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THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Frasers Group seeks supplier payment discounts after acquisition of JD brands
Frasers Group has asked the suppliers of its recently acquired JD brands for 10-20% discounts on outstanding payments and orders
Moncler FY22 turnover increases by 25%
Stone Island parent Moncler Group reached FY22 consolidated revenue of €2,602m, up 25%, with Q4 revenues of €1,046.3m, up 19%.
Inter Parfums posts record 2022 sales
Inter Parfums saw record full-year 2022 net sales of $1.087bn, up 24%, with all regions contributing to the growth and has updated its 2023 guidance to $1.2bn from $1.15bn.
Urban Outfitters reports Q4 sales increase, earnings drop
Urban Outfitters sales for Q4 ending Jan 31 were up 3.9% to $1.38bn with net income of $31.5m driven by strength at the Anthropologie, Free People and Nuuly brands.
Shop price inflation reaches record high
BRC-NielsenIQ Shop Price Index Shop figures show prices are now 8.4% higher than a year ago, with non-food hitting 5.3%, up from 5.1% January and above the three-month average of 4.9%
Selfridges’ owners takes on extra debt
Selfridges’ owners have have taken on more than £1.7bn of debt in a high-risk strategy that could boost investment returns significantly.
Sainsbury’s to close two Argos warehouses putting 1,400 jobs at risk
Sainsbury’s is to close two Argos warehouses in Basildon and Heywood and close Habitat’s three remaining physical stores in Brighton, Westfield London and Leeds later this year.
M&S gives thousands of store staff 7% pay rise
M&S will increase the hourly pay of more than 40,000 store colleagues on April 1st with customer assistants getting a 7% rise as the retailer adds £57m in the “biggest ever investment” to date.
AO rebound due to ‘emphasis on profitability and generating cash’
AO.com has credited its recent successes to changing its strategy to focus on profitability as well as maintaining a quality service that meets customers’ needs.
B&M is set to shut four stores across the UK in the coming weeks, the retailer who has 700 stores says the closures are due to new stores opening and other external factors.
Travis Perkins cut 400 jobs and shuts 19 branches
Builders’ merchant Travis Perkins cut 400 jobs and shut 19 branches from its 1500 at the end of last year as a slowdown in the construction sector saw profits for the business down 16% to £295m.
Scotch & Soda hires Teneo to explore a sale
Dutch fashion retailer Scotch & Soda has drafted in Teneo to oversee a sale from current private equity owners Sun European Partners.
TRENDS, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
5 ways to reduce your digital carbon footprint
Matt Gibson of digital agency Cyber-Duck casts his eye over some difficult findings about the climate costs of the digital estate – and five ways to begin clearing it up.
The ins and outs of the influencer industry
Emily Hund author of The Influencer Industry: The Quest for Authenticity on Social Media offers advice for the brands wanting to develop better influencer marketing strategies.
Does fashion have a future in the metaverse?
The fashion industry “gets it” and is sizing up opportunities in the metaverse with the digital fashion industry worth $50bn by 2030 it’s a potential that cannot be ignored.
6 Influencer marketing metrics to watch and 5 tools to help
Influencer marketing sounds magical. You ask people to talk about your brand and its products with their digital audiences. When they do, your profits increase.
11 Podcast platforms to host, and distribute
By 2024 500m folks worldwide will listen to podcasts annually. Here are 11 comprehensive platforms to host your episode files, distribute them across the internet, and monetise them.
Fastest Growing Global Marketplaces
Online marketplaces sell more than consumer goods and include homes, cars, services, and more. Here's Practical Ecommerces rundown of the fastest growing global marketplaces.
BRAND NEWS
Rhianna is returning to Puma with a new Fenty X Puma collaboration, Rhianna's previous work with the sportswear brand led to an increase in sales, but ended in 2018.
End. opens first international store
End., which has been expanding its physical retail footprint across the UK with recent openings in Manchester, Newcastle and Glasgow, has unveiled its first international store in Milan.
M&S rolls out reduced packaging initiative for click & collect orders
M&S is rolling out a new ‘BYOB’ – Bring Your Own Bag – click & connect initiative to 251 of its stores after a successful trial in 16 stores that saved 109,000 pieces of plastic packaging over 7 months.
Toast launches Renewed, a collection of "creatively repaired" pieces
Fashion and lifestyle label Toast has launched Toast Renewed a collection of “creatively repaired pieces” where the pieces are repaired using the decorative Japanese sashiko technique.
Mango and Save the Children join forces to promote education and sport in Bangladesh
Mango on Tuesday said it is joining forces with NGO Save the Children to promote education and sport among children and women in Bangladesh.
AND FINALLY x2
Mark Zuckerberg announces new team at Meta to focus on generative AI
After potentially betting the company on the wrong technology Mark Zuckerberg has created a new product team to focus on generative AI similar to that of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google Bard
Buddy Elf Asda ad named nation’s favourite ad of 2022
Asda’s Buddy the Elf festive ad featuring Will Ferrell’s character from the classic Christmas movie topped the list of Christmas ads beating 49 other TV adverts to top place.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending February 24th 2023?
1/ Mother’s Day
2/ Easter
3/ Garden
4/ Vase
5/ Coronation
6/ Mirror
7/ Bedroom
8/ Cushion
9/ SS23
10/ Jacket
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NEW BRANDS TO PRSHOTS
Curvy Kate lingerie and swimwear is designed to make women feel fabulous about their curves. With sizes from D to K cups Curvy Kate lingerie and swimwear ethos is to “Fit, lift, shape and comfort.”
Imp & Maker founded by entrepreneur Sarah Louise Fairburn to bring together food, drinks & gifts from established, emerging and exciting new names in the food & drink world for both home and corporate gifting.
Scamp & Dude was created by Jo Tutchener-Sharp, founder and previous MD of Beauty Seen PR and is famous for their signature leopard and lightning bolt print and vibrant designs, which features in their mens, womens, kids and baby ranges.
Hobbycraft was founded in 1995, and has since grown to be the largest arts and crafts retailer in the UK with over 100 stores across the UK, and has everything you need for art, knitting and crochet, haberdashery, papercraft, wedding and party, baking, jewellery making and more.
Silk & Lawn are a Brighton-based accessories brand creating beautiful handmade headbands, hair ties & turbans for little and grown-up people made from silk and Tana lawn cottons.
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BRANDS WITH NEW IMAGES
Clothing, beauty and accessories
National Trust Shop has new scarves and accessories
PrettyLittleThing has PrettyLittleThing and Teyana Taylor Designer of the Year and new ranges and collabs
Roman Originals has new spring and summer ranges
New Look has new swimwear and summer clothing drops
Radley has new ranges but check the embargo
NoLoGo has new ranges for spring and summer
Primark has new makeup, summer clothing for men and women and kids clothing and accessories.
Dancing Leopard has new womenswear ranges
Crew Clothing has new menswear and womenswear, accessories, and shoes
Very has V by Very swimwear and dresses plus Everyday womenswear ranges, handbags, shoes and accessories
Peacocks has new womenswear
Monsoon has a new SS23 womenswear and accessories, kids swimwear and summer clothing and new eco fabric Lenzing clothes
Matalan launches the Papaya Curve range of clothes as well as new shoes and bags
Bryony Bel has new jewellery ranges
Lipsy has new SS23 clothing including Friends Like These, Love & Roses, plus accessories and shoes for women and bridesmaid outfits
Tu Clothing has new SS23 clothing, shoes, bags and accessories
Regatta has new kids beach and summer wear
Dune London has new kids shoe ranges for the summer
Dune London Men’s has new SS23 ranges
Barbour has new kids clothing and womenswear ranges
Marks & Spencer has a new denim collection and lingerie for its “Love your Boobs” campaign
River Island has new summer clothing and wedding outfits for him and her
See additional new clothing and accessories images from the last few weeks at
Office TU Clothing Cotton Traders Fatface Cath Kidston Threadbare Joe Browns Aspiga Oliver Bonas From my mother’s garden TK Maxx Night Store John Lewis
Home and food
Primark has new bright homeware for the kitchen and bathroom
Biscuiteers Baking has new Smiley 50th birthday ranges plus Easter, Mother’s and Father’s Day
National Trust shop has new Easter gifts and summer items for outdoor living
GettingPersonal has new unique personalised Mother’s Day gifts
Nest Has outdoor living furniture and interior ideas
Dobbies Garden Centres has new things for the home, edible planting, patio furniture, house plants, chimeneas, pizza ovens, firepits.
Furniture Village has new outdoor furniture for the garden and patio
Sofology has a new Sapporo, Hetty and Fellini ranges
Cardfactory has new Mother’s Day gifts
Cartwright & Butler has new Coronation, Easter and Mother’s Day hampers and gift boxes
Cuckooland has new furniture
Dunelm has new homeware and Easter gifts and decorations
The Range has Easter homeware and decorations, plus kitchen and homeware to keep you organised in 2023
Wilko has hundreds of new kitchen, dining, bed, bath and living room items
B&M has their new Ocean Tide and Simply Home ranges for the bedroom, bathroom, dining room and lounge
Next launches Easter collections as well as a new Tahiti, Stockholm, Arches, Valencia and Medley collections
Homesense has new SS23 home and garden items plus gifts for Easter and Mother’s day
Cutter & Squidge has Mother’s day and Easter hampers and goodies
Fritz Fryer has new lighting solutions
Cult Furniture has new tables and chairs
See additional new home images from the last weeks from
Fatface George Home Daisy Park Very Primark Home Oliver Bonas Cath Kidston TK Maxx Hotel Chocolat John Lewis Marks & Spencer Cambridge Imprint Designers Guild Matalan NoLoGo Avalana
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DIARY
PRShots Retail Alert
Days until Mother’s Day – 18
Days until Easter – 39
Days until Eid al-Fitr – 51
Days until Halloween – 244
Days until Singles Day - 255
Days until Black Friday – 268
Days until Christmas Day – 299
How to get your brand on the March Editorial Calendars, search engines and social media
March is mostly about preparing for the big Easter holidays in April so make sure you are starting to include relevant Easter keywords, plus it’s also the time people make their first big getaway abroad so any keywords and clothes for warmer climes, loungewear, going out wear, swimsuits, bikinis etc should be added.
At the end of the month there’s Mother’s Day so try and get Mother, gifts, or Mother’s Day into your keywords for anything that seems appropriate. Also, if you have anything green then add the Keyword St Patricks Day.
Plus, as we’re now definitely in Spring, carry on adding those spring and summer-related images and adding keywords relating to the summer like swimwear, outdoor living, garden, garden parties and Barbecues (don’t forget to add all of the other spellings BBQ, Bar-B-Que etc).
We’re also starting to get ready for the bridal season – the peak is May to October – so If you have bridal wear or anything appropriate to weddings then start to upload it, and label it with the keyword wedding.
Lastly, it’s Oscar month so why not upload some smart suits and dresses and create an Oscar section for an evening watching the Oscars.
If you’re looking for more hooks to help promote your brand and products then see the list of days, weeks and fortnights below.
March Diary - Weeks/Months
In the UK it’s National Bed Month - Introduced by The Sleep Council and The National Bed Federation, it aims to raise awareness of the importance of sleep so push anything sleep-related. it’s also the British Heart Foundation Dechox month which encourages people to give up chocolate – cakes and biscuits - for the month! So, any chocolate, biscuit or cake alternatives should be pushed.
Interesting Stat: National No-Smoking day was originally on Ash Wednesday when it was started in 1984. It was moved to the second Wednesday in March as, while it’s less easy to remember, the date doesn’t move around the calendar quite so much as Ash Wednesday does.
Other events include;
Ovarian Cancer Awareness Month
Fairtrade Fortnight (Feb 27th – Mar 12th)
British Pie Week (6th-12th)
British Science Week (10th-19th)
Butchers Week (6th-12th)
World Autism Awareness Week (Mar 27th – Apr 2nd)
Ideal Home Show (Mar 17th – Apr 2nd)
London Bridal Fashion Week (19th-21st)
National Fragrance Week (20th-26th)
March - Days
1st – St David’s Day
2nd – Dr Seuss Day (US)
2nd – World Book Day
3rd – World Wildlife Day
3rd – World Hearing Day
4th – World Obesity Day
5th - Passover Begins
7th – Holi Hindu Festival
8th – International Women’s Day
8th – No Smoking Day
12th – The Oscars
13th – Commonwealth Day
13th - Passover Ends
15th – Spring Budget Day
17th – St Patrick’s Day
17th – World Sleep Day
17th - Red Nose Day for Comic Relief
18th – Global Recycling Day
19th - Mother’s Day UK
20th – First Day of Spring
21st – International Day of Forests
21st – World Poetry Day
22nd – World Water Day
22nd - Start of Ramadan
25th – National Bridesmaids Day
26th – British Summertime Begins
26th – Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
31st – Wear a Hat Day (Brain Tumour Research)
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