Year: 2016

ACID launches campaign to create new UK unregistered design law

Design and intellectual property (IP) lobbyist body Anti-Copying in Design (ACID) is spearheading a campaign to create a new UK unregistered design law. The campaign will aim to ensure that UK designers are not disadvantaged by any erosion or loss of access to EU design rights – both registered and…

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Retail sales fall in September but growth expected to return next month

Retail sales volumes fell in the year to September following last month’s increase, according to the latest CBI monthly Distributive Trade Survey. The survey of 120 firms, of which 63 were retailers, showed that the volume of sales fell, despite expectations last month that sales would be largely unchanged. However,…

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Links of London owner posts strong results for H1 2016

The FF Group – owner of watch and accessory brands Links of London and Folli Follie – has posted strong first-half results despite an “adverse global environment”. Consolidated revenues for the group reached €653m (£567m), compared with €594m (£516m) in the same period of 2015 – an increase of 9.8%.…

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Wolf & Badger and Swarovski announce collaboration

Independent brand and multi-channel retailer Wolf & Badger has announced a collaboration with crystal jewellery firm Swarovski. The collaboration will see a range of Wolf & Badger designers, inspired with Swarovski elements, showcased within a brand new arm of the retailers website and in its physical stores in Dover Street,…

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Worcestershire jeweller named as finalist in local awards

The owner of a Worcestershire jewellery shop has been shortlisted in the annual Midlands Family Business Awards. The awards, which celebrate the work and achievements of family businesses across the region, will see Asa Cupitt – owner of Cupitt Jewellers in Bromsgrove – named as one of the five finalists…

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Amazon launches marketplace for handcrafted artisanal products

Amazon has announced the launch of ‘Handmade at Amazon’ in the UK, a new marketplace featuring thousands of handcrafted products from artisan designers. Handmade at Amazon will feature more than 30,000 products handcrafted by some 1,000 artisans across 10 categories, including jewellery, home decor, artwork, kitchen, dining and furniture, with…

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Bonhams sells £2.3m rare blue diamond

Auction house Bonhams has sold a rare oval-cut fancy intense blue diamond for £2.3m. The diamond, which came from a private British collection, weighed in at 3.81 carats and sold for $792,450 per carat (£610,000). Jean Ghika, head of jewellery for Bonhams UK and Europe, said: “Blue diamonds account for…

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World’s largest new diamond mine opens

The world’s largest new diamond mine to open in 13 years, Gahcho Kué, was officially unveiled yesterday (Tuesday, 20 September). The mine, a joint venture venture with the De Beers Group of Companies (51%) and Mountain Province Diamonds (49%), is expected to product around 54 million carats of rough diamonds…

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Forevermark announces completion of brand refresh

Forevermark, the diamond brand from De Beers Group of Companies, has completed a refresh of its global brand identity. Teaming up with marketing agency Pope Wainwright & Wykes (PWW), the new brand identity has been designed to be “digestible and accessible” for global markets and has injected increased “clarity and…

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Tessa Packard launches new collection

Jewellery brand Tessa Packard has announced the launch of its new fine jewellery collection, ‘For King & Country’. It is inspired by the Golden Age of Discovery – the period in history between the 15th and 18th Centuries, which is renowned for its exploration, sea voyages and adventures in the…

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