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PRShots Roundup brings you the latest retail news from Topshop, Amazon, Dune, Crew Clothing, John Lewis, Ghazal Fashion, Moonpig, Matalan and M&S. Plus, how marketers can use AI to sleigh this shopping season, what marketers should know about ads on ChatGPT and more. 

THE LATEST RETAIL INDUSTRY NEWS

M&S unveils phased ‘product first’ Christmas campaign

Marks & Spencer’s Christmas campaign will follow a “product-first” campaign consisting of a number of mini films over the festive season, instead of one hero advert.

Topshop is making a return to the high street next week with John Lewis pop-ups.

Topshop is launching a series of pop-ups in four John Lewis stores next week, with pop-ups on the women’s wear floors of John Lewis’ London Oxford Street, Bristol, Leeds, and Liverpool stores.

Cybercriminals renew focus on retail targets

Cyber criminals are now scanning business devices more than 4,000 times a day, following on from a summer which saw some of the worst-ever cyber-attacks to hit UK businesses.

International spend to drive West End festive sales

Sales in London’s West End are expected to grow up to 1.3% year-on-year throughout November and December, totalling £1.7bn.

Overall shop price inflation slowed in October

Shop price inflation decreased to 1.0% year on year in October, against growth of 1.4% in September. This is below the 3-month average of 1.1%.

UK retail sales disappoint in early Golden Quarter says BDO

The Golden Quarter has got off to “a dull start as inflation haunts shoppers”, finds the latest BDO High Street Sales Tracker (HSST).

Amazon beats cloud growth estimates

Amazon has forecasted quarterly revenue largely below Wall Street estimates, primarily due to the impact of a weaker retail business.

Battersea Power Station owners mull sale

The owners of Battersea Power Station are exploring options to sell the shopping and leisure destination in a deal that could be worth £2bn.

TRENDS, SUSTAINABILITY, STRATEGY AND TECHNOLOGY

How marketers can use AI to sleigh this shopping season

Reports of Black Friday’s death may have been greatly exaggerated in recent years. Last year, online sales jumped 10.2% YOY, ringing up $10.8 bn in the US alone.

What marketers should know about ads on ChatGPT

It’s only a matter of time before LLMs start hosting ads. Conor Bant at Fox Agency explains why this will be a great opportunity for brands and how to capitalise on it.

Why Dune founder thinks the UK is not an exciting place to do business

Dune founder Daniel Rubin has criticised the government for failing to keep its promise to boost growth, stating: “The UK is just not an exciting place to do business.”

7 steps to building AI readiness in your CRM

Before adding AI to your CRM, fix the work behind it. Martech’s practical framework helps align people, process and platforms for real AI readiness.

Consumers favour experiences, value and resale in golden quarter

Consumers are now favouring experiences, value-led retail and resale platforms during the golden quarter, according to new research from Experian and Reward.

Customer fraud is becoming more mainstream

New data shows that ecommerce fraud is costing online retailers over £9m a year and a significant percentage of this is coming from the customers themselves.

Firms are ‘sleepwalking’ into AI crisis as confidence outpaces prep

An AI “governance gap” is emerging as businesses pour money into AI tools and products without oversight or protective processes in place.

Black Friday now a fortnight not a single day

New research shows Black Friday has transformed from a single day into a season-long shopping event, with shoppers now favouring experiences, wellbeing, and value-led purchases.

Pinterest Assistant is a "revolutionary" new shopping AI

Pinterest has introduced Pinterest Assistant a new feature that it says will revolutionise the way people shop online.

PEOPLE, MOVERS AND SHAKERS

Moonpig hires Catherine Faiers as its new chief executive

Moonpig has hired Catherine Faiers as its new chief executive. With her start date yet to be announced.

Matalan appoints former George exec as head of childrenswear buying

Matalan has appointed former George at Asda exec Ruth Golightly as its new head of buying for childrenswear.

Ex-Asda and Sainsbury’s boss joins M&S as non-executive

Roger Burnley, who was previously CEO and COO at Asda, and Sainsbury's retail and operations director, has joined Marks & Spencer as a non-executive director, effective 1 December.

BRAND NEWS

Crew Clothing set to open new coastal location In Brighton

Crew Clothing is opening in Brighton and follows the opening of 10 new locations earlier this year, with the brand recently stating the intention to open a further 20 stores in 2026.

John Lewis unveils ‘unbeatable’ Black Friday offers

John Lewis has launched Black Friday a month ahead of the date and will continue to match 25 major competitors and all their associated offers and discounts throughout the Black Friday period.

Ghazal Fashion to bring ‘Dubai glam’ experience to UK

Ghazal Fashion, the Turkish occasion wear brand, has chosen Liverpool for the site of its first UK store.

Majestic revamps subscription service

Majestic Wine has relaunched its Wine Club and Lock It In subscription services and invested in its online proposition for members, as it ramps up for the busy festive trading season.

AND FINALLY x2

Tesla cars are ‘seeing’ ghosts

Tesla’s cars have been seeing ghosts. Drivers have filmed their vehicles detecting phantom pedestrians wandering among headstones.

The Christmas adverts so far

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 Oct 24^th 2025?

1/ Christmas

2/ AW25

3/ Halloween

4/ Dress

5/ Candle

6/ Bag

7/ Bauble

8/ Boots

9/ Cushion 

10/ Bedroom
 

PRSHOTS DIARY

PRShots Retail Calendar Alerts

Days until Black Friday – 28

Days until Christmas Day – 55

Days until Valentine’s Day – 106

Days until Easter - 156
 

How to make your products attractive to the media and influencers in November    

We are well into autumn and the Christmas season, and the media are looking for images that help them fill all those “What to buy on Black Friday?” features, the endless Christmas gift guides, and all those “What to wear for the Christmas party season?” articles.  

You should be uploading Black Friday and Christmas images for most media. Long lead-time magazines will be looking at January issues, so anything that helps illustrate the inevitable “New you for 2026” issues will also be welcomed. So, any athleisure, outdoor, healthy, sporty images will all be useful. 

As always, don’t forget to add keywords – Black Friday, Cyber Monday, Thanksgiving, Gifts, Christmas, Xmas, Winter, plus all those words beloved of home and women’s magazines like cosy, cosiness, hygge and wellbeing.

Clothing-wise the media are looking for party wear, party dresses, nightwear, going-out outfits, Christmas Jumpers, jumpers, woolovers (yes, they are a thing), scarves, bobble hats, beanies, cardigans, coatigans, jackets, and coats. So, make sure you have plenty of images in those categories uploaded and labelled with as many of those words as you can.    

Also, make sure that if your clothing is made from a fabric associated with winter, it’s flagged up somewhere in the title/keyword or in more information. Wool, cashmere, fur (faux obviously), velvet, plus the year’s big trends of embroidery, crochet and lace.     

If you want to be included in the Christmas Guides, then make sure you have added prices. Guides are normally price-led, eg “Presents under £50”, “Party dresses for less than £150” and without prices, your items won’t be included.     

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.

November Diary - Weeks/Months

Events to add to your marketing diary for November include.

Movember which centres around men’s health issues and moustaches, so beard and shaving-related things might be useful. It’s also World Pancreatic Cancer Month, World Vegan Month, Men’s Health Awareness Month, and in the US, it’s also National Peanut Butter Lovers’ Month, Sweet Potato Month and Candy Month.

Shows to look out for are the Cake and Bake Show 26-30^th Nov

Weeks to celebrate in November include;

International Stress Awareness Week (3^rd-7^th)

Transgender Awareness Week (13^th-19^th)

Men’s Ashes tournaments Australia ( First Test  21^st-25^th)

November Diary - Days

1^st – World Vegan Day

1^st – All Saints’ Day

2^nd – All Souls’ Day

2^nd – New York Marathon

2^nd – International Stress Awareness Day

3^rd – Oxford Street Christmas lights switch on (Carnaby Street switched on 6th Nov)

5^th – Guy Fawkes/Bonfire night

5^th – National Redhead Day US/UK

5^th – Three years until the next US presidential elections

5^th – Five years since the second National Lockdown was started

9^th – Social Media Kindness Day

9^th – British Pudding Day

9^th - Remembrance Sunday

11^th – Armistice/Remembrance Day

11^th – Chinese Singles Day

11^th – Veterans Day (US)

12^th – World Pneumonia Day

12^th – National Happy Hour Day (US)

13^th – World Kindness Day

14^th – King Charles III 76^th birthday

14^th - BBC Children in Need (Third Friday in November)

15^th – International Cheese and Bread Day

17^th – Homemade Bread Day (US)  

17^th – International Students Day

19^th – International Men’s Day

20^th – UN World Children’s Day

25^th – 1 month until Christmas Day

27^th – Thanksgiving (US)

28^th – Black Friday

29^th – US Small Business Saturday 

30^th – St Andrew’s Day (Bank Holiday Scotland)

30^th – Advent Sunday/First Sunday of Advent 

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

Accessorize has new Christmas gift ranges including slippers, scarves, gloves, hats and bags, plus accessory ranges with sunglasses, jewellery, and belts. 

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 Micheal Owen range of menswear.

M&S has a new 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.

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.

Matalan has 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, Grinch & Cindy themed clothing ranges for the family.

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.

Bonmarché has Christmas pyjamas, new Lisa Snowdon and Lorraine Kelly ranges for Christmas 2025 including coats, jumpers, trousers and tops.

F&F has new spring 2026 transition outfits, a new Abby Clancy collaboration of party outfits for Christmas, new Kids and womenswear Christmas clothing ranges, and new autumn womenswear ranges.

Cotton Traders has new SS26 women and mens athleisure wear, new Will Mellow and Alex Jones collaboration lines, plus winter clothing ranges including coats, cardigans, trousers and Christmas jumpers.

Oliver Bonas has new December drops of Winter wear clothing, bags and jewellery, Autumn women’s accessories and jewellery, new womenswear including coats, jumpers, cardigans, trousers and shoes.

Fable England has new Solara ranges of jewellery and scarves for Christmas.

Primark has a new Ski Collection ranges of outdoor wear, new Adapative clothing range, new perfume ranges, Christmas pyjamas and jumper ranges and lingerie, a Satin and Lace range, plus boots, shoes, bags and jackets for the winter and for the party season.

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 Levi’s Arket, Paul Smith, Farm Rio and a collaboration with Kaptain Sunshine collaboration of outdoor wear, new Heritage ranges, clothing ranges plus new outfits and footwear for the festival season.

George at Asda has new season ranges, Christmas party and occasion wear and new Christmas jumpers.

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.

Regatta has an Orla Kiely collaboration, plus new kids, women's and menswear for winter walks and hikes, including coats, jackets, fleeces and waterproofs, plus boots, scarves and hats. 

Lola Starr has a new Earth Collection range of athleisure/active wear crafted from recycled fabrics. 

FatFace has a new Winter Collection of womenswear with this season’s must-have Faux Fur and including dresses, trousers, jackets, coats, bags, boots, shoes and hats.

River Island has a new collaboration with Nephthys, has new Heritage, Nostalgia and Studio womenswear ranges, a new collaboration with Olivia Attwood, new Suede season handbags, plus new ranges of clothing, shoes, bags, and accessories.

TK Maxx has new fashion accessory ranges including scarves, bags and jewellery.

Joe Browns has new Christmas party and cosy evenings in outfits for men and women, Christmas jumpers and gifts for him and her, and Christmas bags, clothes, slippers, boots, shoes, jewellery and accessories.

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Home, garden and food

Very has new home Christmas soft furnishings, plsu  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.

Dobbies Garden Centres has Winter gardening, Christmas gifts from the Gruffalo collection, Lemax and Disney-themed Christmas decorations.

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.

Quorn Stone has new natural stone range, marble and decorative effect tiles, Parisian Manoir, Lullington, Chalfont and Orotelli decorative tiles, plus new natural stone and Canyon Terrazzo effect porcelain tiles.

Matalan has Christmas decorations and gifts, AW25 homeware for the autumn.

Accessorize has new ranges of Christmas decorations for the tree. 

Ivyline has Spring Summer 2026 planters, pots, watering cans and misters for indoors, plus chimeneas and pots for outdoors.

Homesense has new Christmas homeware and gifts, plus Christmas decorations, new furniture and accessory ranges for the kitchen and living room, including soft furnishings, dishes and glassware.

Primark has 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.

The Gluttonous Gardener has gifts for the horticulturist in your life including their Growbar flower seed kits.

Treats by Mars has new Galaxy Caramel and vegan Galaxy dairy-free biscuits and selection boxes, Malteser gingerbread cake bars, Mars and Snickers-flavour milk drinks.

Oliver Bonas has new homeware and Christmas gifting, a new Shrimps collaboration of homeware, new furniture, Christmas decorations, gifts and things for the home, plus new November drops of homeware ranges for the lounge, bedroom, kitchen, dining room.

Regatta has an Orla Kiely collaboration of thermos mugs, cool bags, picnic rugs and totes.

Habitat has new Christmas decorations for the home and the tree.

TK Maxx has new things for the home.

M&S has a new Kelly Hoppen collaboration, new Christmas homeware for the kitchen, bedroom and lounge plus decorations for the tree and the home.

The Orchard has new home interiors, Christmas furnishings, tabletop fire pits and mini pizza ovens, artificial Christmas tree ranges, and a new Miami Corner Group sofa.

Arran Sense of Scotland has new festive collections, Island Dusk range, 2025 Christmas gift packs and an advent calendar, new refill packages, home fragrances, scented candles, plus a new mum and bride scent range.

Joe Browns has new Christmas gifts, plus homeware including lights, faux plants, signs, lamp shades, dining and drink ware, trays, coasters, stools, side tables soft furnishings, prints and throws.

B&M has its Christmas Gift Guide for her, Frosted Night, Nordic Glow, Peaceful Wishes, Snow Much Fun and Festive Folklore Christmas decorations.

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