Retailers: Step it up with training

It’s time to step it up or you may find yourself stepping aside.  To say that we are in a serious situation is an understatement. Most jewellery firms, both in retail and more broadly, are doing about half of what they potentially could and should be doing. I say this…

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Gold drops 2.8% in November hallmarking

Gold hallmarking fell by 2.8% in November 2018 compared with the same period the previous year, this is despite overall volumes increasing by 1.8% according to figures compiled by the Birmingham Assay Office. The number of gold pieces hallmarked decreased from 492,537 in November 2017 to 478, 589 in 2018.…

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Kingston Jewellers launches lab-grown diamond collection

Kingston Jewellers has launched its own brand lab-grown diamond ring collection. The company said the launch comes after nine months of development and collaboration with the European supplier of lab-grown diamonds Madestones. The new collection features solitaire, halo and trilogy diamond rings all with lab grown diamonds. Director Edward Kingston…

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Three-Minute Interview: Cred Jewellery

Describe yourself in three words? Determined, troublemaker who loves his family. When you were at school, what did you want to be and why? ​I wanted to be the biggest flower grower in the UK, following in my fathers footsteps.​ How did you get to be where you are today?…

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For Sale: Ernest G. Brooks Jewellers – Rent £10,400 Per Annum

Established High Street Jewellers in business for 19 years for sale due to sudden ill health of the current owners. The store is situated at the crossroads of the South Wales town of Ammanford . The town is approximately five minutes from junction 49 of the M4 and around one…

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24ct diamond ring auctioned for £1.86m by Bonhams

A step-cut diamond, weighing 24.31 carats, has been sold for £1.86m at Bonhams Fine Jewellery Sale in London. The D colour, internally flawless and Type IIa, diamond was the subject of “fierce bidding” in the saleroom, online, on the phones and eventually sold to a telephone bidder, exceeding its pre-sale…

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Christie’s posts auction sales of $490m in 2018

Global auction house Christie’s has announced its jewellery auction sales this year totalled $492.4m (£389m). Christie’s also revealed that $7.8m (£6.1m) of that was achieved through online auctions. The most notable sale of the year was the Winston Pink Legacy – an 18.96 carat fancy pink diamond that was sold…

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Art Jewellery – Why the distinction?

“These are wearable sculptures which engage with our thought-process, with our emotions. The value is not about whether it has diamonds or rubies, but about the fact that it’s done by an artist and that it carries a story.” Since she was a child, Cipriani has always had a passion…

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Former Pandora boss joins Fossil Group’s executive leadership team

Former Pandora chief merchandising officer Beth Moeri has joined the Fossil Group’s  executive leadership team as executive vice president of portfolio brands. She will be responsible for the management of group’s portfolio of licensed brands for watches and jewellery, including Armani Exchange, Emporio Armani, Diesel, Kate Spade New York, Michael…

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The rise of fancy coloured diamonds

One in every 10,000 diamonds produced possesses natural colour. For this reason alone, fancy coloured diamonds have long been cherished for their beauty and rare form, retaining value and making prized and valuable jewels within the diamond industry. Over the past 14 years, fancy coloured diamonds (typically blue and pink…

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