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PRShots Roundup brings you the latest retail news from Frasers, Debenhams, Iceland, North Face, Skims, Morrisons, Superdry, Crew Clothing and River Island. Plus, how to write great copy for every channel, how to target Gen Z shoppers this Christmas and more.
THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
November's UK retail sales growth anaemic says BDO
BDO’s High Street Sales Tracker (HSST) shows total like-for-like retail sales in-store and online grew by 3.4% in November, while stores recorded sales growth of just 1.3% compared to 2024.
November's retail footfall shows cautious optimism
Retail footfall fell marginally by 1.3% in November 2025 compared to last year in all UK retail destinations driven by a 2% drop in high street activity.
Waterstones boss says Budget business rate change will help high streets
Waterstones chief executive James Daunt has welcomed changes to business rates revealed in last week’s Budget.
Frasers says 'ambition remains high' as it defies retail headwinds
Frasers Group has delivered what Chief Executive Michael Murray calls "a solid start to FY26" as the business leans harder into its Elevation Strategy and accelerates its global footprint.
River Island and Debenhams to close Middle East shops, says report
River Island and Debenhams are reportedly closing their shops in the Middle East. With both brand’s franchise stores run by the Alshaya Group in the region.
Getting rid of business rates won’t fix Britain’s high streets
A report from Centre for Cities suggests that the UK’s high streets are in no way doomed by the current business rates system, and that London’s streets, in particular, present cause for optimism.
Cloud Dancer is the Colour of the Year 2026
Every year Pantone selects a colour of the year, and this year it has selected ‘Cloud Dancer’, a bright, ethereal white exuding calm and clarity. We say: “It’s white, that’s not actually a colour!”
TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
How to write great copy for every channel
Compelling copy makes a world of difference in driving results from your marketing campaigns. Here’s how to craft copy for emails, social posts, web pages and more.
Make it shareable or miss out if you’re targeting Gen Z shoppers this Christmas
New research from Snapchat reveals how online retailers can tap into Gen Z shoppers this Christmas, helping them target this demographic with the right messaging and content.
The key takeaways from Frasers’ results
Frasers Group reiterated its full-year outlook this week, despite revealing that “tough market conditions” had hit sales within its UK retail businesses.
Butternut Box and the rise of premium pet subscriptions
Butternut Box is one of the UK’s fastest-growing pet food brands, accelerated by the pandemic, which saw more Brits buying dogs and turning to petcare subscription services.
How shoppers will spend in 2026 and the strategies you need to grab them
Retail Week’s How They’ll Spend It 2026 report gives you the lowdown on where consumers intend to indulge, where they’re reining it in, and what triggers will convert sales in 2026.
How to design Christmas promotions that work
Your Christmas offers may reduce margins rather than drive real demand. Price discrimination and sales hangover dynamics show what’s actually working.
Meta shifts some metaverse investments to AI smart glasses
Meta is shifting some of its investments in the metaverse to AI glasses and wearables, hoping to capitalise on the "momentum" in that segment, a company spokesperson has said.
Bill Gates’ daughter lands $30m for star-backed AI fashion firm
Phoebe Gates, daughter of Microsoft’s Bill Gates has raised $30m in new funding for Phia, a startup applying artificial intelligence to online shopping.
Iceland tests in-store robots to boost retail media
Iceland has trialled an in-store robot which roams supermarket aisles and can be used to showcase items, promote offers, and encourage customers to join the Iceland loyalty scheme.
BRAND NEWS
The North Face and Skims return with new winter collection
The North Face and Skims have teamed up once again to launch a new limited-edition winter collection, and a first-ever kidswear range.
Schuh reveals ‘most wanted’ footwear this Christmas
With almost half of the nation (43%) hoping to unwrap new shoes this festive season, UK high street footwear retailer Schuh has revealed the top 10 ‘most wanted’ shoes this Christmas.
The Entertainer partners with Deliveroo for toy deliveries
The Entertainer has teamed up with Deliveroo to offer customers access to on-demand delivery on nearly 5,000 products.
Morrisons launches slow checkouts to help combat loneliness
Morrisons has introduced Talking Tills in stores nationwide where customers will have the chance to spend a little more time at the checkout to have a friendly chat with Morrisons colleagues.
Superdry to launch in Argentina
Clothing retailer Superdry is launching in-store and online in Argentina via franchise partner Tango Fabric.
Crew Clothing ramps up new store openings
Crew Clothing is to open a raft of new stores in the coming weeks as it expands its footprint in shopping centres and destination high streets.
AND FINALLY x2
Are these the 50 best Christmas ads of all time?
From Amazon to Apple to John Lewis, The Drum has compiled the definitive list of festive classics and it’s up to you to decide which is the best Christmas ad ever.
It’s that time of the year again. Yes, it’s the PRShots retail Christmas adverts round-up, an ever-growing list of all the Christmas goodies, updated as the adverts appear on your TV and socials.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending Nov 28th 2025?
1/ Christmas
2/ SS26
3/ AW25
4/ Desk
5/ Lamp
6/ Kitchen
7/ Living Room
8/ Scarf
9/ Cushion
10/ Rug
PRSHOTS DIARY
PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts
Days until Christmas Day – 20
Days until Valentine’s Day – 71
Days until Mother’s Day – 100
Days until Easter – 121
December Diary
How to make your products attractive to the media and influencers 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 2026.
You should be uploading SS26 outfits and home goods for those “A new you for 2026” and “Redecorate for 2026” 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 and also winter clothing like jumpers, scarves, bobble hats, beanies, cardigans, coatigans, jackets, coats are still being looked for. 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 SS26 is flagged on your drops even if they’re not yet available until 2026 – 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, 2/2/26 or if you’re not sure then you can use the 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 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.
December Diary - Weeks/Months
December is all about Christmas and New Year events, but it’s also AIDS Awareness Month, Universal Human Rights Month, Decembeard, and No Gender December.
Additionally, the 1st week (1st-5th ) is UK Charity Week, and Kwanzaa (26th - 1st Jan).
Men’s Ashes tournaments Australia (Second Test 4th-8th Third 17th-21st Fourth 26th-30th)
December Diary - Days
6th – St Nicholas Day
6th – UK Small Business Saturday
10th – Human Rights Day
11th – Save the Children Christmas Jumper Day (https://www.savethechildren.org.uk/christmas-jumper-day)
14th – Hanukkah begins
18th – Stilton Day
18th – National Regifting Day (Thursday before Christmas)
20th – Super Saturday/Panic Saturday (Last Saturday before Christmas)
21st – Winter Solstice
22nd – Hanukkah ends
25th – Christmas Day
26th – Boxing Day
31st – New Year’s Eve
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 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
Threadbare has new AW25 ranges plus Christmas outfits and pyjamas.
Primark has a new makeup ranges, Edit collection, plus a Perrie Sian collaboration, new faux fur coats and jackets, Christmas party clothing ranges, new Wicked 2 themed pyjamas, and new Ski Collection ranges of outdoor wear.
F&F has new athleisure wear, new spring 2026 transition outfits, a new Abby Clancy collaboration of party outfits for Christmas, new Kids and womenswear Christmas clothing ranges.
TK Maxx has new men and women’s wear, shoes and accessories to make an entrance at the Christmas party, plus winter wear for cosy evenings.
Accessorize has new Valentine's day and & bridal accessories, Christmas gift ranges including slippers, scarves, gloves, hats and bags, plus accessory ranges with sunglasses, jewellery, and belts.
Bonmarché has new Lorraine Kelly Spring 2026 ranges, Christmas pyjamas, new Lisa Snowdon and Lorraine Kelly ranges for Christmas 2025 including coats, jumpers, trousers and tops.
M&S has a new range of Goodmove ski wear, a collaboration with 16Arlington, a new Christmas clothing collections and Collection and Autograph clothing, accessories and jewellery, plus ballet shoe ranges, and new kids ranges of clothes and shoes.
Very has new Christmas Pyjamas, slippers and dressing gowns, a new Very Collection and a denim range, a new Michelle Keegan collaboration, new Elegant Opulence, Future Heirlooms and West Country Craft drops for its new Very Collection range.
Inspecs has new ranges of men and women’s sunglasses from O'Neill, Barbour and Viktor& Rolf.
New Look has party season outfits and accessories, Christmas jumpers and winter clothing, plus new going out outfits for autumn drops of AW25 ranges including clothes, bags, shoes, boots and accessories.
Barbour has new collaborations with Ganni, Baracuta, Sorel, Levi’s, Arket, Paul Smith, Farm Rio and a collaboration with Kaptain Sunshine of outdoor wear.
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.
Matalan has new January transitional ranges, a new nightwear collaboration with Little Mistress Vicky Pattison, new occasion wear, a new Stranger Things collaboration, Winter Smart Edit, Christmas pyjamas and jumper ranges, Grinch & Cindy themed clothing ranges for the family.
Peacocks has new accessory ranges for Christmas, plus Christmas clothing ranges modelled by Louise Redknapp and Danni Dyer, new kidswear, more Danni Dyer AW collections and a new Michael Owen range of menswear.
Joe Browns has new spring 2026 womenswear ranges featuring midi and maxi dresses in small and big patterns, pastel-coloured box jackets, plus t-shirts, shirts, jumpers and blouses.
Oliver Bonas has new January drops of Winter wear clothing, bags and jewellery, Autumn women’s accessories and jewellery, new womenswear including coats, jumpers, cardigans, trousers and shoes.
Scamp & Dude has new going out ranges for the Winter.
Salts Cashmere has new collections of menswear and womenswear.
Roman Originals has new AW25 Dusk, Curve and Petite ranges for parties and going out, including coats, jackets, dresses and trousers.
Curvy Kate has new ranges for AW25 including Classique, Embrace, Glamour Puss, Eos, Entwinned, Embrace, Harnessed, Icon, Loved Up, Indulgence, Suspense, Hell for Pleather, Mirage, Zen Pink, Wonderfully, Wild One, Victory Forest, Spotlight, Pucker Up, Lush Oxblood, Lovelace Deep, Flare Full, Enchant, Cool Cat, Lightstyle and Boost Diamante.
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Home, garden and food
Designers Guild has its SS26 Palette Provencale range of patterns.
Dunelm has new Beautility, Confident Combinations, Nautical Nostalgia, Pattern Drenching and Coastal ranges of home furnishings for the kitchen, bedroom, living room and dining room for SS26 plus a new Sophie Robinson collaboration.
TK Maxx has gifts ideas for him, her and the kids for Christmas.
Nest has new homeware including clocks, vases, glassware and things for the kids bedrooms.
Cult Furniture has new lamps, bar stools, foot stools, coffee tables, bedside tables and sofas.
Online Home Shop has new Arch and Jacquard ranges of towels and mats.
Cambridge Imprint has new Very Slim List books, Christmas Crackers, new occasion cards, place cards, notebooks, patterned papers, new notecards and envelopes, Christmas cards, garlands, paper chains, and coronets.
Accessorize has new ranges of Christmas decorations for the tree and gifts for the home.
Jellycat has new ranges of soft toys and amuseables.
Hobbycraft has new Valentine gifts and ideas plus Christmas gift ideas for adult crafters, children and teens.
Oliver Bonas has new January homeware for the dining room, living room and bedroom, new homeware and Christmas gifting, a new Shrimps collaboration of homeware, new furniture, Christmas decorations, gifts and things for the home.
Homesense has new SS26 homeware including kitchenware, bathroom ware, soft furnishings and furniture, Christmas homeware and gifts, plus Christmas decorations.
Sofology has new Adler, Mayfair, Remy, Portbello, Fitzrovia and Waldorf ranges of sofas and chairs for your living room.
Quorn Stone has new terracota decorative tiles, natural stone range, marble and decorative effect tiles, Parisian Manoir, Lullington, Chalfont and Orotelli decorative tiles.
Oriana B has new furniture for the home.
Very has new home furniture and Christmas soft furnishings, plus Western, Folk Cottage and Playful furniture and soft furnishing ranges, plus homeware for the kitchen and lounge, new Christmas decorations for the home, plus Christmas toys and homeware.
Primark has a new Wicked 2 line of gifts, 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.
Dobbies Garden Centres has Winter gardening, Christmas gifts from the Gruffalo collection, Lemax and Disney-themed Christmas decorations.
Matalan has Christmas decorations and gifts, AW25 homeware for the autumn.
Ivyline has Spring Summer 2026 planters, pots, watering cans and misters for indoors, plus chimeneas and pots for outdoors.
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