Year: 2014

CONTRIBUTED: The Watch Gallery presents a Christmas-worthy portfolio

We’ve only just hit November and Christmas countdown has begun – that’s if store displays of premature tinsel and pine trees are anything to go by. Despite the usual statements of ‘it’s far too early’, preparation is key in delivering the finest present you can, and what better way to…

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IWC auction exclusive watch to raise funds for children’s charity

Swiss watch manufacturer IWC Schaffhausen has auctioned an exclusive watch, with the entire proceeds going to the Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Youth Foundation.  The Pilot’s Watch Chronograph Edition ‘The Last Flight’, designed to commemorate writer and pilot Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, was sold at Sotheby’s auction in Geneva for CHF40,000 (£26,322). The…

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HALLMARKING: Gold keeps climbing, silver lets the side down

Gold continued its upward trajectory in the month of October with a 22.1% rise in the number of articles hallmarked, totalling 115,815 overall. The figures, released by the Birmingham Assay Office using data collated from the four UK assay offices, showed that 9ct remained the strongest performer of all metal…

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Fossil renews Michael Kors license

Fossil Group has today announced that it has renewed its global licensing agreement for watches and jewellery with fashion brand Michael Kors.  The agreement, which will run until 2024, marks the extension of a partnership between two companies which first began in 2004 when Fossil Group was initially licensed to…

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New index for fancy colour diamonds released

A new index by The Fancy Color Research Foundation (FCRF) shows that fancy colour diamonds have delivered strong and consistent price increases, outperforming key global asset indices, since 2005.  The Fancy Color Diamond Index has been developed by the FCRF from proprietary access to tens of thousands of fancy colour…

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H&T Pawnbrokers supports FCA regulation

H&T Pawnbrokers has shown its support for a new cap on the amount that payday lenders can charge their customers, following the announcement yesterday.  The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) said payday loan rates will be capped at 0.8% per day under new rules due to take effect in January 2015.…

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Vamp London continues expansion with House of Fraser

Design brand Vamp London has expanded into House of Fraser, its first national retailer, in what the company has called an “important milestone” in its expansion plans.  The full range of Vamp’s silver and CZ jewellery entered an initial five House of Fraser stores on November 3, with the possibility…

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Why bosses could do with some training

If sales are disappointing and there is older stock that is proving hard to move, could it be that you, the boss, are not doing things properly? LEONARD ZELL asks the question in a characteristically provocative column about training and sales tactics. When I ask bosses how their business is…

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Bridlington thieves make off with £400k of jewellery

Griffin Jewellers in Prospect Street, Bridlington, was yesterday hit by thieves who cut a square hole in the store’s window before stealing a reported £400,000 worth of diamond rings.  It is reported that the thieves took 15 seconds to cut the hole and were gone in just over one minute…

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Teeside jeweller hit by armed robbers

Market Cross Jewellers in Yarm, Teeside, has been hit by an armed robbery with hundreds of thousands of pounds worth of jewellery believed to have been taken.  Cleveland Police have confirmed that four offenders in balaclavas entered the store just before 5pm on Monday, armed with “bladed or edged” weapons.…

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