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PRShots Roundup brings you the latest retail news from Next, Russell & Bromley, Frasers, Lululemon, WH Smith, Dr Martens, Poundland, Me + Em, Pureseoul, Wyse London, Waitrose, Morrisons and Gap. Plus, why you need key opinion leaders not influencers in 2026, how to speed up your AI adoption and more.
THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS
Next eyes Russell & Bromley as latest buy
Family-owned footwear and accessories brand Russell & Bromley is courting investors and Next is one of several parties in talks with Russell & Bromley's advisers about a deal.
Frasers Group circles SilkFred
Mike Ashley's Frasers Group is exploring the option of placing a bid for online marketplace SilkFred, which was placed in administration in October.
Evri recruiting 2,500 new workers
Evri is taking on 2,500 new UK staff members as it pushes ahead with its expansion and demand for parcels continues to rise.
EU introduces €3 levy on small parcels from China
In a bid to rein in Shein and Temu, the EU is to introduce a €3 levy on small non-EU parcels entering the European Union, marking the end of the tax exemption for parcels under €150.
Lululemon reports Q3 sales lift
Lululemon has reported a 7% rise in Q3 revenues to $2.6bn and gross profit rose 2% to $1.4bn, driven by strong international demand.
WH Smith to unveil delayed results
WH Smith is set to post its delayed FY25 results on Friday and is expected to reveal a drop in profits, driven by significantly weaker profits for its US business.
Former Levi’s President buys another £80k of Dr. Martens shares
Dr. Martens Non-Executive Director, Robert Hanson has bought a further 104,000 shares, worth over £80k, to add to the 96,000 purchased on Monday.
TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY
Why you need key opinion leaders in 2026
Learn what KOLs are, how they differ from influencers, and how to build KOL marketing partnerships that drive trust and real results.
How to speed up AI adoption and turn hype into results
AI succeeds when people, process and technology mature together. Here’s how to move from early pilots to sustainable productivity.
What does Barry Williams’ return mean for Poundland?
Former Poundland boss Barry Williams was parachuted back onto the board of the discount chain at the start of the year as owner Pepco looked to address its struggling performance.
British shoppers turn to joy, colour and comfort in 2025
British consumers shopped for joy in 2025, according to John Lewis’ twelfth annual ‘How we Shop, Live and Look’ report.
Retail staff being left behind on AI
Nearly three quarters (72%) of retail staff have no experience of using AI in their role, according to new research by Find Out Now on behalf of the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC).
Over a quarter of Brits want clothes for Christmas
Over a quarter (28%) of UK consumers want clothes for Christmas, while over a third (34%) want to receive money or gift cards.
Argos national study reveals the UK’s latest smart-home buying habits
A new study by Argos has uncovered the device trends driving the UK’s smart home boom, highlighting which technologies are mainstream and where demand is accelerating fastest.
BRAND NEWS
Gap launches Summer Fridays collaboration
Gap is sharpening its Christmas retail strategy with a collaboration with cult-favourite beauty brand Summer Fridays on the brand’s first-ever apparel collection.
ME+EM heads to Harrogate for latest boutique
Womenswear brand ME+EM has opened a 1,300 sq ft boutique at 4 Prospect Crescent in Harrogate, its first in the Yorkshire region as it continues to expand its retail footprint.
Pureseoul opens five new stores in five weeks
Pureseoul has reached a significant growth milestone, opening five new stores in five weeks and accelerating nationwide demand for Korean beauty.
Wyse London expands into Scotland
Wyse London has expanded into Scotland with the opening of a pop-up store in Edinburgh and is planning to open more stores both pop-up and permanent, in the UK and overseas in 2026.
Waitrose to roll out electronic shelf labels across all stores
Waitrose is to deploy electronic shelf labels (ESL) across all of its stores, completing the rollout in 2026.
Morrisons sets ambitious net-zero targets
Morrisons has strengthened its climate strategy with a renewed commitment to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions across its entire value chain by 2050.
AND FINALLY x2
Royal Mail reveals this year’s Top 10 most wanted presents
With just weeks to go until Christmas, Royal Mail has revealed this year’s Top 10 most wanted presents, according to children in their special letters to Santa.
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 12th 2025?
1/ SS26
2/ Christmas
3/ AW25
4/ Dress
5/ Jumper
6/ White
7/ Kitchen
8/ Ski
9/ Pyjamas
10/ Boots
PRSHOTS DIARY
PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts
Days until Christmas Day – 10
Days until Valentine’s Day – 61
Days until Mother’s Day – 90
Days until Easter – 111
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 (Third Test 17th-21st Fourth Test 26th-30th)
December Diary - Days
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
River Island has new SS26 lookbook images and cut-outs of clothing, bags and accessories, plus a new collaboration with Real Hackney Dave.
Cotton Traders has new SS26 women’s and menswear available in January.
Roman Originals has new AW25 Dusk, Curve and Petite ranges for parties and going out, including coats, jackets, dresses and trousers.
Very has new Winter layering ranges, 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 and drops of AW25 ranges including clothes, bags, shoes, boots and accessories.
Matalan has new clothing ranges for Valentine’s Day, 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 and a Winter Smart Edit.
M&S has a new Autograph and James Neleson-Joyce collaboration, a range of Goodmove ski wear, a collaboration with 16Arlington, a new Christmas clothing collections and Collection and Autograph clothing, accessories and jewellery.
Primark has a new Major Finds range, 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.
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.
Lola Starr has a new Earth Collection of activewear for the new year new you health kick.
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.
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, women’s accessories and jewellery, new womenswear including coats, jumpers, cardigans, trousers and shoes.
Salts Cashmere has new collections of menswear and womenswear.
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
Quorn Stone has new marble and stone effect ranges, new terracotta decorative tiles, natural stone range, marble and decorative effect tiles, Parisian Manoir, Lullington, Chalfont and Orotelli decorative tiles.
Jellycat has new ranges of its soft toys and amuseables bags ready for Valentine’s Day, plus new ranges of soft toys and amuseables.
Matalan has new Valentine’s Day themed soft furnishings and bedding for the home, new Hello Spring ranges of homeware, and a new SS26 range of home furniture and soft furnishings, Christmas decorations and gifts.
Dobbies Garden Centres has outside dining tables, chairs, lighting and accessories, plus Winter gardening, Christmas gifts from the Gruffalo collection, Lemax and Disney-themed Christmas decorations.
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.
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.
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.
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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