Swarovski collaborates with designers for two new collections

Swarovski has teamed up with two designers to create contemporary collections featuring the company’s signature crystal figurines.  British artist Arran Gregory and Japanese digital artist Yoshii Hiroshi will be interpreting the classic Swarovski ornaments with their own artistic flair. Arran Gregory looks at the connection mankind has with animals, wildlife…

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Five things you need to know about the new £1 coin

The new £1 coin came into circulation yesterday. We looked at five things you will need to know about the new currency. 1.The new pound will be harder to counterfeit Not only is the coin twelve-sided but it has special technology. According to The Royal Mint one in every thirty £1 coins…

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University researcher desgins range of ‘interactive’ jewellery

A recent graduate-turned-researcher at Edinburgh Napier University has designed her own range of ‘interactive jewellery’. Katharina Vones has produced a range of pendants that alter in colour and appearance in response to certain changes in light, temperature and movement. The researcher, who has just completed her PhD studies in the…

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Retail sales rise despite Brexit

Retail sales increased by 3.7% in comparison to February 2016, despite worries regarding Brexit. The quantity bought also increased by 1.4% in February in comparison to January 2017. Online sales have also increased year-on-year by 20.7% and it now accounts for approximately 15.3% of all retail spending. Commenting on the…

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Gold rings worth £10,000 stolen from Dorset jewellers

Police have released CCTV footage after 50 gold rings were stolen from a jewellers in Poole, Dorset. The incident, which happened around 2.10pm on Saturday 18 February at Mortons Jewellers on the town’s high street, saw the theft of 50 rings that are believed to be worth around £10,000. A…

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C W Sellors recreates jewellery for Chatsworth’s largest exhibition

Derbyshire fine jeweller C W Sellors has recreated jewellery for Chatsworth’s largest exhibition to date – ‘House Style: Five Centuries of Fashion at Chatsworth’. C W Sellors is an official sponsor of the event at the home of the Duke and Duchess of Devonshire, which aims to explore the history…

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De Beers Group takes full ownership of eponymous retail brand

The De Beers Group has concluded the acquisition of LVMH’s 50% shareholding in De Beers Diamond Jewellers, to take full ownership of the company. The De Beers Diamond Jewellers’ retail chain comprises 32 stores in 17 consumer markets around the world, including a growing business in greater China, an established…

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Crime gang jailed over £3m jewellery raids

Members of a Romanian crime gang have been jailed for a series of burglaries on jewellers, in which some £3.1m worth of jewellery was stolen. The six men have been jailed for a total of 47 years for conspiring to commit burglaries at jewellers across nine different counties in the…

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NAJ to launch millennial-led steering group

The National Association of Jewelers (NAJ) is calling on millennials to form a new steering group. The steering group will aim to give millennials – which by 2020 will form 50% of the global workforce – a platform to voice their ideas, while at the same time looking at how…

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Sierra Leone pastor finds huge 709-carat diamond

A Christian pastor in Sierra Leone has discovered one of the world’s largest uncut diamonds. The 709-carat stone was found by Emmanuel Momoh in the Kono district. He handed it to to a local chief who then passed it on to Sierra Leone’s president Ernest Bai Koroma. The diamond is…

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