Pure London launches ‘Accessories Concept’

Fashion buying event Pure London has announced the launch of ‘Accessories Concept’ at the AW18 show. The new area aims to help emerging accessory brands keen to enter the UK market, including contemporary Italian jewellery designer Laura Visentin and Binkevich Jewellery. The Accessories Concept area will support brand new talent…

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Henryka reveals 52% sales increase in 2017

Following a re-working of the brand’s identity, British jeweller Henryka has reported a 52% increase in sales between June and November 2017 compared with the same period in 2016. The overhaul consisted of introducing new colour schemes, new brand storytelling and revised point-of-sale display merchandising to support new and existing…

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Billion-pound online spend predicted for Boxing Day

Online retail spend on Boxing Day will exceed a billion pounds for the first time, according to new figures. The Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) estimates that consumers will spend as much as £1.03bn through online shopping this year on Boxing Day, a 7.9% increase on 2016 when total…

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Watchfinder places 88th in Sunday Times fast track 100

Watchfinder received its third consecutive award from The Sunday Times virgin fast track 100, placing 88th in the list ranking private British companies with the fastest growing sales. The company will collect its award at the 21st annual fast track conference and awards dinner on 23 May 2018, co-hosted by…

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Kit Heath prepares launch of Valentine’s Day campaign

Kit Heath is set to launch its Valentine’s Day campaign, introducing 14 new lines for its popular ‘Desire’ collection in preparation for the year’s romantic season. The items will be available from the first week of January 2018, featuring a re-imagination of the groups iconic ‘lust’ heart, a classic heavy…

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Dora Thornton named as new curator for Goldsmiths’ Company

The Goldsmith’s Company has appointed Dr Dora Thornton as curator of its collection of antique and contemporary silver, modern jewellery and art medals. She will take up her role in March 2018, and is joining the company from a distinguished career at the British Museum. Thornton said: “I greatly look…

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The telling of time at the School of Jewellery

The eagle eyed amongst the readership of Jewellery Focus will perhaps have caught the recent broadcast on Channel 4 telling the story of the renovation work currently being undertaken on Big Ben, or The Queen Elizabeth Tower and the Great Clock of Westminster as it is more properly known.  This…

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Deakin & Francis opens new London flagship store

Family-owned Deakin & Francis has recently opened a new flagship store in London’s Piccadilly Arcade. Established in 1786 and based at Regent Place, Birmingham, Deakin & Francis designs and manufactures cufflinks, jewellery and luxury accessories. It is currently managed by brothers Henry and James Deakin, the seventh generation of the…

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Colour increases brand recognition by 80%, claims new research

Colour increases brand recognition by 80 percent, according to a new survey. The survey of 2,648 consumers conducted by Reboot, showed that 67 percent could recognise IKEA from a depiction of the iconic colours alone. According to Reboot’s study, when shown a selection of five made-up company logos 78 percent…

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Karl Lagerfeld fashion jewellery collection beats targets

The first global launch of Karl Lagerfeld jewellery into the UK and Irish markets in September surpassed the company’s expectations. The collection launched into Karl Lagerfeld stores and Karl.com while 17 House of Fraser stores across the UK and Ireland, including the flagship locations of Oxford Street, Glasgow and Dublin Dundrum, saw…

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