BJ Fitzpatrick profits boosted by Pandora sale

BJ Fitzpatrick Group, a Dublin-based jeweller wholesaler and retailer, saw its profits boosted to €23m (£20m) last year after it sold the Irish business of Pandora back to the Danish parent company. According to The Times, accounts filed for the year ending 31 July 2018 shows BJ Fitzpatrick made a…

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Personalised delivery is the future for retailers

The retail and e-commerce marketplace is extremely crowded, with hundreds of brands constantly competing against each other to win basket conversions. It’s no secret that many retailers, especially those based on the UK high-streets, have been struggling over the past few years. Big brands including Debenhams, John Lewis and Mothercare…

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‘Space Traveller I’ watch goes on public view for first time in UK

One of the most “technically accomplished” watches by watchmaker George Daniels, the Space Traveller I, is set to go on public view for the first time in the UK on Friday 28 June. Estimated to be worth as much as £1m, the watch will be offered in Sotheby’s ‘George Daniels…

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Personalisation and its role in retail

In order to encourage footfall and, by extension sales, retail stores are having to work twice as hard to stand out. This is particularly true for bricks-and-mortar stores, where competition is not only restricted to other stores in the area but the digital platform too. But both offline and online…

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Military Jaeger-LeCoultre sells for over £6,600 at auction

A Jaeger-LeCoultre military watch has sold for £6,635.20, eight times its estimate of £650 – £850, at Fellows Auctioneers. The stainless steel military issue wrist watch went under the hammer as Lot 428 in Fellows’ Watch Sale on Tuesday 18 June. According to the group Bidders from various bidding platforms…

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E-commerce Handbook: Louise Sinclair

1.Give me a brief description of your business? Louise Sinclair Jewellery offers both bespoke fine jewellery and commissioned pieces to a private clientele alongside an e commerce website with ready-to-wear collections of timeless pieces inspired by modern lifestyles. It is a brand with roots that go deep into the world…

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Retail sales slump in May

The quantity bought in May 2019 decreased by 0.5% when compared with the previous month, with a strong decline of 4.5% in clothing sales, according to new figures from the ONS. However, in the three months to May 2019, the quantity bought in retail sales increased by 1.6% when compared…

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Pursuit adds payment options to help jewellers changing IT providers

Pursuit Software has added new payment options to help jewellers changing IT providers. The smart software systems provider said the automated transfer of sales, stock and customer records in the space of a day is benefitting jewellers switching to Pursuit from a previous IT system provider. It added the data…

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Online retail sales in May suffer worst growth on record

May continued the 2019 trend of below-average online sales growth, with a marginal 1.9% year-on-year (YoY) increase, according to the latest IMRG Capgemini eRetail Sales Index. When compared to this time last year, which saw the strongest May growth for online retail since 2010, analysts suggest this means the state…

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How retailers can use cloud computing to drive sales

Cloud computing can sometimes be misconstrued as a toolset only to be used by system integrators and software engineers. But that view is now out of date – Cloud technology is transforming marketing as we know it, and it is becoming the basic toolset for all marketers today. At its…

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