Man charged with Leicester jewellery store robbery

A 41-year-old man has been charged with robbery following an incident at Mallard jewellers and pawnbrokers in Leicester, which took place on Saturday (5 January 2019). Imtiaz Patel, 41, of Marina Road, Leicester, was also charged with possession of a knife in a public place. A statement by Leicester Police…

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Businesses for sale: Attractive business opportunity in picturesque Cornish fishing village

This is an amazing opportunity to acquire an existing, successful jewellery business with separate workshop included. Porthleven is a picturesque fishing village on the south coast of Cornwall, set between Land’s End and The Lizard with great local support and year round seasonal trade. The shop and the workshop [pictured]…

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What does Brexit mean for the high street jeweller?

2018 has been a tumultuous year for the UK high street and Brexit is now just over the horizon, bringing with it the culmination of two years of wrangling, debate and uncertainty about what will be the state of UK will be once we leave. But Simon Forrester, CEO of…

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Goldsmith’s Fair 2019 opens for applications

Goldsmith’s Fair has opened applications for designers to submit their work for the 37th edition of the showcase. Jewellery professionals have until midnight on 28 February 2019 to submit their work before The Goldsmiths’ Fair Selection Committee meet in March to deliberate applications. Last year, 138 exhibitors took part and…

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Digital footprint – measuring online presence

Anyone with eyes and ears has now at least heard of search engine optimisation (SEO), and the savvier business people out there have long been at work trying to improve theirs as a way of attracting more customers. Here, INSIDE ONLINE offer their insights on how jewellery brands are performing…

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How virtual inventories can boost your business

Dropshipping is relevant for all types of retailers looking to offer an expanded assortment and a reliable logistical infrastructure, but for independent jewellers expanding online, drop shipping could be the answer they need to boost their bottom line. What is drop shipping? Drop shipping is a supply chain relationship between…

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‘Landmark year’ of jewellery sales for Sotheby’s

Auctioneers Sotheby’s recorded a ‘landmark year’ for jewellery sales in 2018, with worldwide sales totaling $414m (£328m) for the year. Worldwide watch sales totalled $88.5m (£70.2m), up 60% on 2017 ($55.4m), with 55% of the bids for watches being placed online (42% for jewellery sales). The number of jewels sold…

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Voice on the High Street – Rachel Jeffrey Contemporary Jewellery

Tell us a bit about your company From the age of 16 I enjoyed making jewellery as an evening class, and then I went through my art education which leaned heavily towards working with metal. I did my degree in jewellery and silversmithing, and after I graduated in 1992 I…

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Selling tips: Where is the manager?

So, where are they? Where they usually are, in the back. This is one of the  problems that aggravates jewellers the most. One jeweller I have met was so perplexed he even found some humor in it by saying: “Leonard, if my store was a ship it would capsize.” Owners…

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Boxing Day footfall falls for third consecutive year

Footfall declined by 3.1% on Boxing Day, the third consecutive year in which footfall on Boxing Day has been lower than in the year before according to the latest figures from Springboard. Springboard said the fall “indicates the lessening in importance of Boxing Day as a trading day”. Over the…

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