Retailers
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Oct- 2015 -15 October
F Hinds’ Trafford Centre opens following £300,000 refurb
Jewellery chain F Hinds has re-opened its store in Manchester’s Trafford Centre following a £300,000 refurbishment. The store, which re-opened on Friday, October 9, features a large plasma TV screen, modern display cabinets and more space to display an increased selection of watch and jewellery brands. Director Neil Hinds said…
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12 October
Goldsmiths to invest £1m in London stores
Luxury jeweller has announced that it is to invest more than £1m in its London stores, including the addition of a fourth store. The investment will include a refurbishment of its premises in Canary Wharf, Victoria and Westfield, as well as the addition of a new fourth store located on…
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8 October
Lumbers announces opening of new store
Midlands-based jewellers Lumbers has opened its new store following a £1m relocation and refurbishment. The move, which was announced earlier this year, sees the jewellery retailer move from its 6,500 sq ft store which it occupied for 15 years on Market Street in Leicester, to a new 16,000 sq ft…
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1 October
F Hinds opens three new stores
Jewellery chain F Hinds has opened three new stores in Liverpool, Middlesborough and Peterborough. The first to be opened was the Liverpool store in St Johns Shopping Centre. Managed by Marcia Lee-Jones, who was previously at F. Hinds’ Bury store, the 1,800 sq ft store has seven members of staff.…
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Sep- 2015 -30 September
Banks Lyon set for store refurbishment
Independent jeweller Banks Lyon is set to reveals its newly refurbished store to celebrate its 30th anniversary in business. One year in the planning, the refurbishment is set to include both cosmetic and practical improvements to create what the company describes as an “exceptionally attractive atmosphere” and to provide a…
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29 September
W. Salamoon & Sons opens London boutique
Middle-eastern fine jewellery brand W. Salamoon & Sons has opened its first UK store in London’s Belgravia area. The launch of the store was celebrated at a cocktail reception held in the Garden Rooms at the Jumeirah Carlton Hotel on Sunday, September 27. Over 500 guests attended the event, as…
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28 September
Mappin & Webb receives royal warrant expansion
Mappin & Webb has received an expansion to its royal warrant after being appointed Royal Warrant Holder as Jewellers, Goldsmiths and Silversmiths to Her Majesty The Queen. The jewellery store, which has held a royal warrant as Silversmiths to Her Majesty The Queen since 1897, has now been appointed jewellers…
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22 September
Ogden of Harrogate opens third store
Independent jewellers Ogden of Harrogate has opened its third store in the centre of York. The new premises, which follows the launch of the company’s Little Diamond Shop in 2010, is located on the corner of Stonegate and Petergate and has housed a jewellery shop since the late 1980s but…
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14 September
Lacklustre August as retail footfall drops again
Footfall in August was 1.6% lower than a year ago, down from the 1.1% fall in July, according to the latest figures from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard. This was below the three-month average of -1.4%. Both high streets and shopping centres reported a decline, falling 2.3% and 2.8%…
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Aug- 2015 -27 August
Signet reports same-store sales growth of 4.2% in Q2
Jewellery retail conglomerate Signet Jewelers reported an increase in sales in its second quarter financial results, beating its expectations for the period. In the 13 weeks ending August 1, Signet reported an increase in same-store sales of 4.2%, while total sales were up 15.1% to $1.4bn (£908m) compared with the…
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