Year: 2019

Voice on the High Street – Azendi

When was Azendi founded? Azendi was founded as a small gift and jewellery shop in Headingley, West Yorkshire in 1989. There are now three stand-alone high street stores in Yorkshire, our e-commerce website, and the brand is sold in independent jewellers across the country. What style of jewellery does Azendi…

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Bea Jareno launches pop-up store and workshops for Valentine’s Day

South Wimbledon-based independent jewellery brand Bea Jareno is launching a pop-up store in time for Valentine’s Day at West Brompton Crossing on Lillie Road. As well as offering the company’s own products, Bea Jareno will invite a select group of ceramic artists so their goods can also be displayed and…

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Platinum up 9.4% in December; Overall 2018 results revealed

Platinum hallmarking increased by 9.4% in December 2018, compared with the same period the previous year, despite overall volumes decreasing by 2.1% according to figures compiled by the Birmingham Assay Office. The number of gold pieces hallmarked decreased from 322,033 in December 2017 to 312,281 in 2018. Silver and palladium…

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Getting the right Valentine’s Day jewellery

Valentine’s Day is the ultimate couples (or couples to-be) celebration, and naturally jewellery is high on the gift-list agenda. Stocking jewellery that will sell and which is up-to-the-minute in design terms during this period is essential for any jeweller who wants to make a healthy profit as well as offering…

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Fellows to auction watches from the Queen’s goldsmith

Watches belonging to Stuart Devlin, a gold and silversmiths who held a royal warrant to supply gold and jewels to the Queen, are due to go under the hammer at Fellows in Birmingham on 24 and 29 January. A diamond watch by Jaeger LeCoultre and a gentleman’s 18ct white gold…

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Selling Advice: Keeping the right inventory

Curb your enthusiasm. That is the best advice I can give you before you got to the a show show. If you jewellers are asking why, take a good honest look at your inventory. Remember. I said honest. The replies I hear are: “We have too many older pieces and…

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Three-Minute Interview – Miglio Designer Jewellery

Describe yourself in three words? I have been described as energetic, approachable and hard-working. When you were at school, what did you want to be and why? I have always wanted to be an archaeologist, having always loved antique jewellery. In the early ‘70s, watching my mother getting dressed taught…

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Tiffany & Co to disclose diamond provenance

Tiffany & Co. has announced it will begin sharing the provenance of its newly sourced, individually registered diamonds with consumers. It added that by 2020, it will also share the diamond’s craftsmanship journey –  which it says will be an industry first. Named the ‘Diamond Source Initiative’, Tiffany is tracing…

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Voice on the High Street – Baileys & Sons

Can you tell us a little about the history of Baileys & Sons? My great-grandfather founded our family jewellery business in London in 1919. My family then moved to Amersham, where Hewitt’s Jewellers was created. In the 1950’s my grandfather joined the business and later on my father Nigel also…

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Company profile: Winsor Bishop

Sisters Sophie Fulford and Tanya von Moll inherited Winsor Bishop after their father, Robert, passed away in 2011. Having been working in a director role in London for eight years, Fulford returned to the store’s location in Norwich to take over the day-to-day operations of the business as managing director,…

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