Designer Simon Harrison launches new jewellery brand

Designer Simon Harrison has launched his own brand named Simon Harrison Jewellery. London-based designer Harrison launched his first business in the 1980s designing and manufacturing accessories for fashion brands including Vivienne Westwood, Ted Baker, Paul Smith and Karen Millen. However he has now decided to launch his own brand with…

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Voice on the High Street – Dower & Hall

Tell me about the history of Dower & Hall? My wife, Diane Hall, and I established Dower & Hall in 1990. After meeting at Middlesex University while studying jewellery design, I opened my studio in 1987 and Diane joined me after working as an in-house jewellery designer at various labels.…

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Voice on the Highstreet: Brooklands Jewellers

How did Brooklands Jewellers get started? Myself, and my two business partners, Stewart Baldwin and Dave Jarvis have had a workshop running as a manufacture and repair business above the shop since 2001. We decided to move to the downstairs part of the property in 2011. We refurbished the tired…

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Lowe & Sons reopening – A grand return

“It’s part of the local heritage, and when we closed down I was getting phone calls from Australia, America and France, from clients whose families have been dealing with us for over 100 years,” says Kevin Parry, the newly reinstated part-time manager of the recently reopened Lowe & Sons jewellery…

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Goldsmiths’ Company to stage UK’s ‘biggest’ precious metal student event

London’s Goldsmiths’ Hall will be hosting the “UK’s biggest” careers event for apprentices, students and graduates of jewellery and allied trades, on 5 February 2019. According to the group ‘Make Your Mark’ has proved a “huge success” since its launch in 2014, and now the event promises to deliver even…

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Is the clock ticking for traditional watchmakers?

Apple has form in the game of entering markets very late and changing the game. That much is certain. The iMac was not the first self-contained PC, but it caught the imagination of the late Nineties tech-adopters. The iPod was not the first MP3 music player, but it was somehow…

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Voice on the High Street: Garnier Jewellers

Please tell us about Garnier Jewellers Garnier Jewellers was originally set up in 1962 by Paul Garnier and his wife in a small shop in Hoddesdon, a secondary position in a side street. They very quickly began to run out of space and decided to move to a new development…

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Sproules Jewellers completes £500,000 refurbishment

Sproules Jewellers in Derry~Londonderry, Northern Ireland, has unveiled its newly refurbished premises following a significant investment with support from First Trust Bank. The new 2,500 sq ft extension has seen the creation of a new ‘Diamond Room’ with two champagne bars overlooking the city where customers can browse and select…

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Master jewellers Steven Stone opens its new showroom in Manchester’s Spinningfields

Steven Stone, the bespoke jeweller specialising in diamond and gem set jewellery, is opening a new showroom in Manchester’s Spinningfields area, over 80 years since the company was originally founded in Manchester. It will join their two other showrooms – located in Marylebone, London and Hale, Greater Manchester – and…

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Selling advice: How to keep your customers happy

Ask yourself this question, what motivates your customers to buy jewellery?  If your answer is price, you are way off the mark. The answer is ‘emotion’. All occasions such as wedding engagements, anniversaries, birthdays and Christmas are happy occasions. So why is it that most salespeople are not as enthusiastic…

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