Retail

New luxury “home wellbeing” brand TINCTURE has appointed Rain Communications to handle its UK launch, which is set for October 2016. Founded by sisters Anastasia [...]

Tesco has appointed Coca Cola’s Jane Lawrie to its executive committee as group comms director. She will join the retailer on 10 October 2016. Lawrie has more than 25 years’ [...]

Lifestyle agency Stir PR has been chosen by stationery shop Paperchase to promote its portfolio of lifestyle brands, with two campaigns set to take place over the summer. The [...]

High performance cycle-wear brand stolen goat has brought in The Earned Agency to handle its global PR, as it looks to grow its international presence. stolen goat was founded [...]

To promote the launch of Aldi’s new online wine platform, Clarion Communications launched an ‘Apple store’ of wine shops to capitalise on the discount supermarket [...]

Leeds-based PR and social media specialist Wolfstar has been appointed by the central marketing organisation for UK fleece wool, British Wool Marketing Board, to deliver an [...]

Home Retail Group has hired specialist toy sector PR agency Playtime PR to handle campaigns relating to Argos’ toy offering in 2016. Playtime PR has been briefed to raise the [...]

10 Yetis Digital has been appointed by UK gift and home accessories retailer Red Candy to handle its PR, as part of a marketing drive to raise awareness of the brand’s [...]

Harvard has been brought in to handle the consumer PR brief for music systems company Linn, with a brief to increase brand awareness across the UK. The agency, which won the [...]

Britain’s largest TV shopping channel, QVC UK, has appointed Gant UK’s Jayne Bristow as brand and comms director, with a brief to focus on PR and internal comms. Bristow will [...]

Home appliance brand Beko has hired sports and entertainment marketing specialist Synergy to handle the global launch of its sponsorship of FC Barcelona, following a [...]

Down at the Social has been appointed by Manchester-based entertainment complex The Printworks to handle its PR and social activity, following a four-way pitch. [...]

New online mattress brand Hyde & Sleep, which is backed by British bed specialist Dreams, has brought in Battenhall to handle its UK social media and PR. The new brand, [...]

The Entertainment Retailers Association (ERA), the UK trade body that represents digital and physical retailers of video, music and games, has named Universal Pictures’ Lynn [...]

Siemens has chosen Publicasity to handle the UK PR for its range of cooking, cooling and washing appliances, following a four-way pitch. Publicasity will work with Siemens to [...]

London PR agency PHA Media has been chosen by luxury men’s watch brand Christopher Ward to handle its UK PR. Christopher Ward was established in 2004 by Mike France, [...]

Morrisons, the UK’s fourth largest supermarket chain, has named Shine @ The Academy as its retained brand PR agency, following a competitive pitch. Shine @ The Academy is the [...]

The Hub, a specialist foodservice and retail PR and trade marketing agency, has been appointed to handle the UK retail trade PR and comms for global food business The Kraft [...]