E-Commerce

Jewlr and Edinburgh Assay Office announce quality control partnership

North American online jewellery retailer Jewlr has announced its partnership with the Edinburgh Assay Office (EAO). The EAO’s hallmarking services will be combined with Jewlr’s craftsmanship and personalised styles, to bring fine jewellery of the highest quality to customers in the United Kingdom. Since 1457, the EAO has been verifying…

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Diamnet launches personal shopping service for diamonds

Trading platform Diamnet has launched its personal shopping service ahead of the full release of its software. The platform, which was launched by former managing director of Chalfen of London, Howard Levine, has a database of over 50,000 diamonds. It aims to connect retailers with manufacturers and diamond dealers from…

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Aurum Holdings offers online video concierge service

Aurum Holdings has teamed up with live customer engagement company, Vee24, to use video chat to provide an online concierge service for customers. This personal service, available from 8am to 10pm, 7 days a week, covers the full product range at Watches of Switzerland, and selected high value items at…

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NAJ and DASH launch ‘ground breaking’ digital currency survey

The National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) and digital cash brand Dash are inviting companies in the jewellery sector to take part in their Digital Currency survey. The survey aims to understand perceptions and attitudes towards DASH, an alternative currency. The results of the survey will also enable Dash to tailor…

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Shares in Etsy fall following launch of Amazon Handmade Gift Shop

Shares in Etsy fell by 4% on Monday after Amazon’s handcrafted product section ‘Handmade Gift Shop’ expanded its offering. The Handmade section first launched in 2015, featuring thousands of handmade products including jewellery, clothing and home items, but yesterday the service expanded its offerings in time for the festive period…

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Taylor and Hart announce second round of investment

Taylor & Hart, London-based online retailer of bespoke diamond jewellery, has announced its return to Seedrs for its Series A funding. The aim of this round of investment is to ramp up global expansion after the brand’s initial success across Europe and the US. Since the company’s first round on…

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Dash sponsors NAJ to promote digital currency to UK jewellery industry

A new cryptocurrency brand called Dash has been named as the Headline Sponsor at the National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) Awards in December 2017. The startup is looking to promote itself to UK jewellers and gold dealers, in hopes of becoming a common form of exchange in the UK. The…

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British retailers lose out on £3.4bn without online investment

British retailers are losing out on £3.4 billion worth of goods left in virtual shopping baskets each year, as two thirds of the contents of all virtual shopping baskets are abandoned. A study by Barclays found that making online shopping more convenient could boost retailers’ takings by £10.5bn within just…

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Signet Jewelers acquires JamesAllen.com owner, R2Net

Signet Jewelers announced that it has agreed to acquire R2Net for $328m (£256m) in an all-cash transaction. R2Net is the owner of online jewellery retailer JamesAllen.com, as well as Segoma Imaging Technologies, who provides R2Net machines to enable delivery of next-generation digital shopping experience for jewellery. The acquisition will bring…

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Jewellery brand for “professional women” launches online

A jewellery line which promises to offer “functional” fine jewellery to “professional women” has launched online. Family-run Feder Jewellery creates handmade pieces to match women’s wardrobe essentials, making the jewellery buying process easier. Inspired by his wife, CEO Ben Feder structures his creations around the clothes that professional women wear…

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