Marketing yourself online

For the most part, a jewellery business has a secure market. There will always be a demand for jewellery for special occasions. In the past, high street jewellery stores relied on this to make sales, but now with the advent of the digital age, everything has changed. It is hard…

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Footfall ‘plummets’ in May

Footfall declined by 3.5% in May, compared with the same point last year when it declined by 0.4%, according to the latest BRC-Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor. On a three-month basis, footfall decreased by 0.7%. The six and 12-month averages are at -1.3% and -1.4% respectively. High Street footfall declined…

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Women’s Jewellery Network announces new ambassadors

The Women’s Jewellery Network (WJN) has announced its new cohort of ambassadors. It follows an extensive process which saw more than 100 applicants and 28 days of interviews. Commenting on the launch, MD Victoria McKay said: “This has been a truly humbling, inspiring and challenging process. We were overwhelmed by…

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Signet sees Q1 sales fall

Signet Jewelers, the parent company of UK retailer H Samuel and Ernest jones, has seen total sales and same stores fall during the first quarter of the year. For the 13 weeks ending 4 May 2019 Signet posted revenues of £1.43bn (£1.12bn) down 3.3% from the previous year while same…

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The changing face of jewellery retail

The world as we know it for jewellery is one of luxury, enticement and wonder – but the UK customer tends to prefer a very middle ground. With diamonds it’s nice and white, clean to the eye – G/H VS/SI – and for coloured gemstones it’s traditional, not too garish…

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Police appeal following robbery at Harringay jewellers

Detectives in Harringay, London have released CCTV footage of three men they wish to trace in connection with a commercial robbery of the Italgold Jewellery store, during which a woman was attacked. According to the Metropolitan Police, on Monday 15 April at 12:45pm, a man walked into a jewellery shop…

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Lizzy James to launch in the UK

US jewellery brand Lizzy James will launch in the UK this summer. Michelle and Amy Joseph, who own the jewellers, will be launching the brand at Tendence Frankfurt, Pure, Top Drawer, Aix Index and Harrogate Fashion week. The brand was founded in San Diego, California, in 2011, and its collection…

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Banking red tape holding back UK retailers abroad

Almost three quarters (71%) of UK retailers would like their businesses to further expand internationally, however most (57%) believe overseas expansion is fraught with risk, according to new research conducted by buy now, pay later service Laybuy. The research, published today (6 June), surveyed over 200 UK retailers and revealed…

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Sixty-second interview: Shaun Bell MD at Joshua James Jewellery

Describe yourself in three words. Hardworking. Dedicated. Focused. How did you get to be where you are today? Hard work! You have to adapt to remain ahead of current trends, without losing the essence of what your brand is about. That involves knowing which brands you should be working with,…

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Diamond Producers Association releases online tools for retailers

The Diamond Producers Association (DPA) has launched an expanded offering of educational assets available to the jewellery trade at the international trade show JCK Las Vegas. The association’s new asset package includes a free social media asset library that will be expanded regularly to help retailers feed their digital channels…

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