Year: 2019

Turning savvy shoppers into loyal customers

Omnichannel shopping has presented retailers with new opportunities to utilise a multitude of customer touchpoints relating to purchases, offers and product launches, to push their brand to the forefront of consumers’ minds and obtain mass customer engagement data, often within a single day. This data can be utilised by brands…

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Six tips to utilise the government’s R&D tax credit scheme

Research and development (R&D) tax credits are a government incentive designed to reward UK companies for investing in innovation. However, many retailers are not aware of the full extent of the areas that qualify as R&D and could potentially be missing out on thousands of pounds worth of tax credits.…

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IJL announces Bright Young Gems 2019 winners

International Jewellery London (IJL) , the jewellery trade show, has announced announce the four winning designers of Bright Young Gems 2019; Isla Gilham, Eloise Kramer, Lingjun Sun, Wen-Ju Tseng. Now in its 14th year, IJL’s Bright Young Gems project selects talented designers who are recent graduates or current students of…

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Abseiling thieves steal over £40,000 worth of jewels from H. Samuel

Greater Manchester Police (GMP) are searching for “abseiling” jewellery thieves who broke into a H. Samuel store and stole over £40,000 worth of jewels. At around 2.40am on Tuesday 25 June 2019 police were called to the jewellery store at the Fort retail park in Cheetham Hill, after they received…

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BJ Fitzpatrick profits boosted by Pandora sale

BJ Fitzpatrick Group, a Dublin-based jeweller wholesaler and retailer, saw its profits boosted to €23m (£20m) last year after it sold the Irish business of Pandora back to the Danish parent company. According to The Times, accounts filed for the year ending 31 July 2018 shows BJ Fitzpatrick made a…

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Personalised delivery is the future for retailers

The retail and e-commerce marketplace is extremely crowded, with hundreds of brands constantly competing against each other to win basket conversions. It’s no secret that many retailers, especially those based on the UK high-streets, have been struggling over the past few years. Big brands including Debenhams, John Lewis and Mothercare…

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‘Space Traveller I’ watch goes on public view for first time in UK

One of the most “technically accomplished” watches by watchmaker George Daniels, the Space Traveller I, is set to go on public view for the first time in the UK on Friday 28 June. Estimated to be worth as much as £1m, the watch will be offered in Sotheby’s ‘George Daniels…

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Personalisation and its role in retail

In order to encourage footfall and, by extension sales, retail stores are having to work twice as hard to stand out. This is particularly true for bricks-and-mortar stores, where competition is not only restricted to other stores in the area but the digital platform too. But both offline and online…

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Military Jaeger-LeCoultre sells for over £6,600 at auction

A Jaeger-LeCoultre military watch has sold for £6,635.20, eight times its estimate of £650 – £850, at Fellows Auctioneers. The stainless steel military issue wrist watch went under the hammer as Lot 428 in Fellows’ Watch Sale on Tuesday 18 June. According to the group Bidders from various bidding platforms…

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E-commerce Handbook: Louise Sinclair

1.Give me a brief description of your business? Louise Sinclair Jewellery offers both bespoke fine jewellery and commissioned pieces to a private clientele alongside an e commerce website with ready-to-wear collections of timeless pieces inspired by modern lifestyles. It is a brand with roots that go deep into the world…

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