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PRShots Roundup brings you the latest retail news from Frasers Group, Moonpig, Ann Summers, Naked Wines, Sweaty Betty, Dr Martens, Iceland, Boux Avenue, Tesco, Matalan and New Look. Plus, four steps to ensure your brand is AI-ready, why privacy, not AI, is the biggest marketing shift to watch and more.
THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Frasers Group buys Swindon Designer Outlet
Frasers Group has bought the 250,000 sq ft Swindon Designer Outlet for a sum thought to be around £275m.
Moonpig grows revenue ahead of CEO exit
Moonpig has posted steady revenue growth in the first half as its chief executive officer Nickyl Raithatha prepares to step down.
Ann Summers remains in the red as sales stall and jobs shed
Ann Summers’ sales for the year to 28 Jun hit £93.4m, down slightly from £93m in the prior 12 months, but it reduced losses from £13m in 2024 to £3m in 2025.
Naked Wines returns to profitability in revenue cutting plan
Naked Wines has made a return to profitability as it deliberately sheds revenue to focus on profitable ‘Angel’ customers.
November retail sales fail to impress despite Black Friday
Barclays said card spending saw its greatest fall since 2021 in November, as consumer confidence remained subdued.
The O2 Outlet Shopping is on track for 'stellar' 2025
The Outlet Shopping at The O2 is on track for a stellar end to 2025 with a 23% uplift in sales throughout November over 2024, and footfall up 24% across the whole scheme.
Former Levi’s Americas president snaps up Dr Martens shares
Dr Martens announced that former Levi's Americas president and current independent non-executive director Robert Hanson has snapped up 96,000 shares in the company.
Sweaty Betty in new dispute over ad slogans
Activewear brand Sweaty Betty has become involved in a new dispute over advertising slogans, which a period underwear company Nixi Body claims were copied.
TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Four steps to ensure your brand is AI-ready
Everyone’s talking about AI. But here’s the uncomfortable truth: AI is only as smart as the data it’s trained on.
Why privacy, not AI, is the biggest marketing shift to watch
With data laws tightening and third-party cookies fading, marketers must rethink how they collect and use customer data — or risk being left behind.
Retail websites among the least accessible for disabled users
Retail websites rank among the least accessible for disabled users. Shockingly, 63% of retail websites need accessibility improvements in 2026, or risk excluding users with disabilities.
Online marketplaces dominate every stage of UK shoppers’ purchase journey
Online marketplaces dominate almost every stage of the UK purchase journey, from discovery and comparison through to purchase, reviews and even returns.
UK shoppers are turning to AI for gift inspiration
Expect Christmas shoppers to be “cautious but positive” this year when it comes to spending. But AI is getting more and more involved in the decision-making process.
Parents ‘typically spending £117 per child on clothing this winter’
Parents expect to spend £117 per child on average clothing for their kids over the winter, with four-fifths (80%) of parents surveyed believing children’s clothing is more expensive than last year.
Thoughtful Indulgence’ gifts set to be top choice this Christmas
Data from Campfire’s trend-tracking tool SPARK shows a rise in “Thoughtful Indulgence” presents with shoppers wanting better value for money and more individuality in their presents.
Gen Z’s sustainability ‘Intention Gap’ widens due to ultra-fast fashion purchases
Research has identified a significant “intention gap” in Gen Z’s sustainable shopping habits, with 59% of young consumers admitting they talk more about sustainability than they practise.
PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS
New Look raids Co-op for new retail director
New Look has named Co-op director of format and innovation Mark Matthews as its new retail director.
Iceland chair Richard Walker made Labour peer
Keir Starmer has appointed Iceland executive chairman Richard Walker as a Labour peer later in the month. Walker was previously a Conservative supporter and was looking to be a Tory MP in 2022.
BRAND NEWS
Tesco debuts low-carbon concept superstore in Harrogate
Tesco has opened its new low-carbon concept Superstore in Harrogate. The store features a timber frame, solar panels, reused local stone and energy-efficient heating and lighting systems.
Boux Avenue launches CGI-based gifting campaign
Boux Avenue has embraced artificial intelligence to create its Christmas message across the brand’s engaging Instagram and TikTok accounts.
Moose Knuckles joins forces with Evisu for limited-edition collection
Moose Knuckles has teamed up with Japanese denim house Evisu on a limited-edition ‘Stand Apart’ nine-piece capsule collection.
Mac taps Chappell Roan as global brand ambassador
Mac Cosmetics has appointed Grammy-winning singer-songwriter Chappell Roan as its newest global brand ambassador.
Matalan to refurbish 40 stores next year
Matalan has completed 30 refurbishments in 2025 and plans 40 next year, with the new stores outperforming the wider estate by 14% in 2025.
AND FINALLY x2
Waitrose debuts emergency festive pie service on delivery app
Waitrose has launched its Waitrose No.1 Festive Turkey Pie on Deliveroo, with the pie available in as little as 20 minutes.
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 – 16
Days until Valentine’s Day – 67
Days until Mother’s Day – 96
Days until Easter – 117
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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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 including skiwear, plus Christmas outfits and pyjamas.
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.
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.
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.
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
Sofology has new Georgio, Adler, Mayfair, Remy, Portbello, Fitzrovia and Waldorf ranges of sofas and chairs for your living room.
Furniture Village has its SS26 lineup of sofas, tables, chairs, beds, mirrors and shelving.
Dobbies Garden Centres has new outside dining tables, chairs, lighting and accessories, plus Winter gardening, Christmas gifts from the Gruffalo collection, Lemax and Disney-themed Christmas decorations.
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.
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.
Ivyline has Spring Summer 2026 planters, pots, watering cans and misters for indoors, plus chimeneas and pots for outdoors.
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