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PRShots Roundup brings you the latest retail news from Poundland, JD Sports, Debenhams, End, PVH, In The Style, Lululemon, Frasers Group, Rituals, Shapermint, Tesco and John Lewis. Plus, the secrets of the social media algorithms revealed, why ecommerce is only becoming more social – and how brands can get on board and more.
THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Poundland saved from administration days before running out of cash
Discount retailer Poundland has avoided falling into administration after a restructuring plan was approved days before it was set to run out of money.
JD Sports sales fall prompts H2 caution
JD Sports Q2 to 2nd August shows sales down 6.1%, declining 3.3% during H1 and said it expected to be in line with current market expectations for its FY26 pre-tax profit.
Klarna to seek valuation of up to $14bn in IPO next month
Klarna is to restart its plan to go public in the United States next month with a valuation of between $13-14bn.
Temu-owner PDD tops revenue estimates
PDD Holdings, which owns Pinduoduo in China and Temu internationally, beat quarterly revenue estimates, with revenues up 7% to CNY103.98bn ($14.54bn), but operating profits fell 21%.
Calvin Klein and Tommy Hilfiger owner PVH Corp. boosted its forecast for the current year following stronger sales in Q2 on celebrity partnerships and entertainment deals.
Debenhams Group results show EBITDA up
Debenhams Group FY to the end of Feb shows adjusted EBITDA up 3% to £41.6m, but turnover fell 17% to under £1.218bn, with sub-brand PrettyLittleThing responsible for much of the turnover loss.
Victoria Beckham hails positive 2024 results
Victoria Beckham’s fashion and beauty businesses' revenues for FY 24 were up 26% to £112.7m with an EBITDA of £2.2m, up 23%, with the majority of the growth from the fragrance business.
End Clothing losses narrow following acquisition
Retailer End Clothing reduced its annual operating loss from £43.6m to £11m in the FY to 30 Mar 2025, following private equity firm Apollo's acquisition of the business in October.
Retail destinations show a footfall uplift
MRI Software footfall data for last week shows footfall across all retail destinations was up +0.8% week-on-week with strong gains in shopping centres (+2.2%) and retail parks (+1.6%).
Plastic bag sales have risen for the first time in 10 years
Shoppers in England bought 437m single-use plastic carrier bags last year, compared with 407m the year before, a rise of 7%, according to data from DEFRA.
TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
The secrets of the social media algorithms revealed
Hootsuite reveals what the social media algorithms do for every major network and how to navigate the ranking signals of each platform to get your content seen.
Why ecommerce is only becoming more social – and how brands can get on board
Sophie Frères, CEO and Co-Founder of LiSA, maps out the social future of ecommerce and why brands don’t need to make a big investment to get involved.
UK shoppers more hesitant about AI in retail than international consumers
A survey of shoppers in five key Western markets has shown that UK consumers are the most likely to express hesitation about the rollout of AI features by retailers.
E-commerce marketers are optimistic about the future
The majority (91%) of UK e-commerce marketers forecast revenue growth for their business over the next year (vs 71% in the US), despite a challenging economic landscape.
One-third of consumers turn to AI when shopping
Consumers are embracing AI in shopping, yet 47% of brands lag behind. Want to stay relevant? It’s time to rethink your AI strategy.
In The Style founder has 'no regrets' about leaving
Adam Frisby the founder of online womenswear brand In The Style has said he has "no regrets" about leaving the company two years ago.
PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Lululemon names first-ever chief AI & technology officer
Lululemon has appointed Ranju Das to the role of chief AI and technology officer starting Sept 2. Das joins Lululemon from Swan AI Studios, where he held the role of CEO and founder.
Tesco appoints automation manager
Tesco has hired Hollie Pipps as head of automation and online order fulfilment. Hollie has spent the last six years at Ocado technology as lead project manager on their customer fulfilment centre.
BRAND NEWS
Toy air fryer will be a Christmas bestseller, John Lewis predicts
With 120 days to go until Christmas, John Lewis has entered the fray, offering a snapshot of the toys it expects to be bestsellers.
Frasers Group takes stake in UK leisure firm We Do Play
Frasers Group has taken a minority stake in a UK leisure firm We Do Play.We Do Play operates a range of experience-led brands including Flip Out, Activate, Putt Putt Social and Rumble Rooms.
Rituals to open another 15 stores before the end of the year
Rituals plans to open another 15 stores across the UK and Ireland before the end of the year, taking its store estate to 131 stores.
US 'shapewear disruptor' Shapermint launches online in the UK
Claiming over 12m customers worldwide, US “shapewear disruptor” Shapermint is planning to build on that number with the launch of its dedicated UK web store.
Lidl invests £435m in warehouses to support further growth
Lidl has completed a two-stage extension at its warehouse in London’s Belvedere following an investment of £285m across two buildings.
AND FINALLY
Net-a-Porter founder sues ex-partner for fraud, emotional distress
In a bombshell lawsuit, Natalie Massenet accused Erik Torstensson of fraud, claiming he deceived her into spending $95m to fund their lifestyle and support his business ventures.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending Aug 22nd 2025?
1/ AW25
2/ Christmas
3/ Halloween
4/ Candle
5/ Wreath
6/ Autumn
7/ Denim
8/ Kitchen
9/ Cushion
10/ Bedroom
PRSHOTS DIARY
PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts
Days until School holidays are over (3rd Sept) – 7
Days until Halloween – 65
Days until Black Friday - 93
Days until Christmas Day – 120
How to make your products attractive to the media in August
Our August 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 in full swing, and hopefully the weather has improved – i.e. stopped raining in the north and stopped being so damn hot in the south. So, there are just a few weeks left to boost your summer-related images before the AW25 images fully kick in.
There’s still time to tag anything relevant to summer/high summer and push anything related to the outside: garden furniture, anything for a garden party, or picnic or barbecue. Plus, don’t forget to add all of the other spellings, BBQ, Bar-B-Que, etc., and add any other related keywords like picnics, garden parties, etc. If you have them, then firepits and chimineas for the colder UK evenings would be good.
It's also a good time to start uploading your AW25 images. So jumpers, scarves, coats, boots, raincoats, hoodies, and cardigans will all start to be searched for by the media.
It's also not too early to start thinking about back-to-school items - Scottish schools start again in mid-August - and university students will be getting ready to sort out their wardrobes and rooms in September, so add fresher(s) and university as keywords to anything relevant.
There’s also still time to add Halloween ideas and Christmas gifts if you have them.
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.
August Diary - Weeks/Months
Music festivals are still on, so add any festival wear and camping-related things you have and keyword them with festival, particularly in the weeks running up to the August bank holiday weekend with Reading/Leeds festivals 21st-24th August.
The 28th marks 3 months until the Black Friday/Cyber Monday (28th Nov – 1st Dec) weekend so start preparing for those sales now.
Weeks to celebrate this month include;
National Horse Race Week (23rd-31st)
August - Days
28th – National Burger Day
28th – National Red Wine Day
28th – 3 Months until Black Friday
29th – Blackpool Illuminations start
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;
Sexual Health Week (8th- 14th) (Second week in September)
British Science Festival (10th -14th)
Jane Austen Festival (12th-21st)
Open House Festival (13th -21st)
Bridal Fashion Week (14th-16th)
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
1st – National Tofu Day
1st – Labor Day US
3rd – Schools start going back
4th-5th – Eid Milad an-Nabi (Mawlid)
5th – International Charity Day
6th – Read a Book Day
12th -14th – The Goodwood Revival
7th – National Beer Lovers Day (US)
7th – Great North Run Newcastle
16th – 100 days until Christmas
21st – Zero Emissions Day
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 is launching 1st September with a unisex range of cashmere jumpers and tops that are made in Yorkshire.
BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES
Clothing, beauty and accessories
Peacocks has new AW25 ranges, including a Dani Dyer Collection and a Louise Redknapp Edit of summer womenswear, plus her Linen Edit for summer, a new SS25 Edit range, and a new menswear range.
Fable England has a new range of scarves, bags, and jewellery plus Agnes jewellery, nightwear, scarf and bag range for the autumn.
Matalan has new 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.
F&F has new Kids and womenswear Christmas clothing ranges, autumn womenswear ranges, a new Kate Ferdinand active wear collaboration.
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.
Accessorize has new AW25 womenswear, new jewellery, charms, socks, hats, scarves and wraps for Christmas, a new Palma range of womenswear shoes and accessories, a new SS25 beachwear, bags, and scarves.
Very has new Halloween outfits including Addams Family ranges, V by Very August drops of womenswear for high-summer from suedette dresses, lace, crochet and Bardot tops to midi skirt dresses, jeans and ra-ra skirts.
New Look has new AW25 clothes, bags, shoes, boots and accessories, back-to-school ranges, new womenswear outfits and cowboy core womenswear drops.
Sims Wear has new men’s accessory ranges.
Barbour has new Heritage ranges, September clothing ranges plus new outfits and footwear for the festival season.
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.
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.
Monsoon has new AW25 clothing, jewellery and accessories, including bags, sunglasses, shoes, boots, scarves and jewellery, new wedding and bridal ranges, new SS25 ranges for the beach and holidays, plus women’s and kids clothing for the summer.
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.
Primark has new Performance athleisure ware, a viral products clothing range, Conscious Clothing ranges, Wednesday Core themed clothing and accessory ranges, new back-to-school ranges of clothes, backpacks and shoes.
River Island has new Suede season handbags, Summer Darks ranges of clothing, shoes, bags, and accessories, back-to-school ranges, summer denim ranges, Rococo Revival and Perfect Prints range of summer clothing.
Bonmarché has new Dash and Autonomy ranges of AW25 clothing, new Lisa Snowdon and Lorraine Kelly collaborations for AW25, plus new women's wear ranges including coats, blouses, jackets and jumpers.
M&S has new accessories and jewellery, ballet shoe ranges, new back-to-school ranges including clothes and shoes, summer menswear and womenswear campaign imagery.
John Lewis has new AW25 kidswear and womenswear lookbook images, plus bags, shoes, boots and accessories, a John Lewis x Rejina Pyo new collection and a new back-to-school kids range of uniforms.
Iolla has new Healy, Aitkin ranges of glasses in all shades and colours.
Scamp & Dude has new leopard print and stripey clothes and accessories, new SS25 athleisure wear, dresses, shorts, jackets, hoodies, coats, bags and scarves.
Tu Clothing has new AW25 clothing ranges.
See additional new clothing and accessories images from
TK Maxx National Trust George at Asda Dune London
Home, garden and food
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.
The Orchard has artificial Christmas tree ranges, new Miami Corner Group sofa, new autumn and Halloween decorations, new furniture ranges for indoors and outdoors from garden tables and chairs to sofas and chairs for the lounge.
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.
Very has new Halloween and Christmas decorations for the home.
Cambridge Imprint has Christmas and New Year cards, back-to-school stationery, notebooks, exercise books, new clipboards, tissue boxes, postcard boxes, pencil pots, letter trays, portfolios and magazine files, plus Christmas paperchains, coronets, banners, and plus mug ranges.
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.
George Home has new AW25 Cosy Autumn, Autumn Revival, French Fancy and Serene ranges of tableware, tables, lights, candles, cushions, and soft furnishings.
Oliver Bonas has new furniture, Christmas decorations, gifts and things for the home, plus new August/September/October drops of homeware ranges for the lounge, bedroom, kitchen, dining room and lounge for AW25.
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.
B&M has Frosted Night, Nordic Glow, Peaceful Wishes, Snow Much Fun and Festive Folklore Christmas decorations, home ware for back to college, university Halloween decorations and accessories, plus AW25 Warm Earth, Natural Calm, Quiet Luxury for the home, from bedding to hosting to laundry.
Dobbies Garden Centres has a new RHS collaboration range of gifts, plus Christmas decorations, gifts and food, Halloween decorations, new summer pots, pet toys and accessories for the garden.
Jellycat has new Halloween themed cuddly toys and amuseables plus new designs and bag charms.
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.
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.
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.
Habitat has new AW25 Festive Fairground, Alpine Retreat, Jazz Bar and Moorlands ranges of home furniture, lighting and accessories for the lounge, dining room and bedroom, plus dinner sets and glassware.
Homesense has new home furniture and accessory ranges for the kitchen and living room, including soft furnishings, dishes and glassware. Plus Halloween and Christmas decorations for the home.
Nest has new Knoll Studio dining tables and chairs, new Tradition Icons furniture, new HKLiving furniture and rugs, Audo Copenhagen and Norwegian designer furniture for the home plus Hay Traverse and Pallisade garden furniture.
Sofology has a new Modern Classic Christmas range of sofas and chairs and a new Texturalism and Materiality, Rural Refined and Get Yer Freak On range of chairs and settees.
See additional new home images from
TK Maxx National Trust Hobbycraft Ruggable
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