Nambé secures stockists across UK and Ireland

Designer lifestyle brand, Nambé, has secured new retailer partners across the UK and Ireland just months after its official UK launch event in June. From this month, a selection of Nambé homeware, giftware and sterling silver jewellery items will be available at independent department stores, including Voisins in Saint Helier,…

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Seeking clarity

The Company of Master Jewellers, I am assured, is soon to turn a corner. It has been extremely difficult to secure concrete answers to some of the questions that have been swirling around the corridors of the jewellery industry this last month, and indeed to establish what exactly the top…

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UK and US jewellery communities unite in support of refugees

Orkney jewellery designer Alison Moore is one of more than 100 jewellers from the UK and USA to donate work to a special Facebook auction in aid of refugees around the world. The Auction for Aid begins on Monday, 18 September, and runs until Sunday, 24 September. It follows a…

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Bill Skinner opens first international store in China

Bill Skinner, the fashion jewellery brand, has opened its first international store in China with the launch of a Shanghai premises. Located in Raffles City shopping centre in the heart of Shanghai, the store features the entire current Bill Skinner range. The store celebrated its opening on Thursday 24 August.…

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Industry’s first synthetic detector for set jewellery comes to market

The International Institute of Diamond Grading and Research (IIDGR), a De Beers company, has announced what it claims is the first synthetic screening device for set jewellery, SYNTHdetect, now available for delivery. SYNTHdetect is the only synthetic screening device that has been designed specifically for jewellery retailers, allowing them to…

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Hot Diamonds Group reports positive A/W sales

Hot Diamonds Group has announced a positive start to its Autumn/Winter campaign with UK independents sales rising by 28% for July and August, compared with the equivalent period last year. The group has reported that its new collection ‘Bliss’ is being particularly well received by its retail partners and its…

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Tessa Packard to launch London showroom

Fine jewellery designer Tessa Packard has announced the November 2017 launch of her first London showroom. It will be located in Chelsea and will operate by appointment only, offering clients a space to see Tessa’s contemporary fine jewellery collections and meet with her to discuss bespoke commissions. The two-storey space,…

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IJL closes with Insignety named ‘Exhibitor of the Year’

Insignety, the new retail, in-store design experience launched at the show, was named as the winner of this year’s new Editors’ Choice Award – ‘Exhibitor of the Year’.Sam Willoughby, event director, said: “Insignety deservedly walked away with the IJL Editors’ Choice ‘Exhibitor of the Year’ Award. A perfectly polished concept…

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Beaverbrooks celebrates double store opening

Beaverbrooks has celebrated its first ‘double store opening’ as new Bracknell and Guildford premises cut the ribbon yesterday (Thursday 7 September). The openings mark the 70th and 71st branches for the family-owned jeweller. The Bracknell store is situated in The Lexicon shopping centre – a new 580,000-square foot retail and…

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British retailers lose out on £3.4bn without online investment

British retailers are losing out on £3.4 billion worth of goods left in virtual shopping baskets each year, as two thirds of the contents of all virtual shopping baskets are abandoned. A study by Barclays found that making online shopping more convenient could boost retailers’ takings by £10.5bn within just…

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