Retailers

Lanes Fine Jewellery releases special Christmas collection

The family-run, diamond specialists and official jeweller of Leicester City Football Club, Lanes Fine Jewellery, are offering a variety of gift ideas with its new Christmas collection. The collection features a range of hand crafted diamond line necklaces, tennis bracelets, dress rings and diamond stud earrings. The Christmas range was…

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Bransom allows jewellers to spot watch trends with new sales data service

Jewellery EPOS provider Bransom is allowing its Bsmart2 clients to have comprehensive access to watch sales data through its new GfK Watch Panel. The service shows users what’s selling across Great Britain and gives them the opportunity to see if there are trends and popular watches they may not be…

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Canadian jeweller Birks readies for UK launch

Canadian jewellery brand Birks is set for its UK launch with the support of Aurum Group Holdings. From Monday 9 October, a specially curated collection of the brand’s contemporary jewellery will be stocked in Mappin & Webb stores across the country. The brand was founded in Montreal in 1879 and…

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Parify rebrands with new website as part of US expansion

Leicester-based lighting specialists, Parify, have rebranded with the launch of a new website. As the company plans to branch out into the USA, the business has revived their brand with a goal of generating new overseas enquiries and expanding their current client base in the UK. Part of the Parify…

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Jewellery making tourist attraction comes to Cumbria

Husband-and-wife duo Brian and Zoe Fulton have opened a new visitor attraction. The Fultons Lakes Jewellery Works is located in the historic market town of Keswick in the northern Lake District, and will offer a unique and exclusive luxury experience in which customers will be able to see jewellery being…

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The Cheshire Watch Company unveils Diamond Suite

The Cheshire Watch Company (CWC) held an event for the launch for its new Diamond suite this week. The suite is a 3000 sq feet department which is spread across two floors at the building owned by Kamani Commercial. It was opened by Manchester United chairman Martin Edwards, who also…

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British shoppers fear Christmas will disappear from high streets

Almost a third (30%) of British consumers are worried about Christmas disappearing from the high street, and as a result just 7% will do all of their Christmas shopping online this year, new research has found. Research carried out by e-tailer Christmas Tree World has revealed that Christmas drives more…

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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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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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‘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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