Bank Holidays
Coverage tracks how UK bank holidays influence jewellery retail operations, sales patterns, and consumer behaviour throughout the year. Stories include trading updates, promotional planning, staffing considerations, and analysis of seasonal spending trends. Content highlights how retailers and suppliers use public holidays to drive footfall, optimise marketing activity, and align product launches or events with key commercial opportunities in the trading calendar.
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Jun- 2020 -8 JuneCoronavirus
Footfall begins โjourney to recoveryโ in May
Consumer footfall may have begun its โlong journey to recoveryโ in the month of May, according to the latest figures from Springboard.ย Whilst footfall dropped by 73.3% in May, this still marked a โmarginal improvementโ from the month prior, when footfall saw a decline of 80.1% in light of the…
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Jun- 2018 -11 JuneRetailers
Retail footfall returns to high street
High street footfall increased to 0.5% in May according to the latest BRC-Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor. According to the report May’s better weather resulted in a marginal improvement in footfall across the nation’s high street and out-of-town shopping areas, but it wasnโt enough to overcome the long term trend…
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4 JuneEconomy
Footfall drops 8.6% as sunshine fails to attract shoppers
The UK high street saw an overall 8.6% year-on-year drop in footfall despite the warm May bank holidays, figures show. According to Ipsosโ UK Retail Traffic Weathermap, London and the south east saw the sharpest decline with 13.3% fewer shoppers on the high street compared with the same period last…
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May- 2018 -2 MayNews
RECRUITMENT: Goldstraw
Goldsmiths/Jewellery retail manager required for an independent, progressive and established business in the town of St Neots, Cambridgeshire Est 1981. We are not your typical independent jewellers due to our onsite goldsmith workshop. We have built up an established customer base since 1981 both locally and nationally, priding ourselves on…
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May- 2014 -14 MayUncategorized
Last call out for entries for IJL Editors Choice
IJL have announced that the deadline has been extended for entries for itsย popular Editor’s Choice competition to May 23. As a result of having received a number of requests for more time from companies wishing to enter, due to the knock-on effect of the recent Easter and May Bank Holidays,…
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