Merci Maman celebrates 10th anniversary

Personalised jewellery brand Merci Maman, will be celebrating its 10th anniversary this October with a series of events. Throughout the month, it will launch an anniversary collection, hold a special offer on its website, and host an exclusive event. For the anniversary, Merci Maman has designed an exclusive collection featuring…

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Banneya London creates interactive jewellery buying experience

Banneya London has launched ‘Banneya Meets You’, an interactive customisable fine jewellery buying experience at its pop-up at 73 Elizabeth Street, Belgravia. The pop-up will be open from 18th September to 13th October 2017. With this launch, Banneya intends to revolutionise and change the way fine jewellery is perceived, engaged…

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Brixton jewellery designer named finalist for Black British Business Awards

Brixton-based jeweller Lenique Louis has been named as one of the finalists at this year’s Black British Business Awards. Louis was named in the Consumer and Luxury Rising Star category alongside interior designer Chrissa Amuah and restaurateurs Emeka and Ifeyinwa Frederick. Louis launched her business in 2010 and specialises in…

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WB The Creative Jewellery Group welcomes a royal visitor

WB The Creative Jewellery Group’s manufacturing facility was visited by his Royal Highness the Duke of Kent on 21 September. The Duke visited the company as part of a day-long visit to Birmingham. He was accompanied by Simon Topman The Deputy Lord Lieutenant of West Midlands, John Hudson, High Sheriff…

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Largest diamond in 100 years sells for $53m

The largest diamond to be discovered in over a century has been sold to London-based luxury jewellers, Graff Diamonds for $53m (£39m). 1,109 carat Lesedi La Rona diamond was recovered from a Botswana mine by Canada’s Lucara nearly two years ago. This makes the diamond worth $47,777 (£35,374) per carat.…

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Women managers in retail earn £4,300 less than men

A study looking into gender pay under new government reporting requirements has revealed a 19.4% gender pay gap in the retail sector. According to an analysis of managers’ salaries conducted by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and XpertHR, male managers in this area of work on average earn £4,315 more…

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Guess releases Sparkling Pink watch for breast cancer awareness

Guess has released a new watch to help raise awareness for breast cancer. The new watch also comes as part of the celebration of the brand’s four year partnership with The Get In Touch Foundation, a non-profit organisation committed to raising breast health awareness and educating people of all ages…

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‘Low-cost’ marketing service for jewellers launches

Redblok, headed up by jewellery industry veteran Daren Daniels, has launched a new marketing service to help jewellers effectively engage with their customer base. The ‘cost-effective’ service is automated and said to be easy to manage, and it works on a no contract, monthly subscription basis. The services puts a…

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First Jewels of Queensland exhibition hailed a success

The inaugural Jewels of Queensland exhibition of contemporary designer jewellery pieces was recently held at Australia House in London. A large number of UK jewellery media journalists and influencers attended the event, which was held over three evenings from the 12 September. Five emerging designers from the UK, Chris Boland,…

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3 sure-fire strategies for UK jewellers in uncertain times

Three big news topics that concern the UK jewellery industry have recently been debated in both mainstream and industry media: Brexit, a shifting economy and the challenge of marketing luxury goods to millennials. As a consequence, many UK jewellers feel that they now have to make strategic business decisions in…

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