Kleshna Centenary Poppy Brooch

The Kleshna Centenary Poppy Brooch and unisex Lapel Pin are handmade with silken Soutache cord and finished with sparkling crystal. Soutache is the traditional military application of a special silken dual core cord developed in the 15th Century and still used to this day. Swirls of silken Soutache braid were…

Read More »

Wolf & Moon create charity collection for CoppaFeel!

Hackney-based jewellery brand Wolf & Moon has teamed up with CoppaFeel! to create an exclusive collection of jewellery to raise money for the charity.  The Wolf & Moon jewellery collection includes a necklace, stud earring and a ring with prices ranging from £12 to £15. Half of the sales revenue…

Read More »

Smart jewellery firm Ringly announces new app integrations

Ringly, a New York based startup that has created a line of stylish ‘connected’ jewellery for women, has announced that it will integrate Airbnb, eBay, Gilt, Hinge, Lyft, Skype, Whatsapp, and Words with Friends to offer customised alerts through its ring. Ringly rings let the wearer set alerts for incoming calls, texts, emails, calendar or…

Read More »

River Mounts Jewellery

River Mounts Jewellery is a specialist manufacturer of finished mounts in 18ct gold and platinum. The company’s extensive range of semi-set and plain earrings and pendants caters for a large variety of stone sizes and designs. Additionally, the firm also provides a large collection of eternity and dress rings coming in different stone sizes.…

Read More »

Manja Jewellery

Recently launched British brand Manja, which exhibited in Las Vegas last month, is proud to feature the piece pictured – ‘Anansi’ – to be one of the biggest showstoppers. Embellished with handsome semi-precious stones on sterling silver, it adds an intriguing matrix on the graceful diaphanous spider silk. Alluring and…

Read More »

Pranda

Pranda UK has launched a new website at www.Pranda.co.uk. Gold is more affordable and the market is showing signs that jewellers are re-stocking 9ct coloured gem set. Pranda’s online ordering enables you to buy little and often, and the range can be seen without prices visible, so you can show…

Read More »

Nicholas Interiors

The retail jewellery industry is rapidly changing with franchise brand names becoming more demanding for their own space and specialised shop fitting requirements. This can be lucrative for the shop outlets and an improved shopping experience for the customer. However the independent jewellers are suffering with some franchises moving out…

Read More »

Mancini

Silverfashion.com is a wholesale silver jewellery website. Its range comprises the finest quality silver jewellery manufactured in its Bangkok factory. With over 25 years’ experience in diamond jewellery manufacturing, Silverfashion.com has expanded these skills to the silver market bringing its finest jewellery to the UK. It supplies some of the…

Read More »

SELLING: Are you rewarding your over-achievers?

Our sales guru LEONARD ZELL holds forth on why a group commission structure will lose you sales on the long term. Reward sales superstars individually, however, and you’ll be quids in. In the US, salary plus commission is far more prevalent than the UK. For some reason many jewellers in…

Read More »

Shop vacancy rate remains at its lowest level since June 2010

Britain’s shop vacancy rate in June remained stable at its lowest level since June 2010, according to the latest figures. Data compiled by the Local Data Company  found the vacancy rate stayed unmoved at 13.4% in June. The picture remained stable across both retail and leisure uses which is reflected…

Read More »