbread cake bars, Mars and Snickers flavour milk drinks, M&M festive and Halloween hot chocolate kits and Galaxy hot chocolate ranges.
Very has new Halloween and Christmas decorations for the home, plus Christmas toys and homewear.
Accessorize has new Christmas decorations for the tree.
George Home has Tickled Pink cancer charity food and drink ranges for Breast Cancer awareness month and has new AW25 Cosy Autumn, Autumn Revival, French Fancy and Serene ranges of tableware, tables, lights, candles, cushions, and soft furnishings.
Dobbies Garden Centres has Halloween decorations, a new RHS collaboration range of gifts, plus Christmas decorations, gifts and food.
Oliver Bonas has a new Shrimps collaboration of homeware, new furniture, Christmas decorations, gifts and things for the home, plus new September/October drops of homeware ranges for the lounge, bedroom, kitchen, dining room and lounge for AW25.
B&M has it’s Christmas Gift Guide and Frosted Night, Nordic Glow, Peaceful Wishes, Snow Much Fun and Festive Folklore Christmas decorations, homeware for back to college, university Halloween decorations and accessories.
Ruggable has a range of Halloween and Autumn-themed doormats as well as rugs in autumn colours.
Homesense has new Halloween and Christmas decorations for the home, new furniture and accessory ranges for the kitchen and living room, including soft furnishings, dishes and glassware.
Jellycat has new Christmas cuddly toys and tree decorations, new Halloween themed cuddly toys and amuseables, plus new designs and bag charms.
Arran Sense of Scotland has new 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 homeware including lights, faux plants, signs, lamp shades, dining and drink ware, trays, coasters, stools, side tables soft furnishings, prints and throws.
John Lewis has its new Ancient Wonders, Worldly Treasures and Heirloom Splendour ranges of Christmas 2025 decorations and homeware, and a new collaboration with John Cooper and AW25 lookbook images from its Heritage, Modern Luxe and Timeless range of homeware collections.
Primark has a new Viral Product range, Halloween decorations and gifts, back-to-college ranges, harvest festival ranges of decorations, and Edit homeware ranges.
Oriana B has new furniture ranges including side tables, sideboards.
Ivyline has a selection of Autumn and Halloween decorations, Christmas trees, tree decorations, lights and decorations for the home plus candle holders, pots and vases.
Home Bargains has new autumn and Halloween things for the home as well as Christmas decorations and homeware.
Dunelm has a new homeware for the autumn, plus festive Kitschmas collaboration with designer Sophie Robinson, a new AW25 Modern Nostalgia, Into the Wild, Harvest Hues and Quite Luxury collections of homeware including furniture, bedding, curtains, soft furnishings.
Designers Guild has new Trevenna, AW25 ranges of big-patterned print material for curtains and soft furnishings.
M&S has new Christmas decorations for the tree and the home.
Matalan has Christmas decorations and gifts, AW25 homeware for the autumn including Halloween and Harvest Festival themed soft furnishings.
See additional new home images from
Habitat Nest Sofology TK Maxx National Trust Hobbycraft
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