Year: 2017
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Aug- 2017 -18 AugustDesigners
Chupi founder named as Nissan Generation Next ambassador
Chupi Sweetman, founder of Irish jewellery brand Chupi, has been named as one of 10 ambassadors in the Nissan Generation Next 2017 programme. The scheme awards ambitious people with the use a free car or van to help them on their way to become Ireland’s next generation of leaders on…
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18 AugustCelebrities
Daisy London teams up with Ellie Goulding for WWF campaign
Jewellery brand Daisy London has collaborated with singer Ellie Goulding for a collection in aid of WWF charity. Hoping to raise awareness for climate change, a portion of the profits from the range will be contributed towards conservation funds. For all items sold, Daisy London has promised to donate a…
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18 AugustEconomy
Retail sales increase by 0.3%, says ONS
Retail sales increased by 0.3% in July 2017 compared with the previous month, according to the Office of National Statistics (ONS). This was due to strong sales in food stores at 1.5%; recovering from a fall of 1.1% in June 2017. The underlying pattern in the quantity bought, measured by…
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18 AugustDesigners
Italian jewellery designer opens first flagship store in London
Italian jewellery and homeware designer Giovanni Raspini has announced the opening of its first flagship store in the shopping district in London on South Molton Street. The new store will showcase the jewellery and homeware collections handmade in the heart of Tuscany, in Arezzo. Every piece draws inspiration from the…
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18 AugustDesigners
Tag Heuer opens new boutique in Sheffield
A new Tag Heuer boutique has opened in Meadowhall, Sheffield as part of the brand’s partnership with Aurum Holdings. This is the latest boutique opened under the partnership following the unveiling of its Chelmsford boutique at the end of last year in Bond Street and another in London’s Old Spitalfields…
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17 AugustCurrent Affairs
Social media engagement posts are ‘cringe-worthy’, F Hinds finds
UK couples who are publicising their engagements to the world via social media are ruining their big announcement with poor-quality photographs and post captions, according to new research by F Hinds. Some 56% of UK engagement posts on social media are unpopular amongst followers, tarnishing the engagement announcement and making…
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17 AugustDesigners
IJL Bright Young Gems winners announced
The IJL 2017 Bright Young Gems (BYG) have been named as Kristina Ferenchuk, Ishtar Liljefors, Holly O’Hanlon, Annabel Large and Leanne Yau. The BYG’s were selected from final year students and students who graduated from UK colleges and universities in the past two years by a prestigious judging panel comprising…
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17 AugustEconomy
Gold hallmarking continues to drop, latest figures show
The number of gold articles hallmarked in the month of July showed that there was a 10.2% drop when compared to the same period last year. There were 33,660 less gold items hallmarked bringing the total figure to 295,253 this year. Silver was the only precious metal to show an…
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17 AugustEvents
Rudells wins Retailer of the Year award
Midlands-based Rudells the Jewellers has won ‘Retailer of the Year’ and ‘Excellence in Staff Development’ at this year’s Wolverhampton Wire Awards 2017. The ceremony took place at the city’s Molineux Stadium with restaurants, hotels, and retailers among the nominees. Judges said: “The moment you step inside Rudells, you are transported…
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17 AugustCrime
Boodles Knightsbridge raided by armed moped gang
A moped gang has been caught on CCTV raiding Boodles jewellery store in Knightsbridge at around 10.40am yesterday (16 August). The gang of six, who were said to be armed with sledgehammers and a machete, smashed one of the display windows at the jewellery store before fleeing the scene on…
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