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PRShots Roundup brings you the latest retail news from Poundland, Iceland, River Island, Victoria’s Secret, JYSK, Revolution Beauty, Burberry, Garage, Boots, Dobbies, Matalan and Barbour. Plus, the 2026 fashion industry outlook, who’s opening stores in 2026 and more.
THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Poundland confirms fresh wave of closures
Poundland is preparing a further wave of closures, confirming another 14 stores will shut by early February as it ramps up its turnaround plan under new ownership.
Iceland boss to be made Labour peer
Iceland chief executive Richard Walker is to be nominated for a seat in the House of Lords.
River Island says turnaround plan is on track
River Island FY2024 turnover fell to £690.1m from £701.5m, with gross profit down to £37m from £46.7m and is seeing significant returns on its turnaround strategy.
Victoria’s Secret raises full-year outlook on strong Q3
Victoria's Secret reported better-than-expected sales in Q3 with turnover up 9% to $1.472bn and has upped its guidance on FY sales to $6.48-6.45bn up from $6.41-6.33bn.
JYSK delivers record financial results in FY24/25
Danish retailer JYSK delivered record results for FY25 with turnover up 11.8% to DKK46.3bn (£5.42bn), and EBIT up 26.9% to DKK5.6bn (£660m).
UK footfall suffers the November blues
Footfall was down 0.8% year-on-year in November with all types of destinations down over the month, due to the Budget and bad weather.
France drops three-month ban of Shein
During a tribunal held in Paris, French authorities have dropped their request for a three-month ban of fast fashion giant Shein, providing it met a series of measures to comply with the law.
TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
It is not all doom and gloom on the high street: some fashion retailers are expanding and opening new stores. Keep up to date with all the latest store openings with Drapers list of openings.
Secure your competitive advantage for 2026 with a collection of seven essential executive summaries from Fashion United.
The Fragrance Shop launches AI-powered retail operations platform
The Fragrance Shop has rolled out an AI-powered retail operations platform to support its frontline staff with real-time updates, performance monitoring and learning modules.
Why thinking becomes the differentiator when everyone has AI
As AI makes outputs abundant, the quality of your inputs becomes the real driver of performance. Strategic questions now shape entire outcomes says Martech.
Revolution Beauty handles a record-breaking number of customer enquiries with AI
Revolution Beauty sees a record-breaking 29% of customer queries handled by AI chatbots over the Black Friday weekend.
New study show consumers abandon brands that reduce them to numbers
Research from Twilio has found that 57% of UK adults are unsure which brand interactions they can actually trust, with two-thirds (67%) feeling treated like a commodity rather than an individual.
PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS
Burberry bolsters top team with new appointments
Burberry has announced the appointment of Matteo Calonaci as its new chief operating and supply chain officer, and Johnattan Leon as chief customer officer, effective immediately.
BRAND NEWS
Boots reveals biggest beauty and wellness trends of 2025
Science-backed skincare, mood-driven scents and gut health supplements have been revealed as some of the most in-demand products across beauty and wellness in 2025.
Canadian womenswear brand Garage to open on Oxford Street
Canadian womenswear brand Garage will open its first UK store on London’s Oxford Street next spring.
Ganni x Barbour SS26 collaboration
Ganni and Barbour have unveiled their fourth collaboration for the pre-spring/summer 26 season, featuring classic waxed jackets, quilted coats and a small capsule of accessories.
Matalan reveals results of first phase of store refresh programme
Matalan has shared an update on the first phase of its store refurbishment programme as it makes progress on its business transformation.
Dobbies completes latest store upgrade
Dobbies Garden Centre at Moreton Park, Shropshire, has become the seventh store to be upgraded as part of the retailer’s national refurbishment programme.
AND FINALLY x2
Another original Hermes Birkin bag sells for $2.86m
Another Hermes handbag that once belonged to Jane Birkin was sold for $2.86m at auction in Abu Dhabi on Friday, just months after the record-breaking sale of her first bag for $10m.
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 Dec 5th 2025?
1/ SS26
2/ Christmas
3/ AW25
4/ Pyjamas
5/ Red
6/ Blue
7/ Cushion
8/ Armchair
9/ Coat
10/ Valentines
PRSHOTS DIARY
PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts
Days until Christmas Day – 17
Days until Valentine’s Day – 68
Days until Mother’s Day – 97
Days until Easter – 118
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, there’s Kwanzaa (26th - 1st Jan).
Men’s Ashes tournaments Australia (Second Test 4th-8th Third 17th-21st Fourth 26th-30th)
December Diary - Days
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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BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES
Clothing, beauty and accessories
Scamp & Dude has new gift ranges and going out clothes for the Winter.
Inspecs has new ranges of men and women’s sunglasses from O’Neill, Barbour and Viktor& Rolf.
Matalan has new Souluxe pastel and print activewear for the new year and 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.
Lola Starr has a new Earth Collection of activewear for the new year new you health kick.
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.
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.
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.
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
Matalan has a new SS26 range of home furniture and soft furnishings, Christmas decorations and gifts, AW25 homeware for the autumn.
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.
Ivyline has Spring Summer 2026 planters, pots, watering cans and misters for indoors, plus chimeneas and pots for outdoors.
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