Retailers

Bucherer Fine Jewellery launches on Mytheresa

Bucherer has announced that its jewellery brand Bucherer Fine Jewellery has exclusively launched with luxury online retailer Mytheresa. Mytheresa is the first online retail partner for Bucherer Fine Jewellery and will offer a curated selection of the brand’s “exquisite” pieces available as of immediate effect. The Mytheresa selection features pieces…

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Finematter secures £2.2m in seed round

Finematter, the circular marketplace with over 150 independent jewellers, has announced the successful second close of its seed round, bringing the total raised to £2.2m. Founded in 2021 and headquartered in London, the company empowers customers to order, repair, remodel, and recycle real jewellery, giving them access to work with…

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Houlden CEO to step down next year

Houlden has announced that its CEO, Helen Haddow, will step down next year once she has helped source a suitable replacement. Following this Haddow will then remain on the board as a non-executive director. The company confirmed the succession plans at its autumn meeting on 19 September. The board will…

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Half of jewellery consumers prefer in-store shopping, study finds

Some 50% of jewellery consumers in the UK say they prefer in-store shopping when looking for products, according to a survey by SumUp. Nearly 70% of consumers said they prefer in-store shopping as it allows them to try products before buying while 63% prefer it because it allows them to…

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Vrai partners with Malaika and launches new Aura Solitaire Bracelets

Vrai fine jewellery has announced its partnership with Noella Coursaris Musunka and the non-profit she founded in 2007, Malaika. Malaika’s mission is to empower girls and their families through education and community transformation. Its community-led ecosystem provides clean water, vocational, agricultural, athletic, and health programmes. Both the Malaika School and…

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Bauble Magpie launches new BM Chicks collection

Bauble Magpie has announced the launch of its new BM Chicks collection, which features diminutive versions of its classic intaglio pendants, designed specifically in response to client demand. Each piece in the limited collection includes Bauble Magpie’s bespoke intaglios but in a more compact form, allowing them to be “effortlessly…

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Beaverbrooks reports ‘record’ turnover of £225m

National family-owned jewellery, diamond and watch retailer, Beaverbrooks, has announced “record” turnover of £225m in its latest accounts (March 2022 to February 2023), an increase of 11.4% on the previous year. Its operating profit also amounted to £25.7m. Beaverbrooks said that despite the effects of the cost-of-living crisis and uncertain…

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Swarovski Created Diamonds collection launches globally

The Swarovski Created Diamonds collection is expanding globally to China, Italy, Korea, Japan, UK, Australia, France, Germany, Austria, and the UAE, after its debut launch in the USA and Canada. Swarovski Created Diamonds are 100% identical to mined diamonds – the only difference is how they originate. They are made…

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Letterbox Love launches new Serenity Stones collection

Letterbox Love has launched a brand new Serenity Stones range of crystal healing jewellery. Kerry and Liam Bilson, a husband and wife team from Derbyshire who recently provided ‘positivity’ bracelets to some of the cast of Married at First Sight, launched Letterbox Love to create affordable jewellery with a “kindness”…

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Lindow’s jewellery store up for sale after more than 40 years

Family-run jewellers Lindow’s in Ulverston has been put up for sale by owners Mr and Mrs Lindow after 40 years. Having set up the business in 1980, the Lindow’s have decided that now is the right time to retire. Lindow’s moved to Market Street in 1985 and further expanded in…

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