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  • Jun- 2015 -
    16 June
    EconomyUK Inflation rate rises to 0.1%
    Tom Davis

    UK Inflation rate rises to 0.1%

    The UK inflation rate has turned positive again in May after dipping below zero in April for the first time since 1960, according to figures from the Office for National Statistics (ONS).  The Consumer Prices Index (CPI) reported that the UK’s inflation rate rose to 0.1% in May, up from…

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  • 16 June
    InternationalEndless opens first own-brand store
    Michael Northcott

    Endless opens first own-brand store

    Endless Jewelry has revealed its first fully own-brand retail premises with a store opening event in Estonia, its 23rd market.  The opening of the ‘Monobrand Store’ was attended by a range of national media, who had the chance to quiz the firm’s founder founder, Jesper Nielsen. Nielsen said: “We have been active less…

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  • 15 June
    Advice
    How to bring seasonality to your e-commerce site
    Michael Northcott

    How to bring seasonality to your e-commerce site

    Matching creativity to a flexible e-commerce system means you can use one-off and regular occasions to your advantage, says KEVIN SPARKS. Jewellers and watch retailers are experts at dressing their shop windows and their physical stores to attract customers and entice them to part with their cash: and exactly the…

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  • 15 June
    Brand ProfilesQ&A: Connoisseurs jewellery cleaning products
    Michael Northcott

    Q&A: Connoisseurs jewellery cleaning products

    Connoisseurs, the jewellery cleaning product range, is soon to take the UK jewellery industry by storm thanks to the hard work by the UK team led by Philip Goodman. We caught up with him to find out about the brand’s progress. Can you give us a brief summary of the…

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  • 15 June
    AnalysisDo auctions reflect trends, or do they set them?
    Michael Northcott

    Do auctions reflect trends, or do they set them?

    Auctions certainly re-invent trends, resurrecting past styles to the forefront of current taste, with a new inventive take on the past. Collectors have been fascinated with great auction sales since the disposal of the great art collection of Charles I by the Parliamentarians. The 18th Century saw a wave of…

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  • 15 June
    RetailersMococo relocates and expands its Chester store
    Tom Davis

    Mococo relocates and expands its Chester store

    Jewellery retailer Mococo has relocated its Chester store and more than doubled its size in bid to improve its presence in the city.  The store has been relocated from the Grosvenor Shopping Centre on St Michael’s Row to the corner of Foregate Street, a “more prominent location in the city…

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  • 15 June
    EconomyFootfall down 1% in May as high street slumps
    Tom Davis

    Footfall down 1% in May as high street slumps

    Retail footfall in the UK fell for the second month in a row, according to British Retail Consortium figures.  The BRC and Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor reported a 1% decline in footfall in May, down from 0.8% fall in May and below the three-month average of 0.5%. Both high…

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  • 12 June
    EventsHarriet Kelsall named as finalist for Responsible Business Award
    Tom Davis

    Harriet Kelsall named as finalist for Responsible Business Award

    Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery has made the final stage of the 2015 Responsible Business Awards, run by the Business in the Community, the Prince’s Responsible Business Network.  Hertfordshire-based Harriet Kelsall is one of just three companies to be named a finalist in the responsible small business category, which champions business…

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  • 12 June
    Product LaunchesBirmingham Assay Office launches historical Assay Archives online
    Tom Davis

    Birmingham Assay Office launches historical Assay Archives online

    The Birmingham Assay Office has launched its Assay Archives online, showcasing its historical silver, coin and library collections to the wider public.  After receiving a grant from the Heritage Lottery Fund – which enabled the assay office to transfer paper records of its museum collection online – the public can…

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  • 11 June
    EconomyHallmarking up 3.1% in May
    Tom Davis

    Hallmarking up 3.1% in May

    The total number of hallmarked articles in May grew by 3.1% compared with the same time last year, according to new figures released from all four of the UK’s assay offices.  According to the data, which was compiled by the Birmingham Assay Office, there was a total of 770,075 articles…

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