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PRShots Roundup brings you the latest retail news from Very, Currys, Lucy&Yak, Stradivarius, Asda, Under Armour, River Island, B&Q, Naf Naf, House of CB, Revolution Beauty, Entertainer and M&S. Plus, how to optimise a website for AI crawlers, can Topshop make a successful long-term high street return and more.
THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Barclay family expected to lose control of Very Group
Very Group’s biggest lender Carlyle is preparing to take control of the online retail group, marking the end of the Barclay family’s long running ownership.
John Lewis property business sees losses
The property company set up by John Lewis BTR (Operating) for its build-to-rent project shows revenues up from £32,000 to £260,000 for FY to 25 Jan but with a pre-tax loss of £406,000.
Asda inches closer to completing £1bn IT upgrade
Asda is nearing completion of its £1bn IT upgrade, separating its computer systems from that of former owner Walmart within the next couple of weeks.
Under Armour posts a loss as sales fall in first quarter
US sportswear brand Under Armour sales fell 4% year on year to $1.13bn during Q1 ended 30 June 2025, and managed to turn the $305m loss for Q1 24 into a loss of just $3m.
River Island secures lifeline after High Court approves restructuring plan
River Island has successfully secured High Court approval for its restructuring plan, providing a crucial lifeline for the embattled chain as it works to transform its business model.
B&Q boss urges Reeves to end tax breaks that favour online Chinese rivals
Rachel Reeves must intervene to assist British retailers by ending the “de minimis” tax break that favours Chinese online rivals says B&Q boss Graham Bell.
Naf Naf partially acquired by the Beaumanoir Group
The Beaumanoir Group has won a partial takeover of the Naf Naf brand, which was placed in receivership on May 30, they will be the label's fifth owner in eight years.
Revolution Beauty rejects bid from private equity firm
Revolution Beauty has reportedly rejected a takeover offer from a specialist private equity firm following the retailer’s launch of a formal sales process in May.
Gemfields sells Fabergé eggs maker for $50m
Gemfields Group the owner of Fabergé has sold the luxury brand to the US investment firm SMG Capital for $50m.
Entertainer founder gives shop chain to staff
Gary Grant the founder of the UK's biggest toy chain, the Entertainer, is handing over control of the business to his 1,900 workers giving staff a share of the profits and a say in how the firm is run.
TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
How to optimise a website for AI crawlers.
Generative AI platforms now execute live web searches with all prompts. Ensuring a site is crawlable by AI bots is therefore essential for mentions and citations on those platforms.
Can Topshop make a successful long-term high street return and go beyond nostalgia?
Beloved fashion brand whose Oxford Circus store closed in 2021 prepares to hold its first catwalk show in seven years.
How are luxury brands connecting with new audiences on social media?
Can luxury brands connect with new audiences on social media while maintaining exclusivity? Econsultancy looks at three brands that have achieved this in different ways.
How Samsung UK is selling consumers an AI future
Samsung’s home appliances marketing lead believes finding a “meaningful” reason behind its AI innovations will help it grow its share in a challenging category.
How Gen Z is fuelling online marketplace fashion sales
Gen Z are set to dominate fashion shopping this summer with 77% of 18‑to-24‑year‑olds say they plan to shop for clothes or accessories this summer, compared with 53% of UK consumers overall.
The secret to getting your marketing team to use AI
AI only works when your team trusts it. Transparency turns it from a black box into a reliable growth partner. Martech explains how to introduce AI into your marketing teams.
How Shein and Temu are attracting UK shoppers
One of the biggest disruptions to UK ecommerce market over the past few years has been the entrance of Chinese-founded, online-only platforms like Shein, Temu and AliExpress
BRAND NEWS
House of CB launches essentials range for everyday
House of CB has launched its first everyday essentials range, Perfect Match, a range of basics designed to be worn anywhere and everywhere.
M&S restarts click and collect service following cyberattack
M&S has resumed its click and collect service for the first time in four months as it gradually restores services following a cyber-attack in April.
John Lewis dives even deeper into beauty with huge investment, Fenty collab
John Lewis is rolling out its “immersive, multi-sensory” Beauty Halls, backed by a multi-million-pound investment “designed to transform its stores into beauty discovery destinations”.
Ikea bets on online growth in China with JD.com launch
Ikea has opened a digital store on Chinese e-commerce platform JD.com, as it expands its presence on third-party online shopping sites in China.
Currys is accelerating its push into the small business technology market through a rebrand and expansion of its B2B division, Currys Business.
Lucy & Yak to relocate to larger Brighton store
Lucy & Yak is to relocate its first Brighton store to a larger space in September as part of its ongoing expansion.
Stradivarius launches first store in the north east
Inditex brand Stradivarius has opened its first location in the north east at Gateshead’s Metrocentre.
AND FINALLY
The new plastic pollution advert subverting Calvin Klein classic advertising
Plastic Change, Glue Society and One Green Beans latest advert helps expose the damage plastic is doing to the ocean with an unsubtle play of the Calvin Klein underwear commercials.
PRSHOTS TOP 10 SEARCHES
What were our users searching for on PRShots Week ending Aug 8th 2025?
1/ AW25
2/ Christmas
3/ Halloween
4/ Candle
5/ Autumn
6/ Back-to-school
7/ Coat
8/ Dress
9/ Wreath
10/ Cushion
PRSHOTS DIARY
PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts
Days until School holidays are over (3rd Sept) – 23
Days until Halloween – 81
Days until Black Friday - 109
Days until Christmas Day – 136
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;
Edinburgh Festival (1st - 24th)
Cowes Week (2nd - 8th).
National Horse Race Week (23rd-31st)
August - Days
11th – National Bakewell Tart Day
12th – International Youth Day
12th – National Vinyl Records Day
12th - 13th - Tisha B'Av (Jewish Holiday)
13th – International left-handers Day
13th – National Prosecco Day
15th – VJ (Victory over Japan) Day
16th – National Rum Day
16th – Krishna Janmashtami – (Hindu Holiday)
16th – World Honey Bee Day
17th – UK Cupcake Day
18th – National Grooming Day
21st – World Senior Citizens Day
23rd - International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
23rd-25th – Notting Hill Carnival
25th – National Secondhand Wardrobe Day
25th – Christmas in August (4 months until Christmas Day)
25th – August Bank Holiday
26th - Women's Equality Day
26th – Ganesh Chaturthi - Hindu holiday
28th – National Burger Day
28th – National Red Wine Day
28th – 3 Months until Black Friday
29th – Blackpool Illuminations start
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
Villeroy & Boch manufactures everything from crockery for the table to bathroom fittings including vanity units, bathrooms and taps and they’ve been around since 1748, and are available in 140 countries.
Quay is a sunglasses company that was born out of the US festival scene and as you would expect from an alternative birth it does things differently.
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
Monsoon has new AW25 clothing 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.
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.
Barbour has new Heritage ranges, September clothing ranges plus new outfits and footwear for the festival season.
River Island has new back-to-school ranges, summer denim ranges, Rococo Revival and Perfect Prints range of summer clothing, RI Studio range and Mykonos Night range of womenswear.
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.
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.
Inspecs has new sunglasses campaign imagery of sunglasses for men and women from Radley, Superdry and Botaniq.
M&S has new ballet shoe ranges, new back-to-school ranges including clothes and shoes, summer menswear and womenswear campaign imagery, plus new t-shirts, sandals, shoes, sunglasses, swimsuits and bikini ranges.
Matalan has new women’s autumn winter ranges including denim ranges, AW25 menswear including casual and formal evening wear, Disney Villains family outfits including Halloween ranges and back-to-school ranges.
Fable England has a new Agnes jewellery, nightwear, scarf and bag range for the autumn.
F&F has new autumn womenswear ranges, a new Kate Ferdinand active wear collaboration and Abbey Clancy festival imagery, new summer band t-shirts and beachwear, new F&F Active sportswear.
Oliver Bonas has new jewellery and clothing for September, plus new accessory drops including bags, hats, shoes, sandals, scarves and sunglasses.
Iolla has new Healy, Aitkin ranges of glasses in all shades and colours.
Very has new 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.
Peacocks has new AW25 ranges, a new Louise Redknapp Edit of summer womenswear, plus her Linen Edit for summer, a new SS25 Edit range, and a new menswear range.
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.
Primark has new Conscious Clothing ranges, Wednesday Core themed clothing and accessory ranges, new back-to-school ranges of clothes, backpacks and shoes, a new Edit range of womenswear, new denim, youth and newborn – including Bambi - ranges.
New Look has back-to-school ranges, new womenswear outfits and cowboy core womenswear drops.
TK Maxx has new Christmas outfits, bags and accessories, plus summer clothing, shoes, boots, jewellery and accessories, including bags, hats and sunglasses for both men and women.
National Trust has new AW25 clothing, including beanie hats, scarves and gloves.
George at Asda has a George X Gym Locker collaboration of athleisure wear.
Dune London has new women's accessories, including Deliberate, Define, Dedicated and Dinidearest ranges of handbags, clutches and purses.
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Home, garden and food
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.
Home Bargains has new autumn and Halloween things for the home as well as Christmas decorations and homeware.
B&M has Halloween decorations and accessories, Christmas Frosted Night, Nordic Glow, Peaceful Wishes, Snow Much Fun and Festive Folklore decorations, plus AW25 Warm Earth, Natural Calm, Quiet Luxury and Christmas accessories for the home, from bedding to hosting to laundry.
The Orchard has new autumn and Halloween decorations, new furniture ranges for indoors and outdoors from garden tables and chairs to sofas and chairs for the lounge.
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.
John Lewis has a new collaboration with John Cooper and AW25 lookbook images from its Heritage, Modern Luxe and Timeless range of homeware collections.
Oliver Bonas has 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.
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.
Matalan has Christmas decorations and gifts, AW25 homeware for the autumn including Halloween and Harvest Festival themed soft furnishings.
Cambridge Imprint has new clipboards, tissue boxes, postcard boxes, pencil pots, letter trays, portfolios and magazine files, plus Christmas paperchains, coronets, and banners, plus mug ranges, sketching pencils, patterned wrapping paper.
Arran Sense of Scotland has 2025 Christmas gift packs and an advent calendar, new refill packages, home fragrances, scented candles, After the Rain summer fragrance and a new mum and bride scent range.
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.
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.
TK Maxx has new Christmas and Halloween decorations and homeware, back-to-school ranges with lunch bags and stationery and pens, homeware ranges for the kitchen, dining room and lounge from cups and vases to cushions and lamps.
Primark has new back-to-college ranges, harvest festival ranges of decorations, an Edit homewares range, new travel gadgets, new summer-themed homeware including kitchenware, candles and soft furnishings.
National Trust has winter homeware, gifts and books, Christmas decorations, plus a collaboration with Jellycat and a collaboration with Sitting Spiritually on a selection of outdoor swings from two-seater to four-seaters as well as pots for the garden, water bottles and autumn decorations.
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