Bespoke
Bespoke jewellery continues to grow in demand, offering consumers personalised, one-of-a-kind pieces while providing jewellers and designers with lucrative opportunities. For UK trade professionals, the bespoke market requires insight into customer trends, craftsmanship innovations, and marketing strategies to deliver tailored experiences. Jewellery Focus covers the bespoke sector in depth, including design processes, technology such as CAD and 3D printing, business case studies, and insights into scaling bespoke services within retail operations.
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Feb- 2021 -12 FebruaryFeatures
Gurusamy Goldsmiths: Blending tradition with the new
Gurusamy Goldsmiths is a luxury jewellery brand which seeks to unify tradition with the new. With its roots in Coimbatore, South India, the family business to this day uses traditional local artisans, hand crafted with great care through traditional methods, to create bespoke, meaningful designs. While the business has been…
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3 FebruaryEvents
BAJ launches online masterclass series
The British Academy of Jewellery (BAJ) has announced it will be hosting a series of online masterclasses, which will be available to all BAJ students for free. Masterclasses will be made available via Zoom and will cover a wide variety of topics related to jewellery making and production. The jewellery…
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Jan- 2021 -28 JanuaryProduct Launches
Robinson Pelham launches Arcadia Beads collection
Robinson Pelham has launched the Arcadia Beads collection for a starting price of £490. The jeweller was founded in 1997 by friends when they met within the jewellery community. For 16 years, the trio worked from their Pimlico Atelier, solely on bespoke and private commissions for their clients. In 2012,…
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25 JanuaryManufacturers
HB Antwerp hires Eco-Age for sustainability strategy
HB Antwerp has appointed Eco-Age, sustainability and communications agency, as its retained agency for 2021 to manage strategic partnerships and communications for the business. Established in 2020, HB Antwerp specialises in the procurement of high value rough diamonds and has set up “exclusive partnerships” with some of the world’s leading…
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15 JanuaryRetailers
Just Diamonds sees 8% year-on-year rise in turnover
Just Diamonds has announced an 8% year-on-year rise in turnover in the second half of 2020 compared with the same period last year. The company supplies high-quality ring mounts, finished jewellery and mainly bespoke items to customers upon request. The Birmingham-based jewellery supplier said it made the decision to supply…
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14 JanuaryRetailers
Hamilton & Inches to hold bespoke items exhibition
Hamilton & Inches has urged anyone who has bespoke items created by its craftspeople during the company’s 155 year history to come forward and be part of the extensive Celebrating Our Craft exhibition which will be on display from March 2021. The jewellers have created special pieces for a wide…
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Dec- 2020 -15 DecemberQ&A Sessions
Interview: Jennifer Georgeson, founder and CEO of So Just Shop
So Just Shop is a jewellery, accessory and homeware marketplace working directly with women-led artisans from some of the most vulnerable communities around the globe. Jewellery Focus sat down with the business’ founder and CEO, Jennifer Georgeson, to discuss empowering women, sustainability in business and navigating the difficulties resulting from…
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15 DecemberNews
Betts Group adopts SMO gold manufacturing
Betts Group has marked its 260th anniversary by announcing the use of responsibly sourced gold in all of its manufactured gold products. The group has revealed that it will now be using ‘Single Mine Origin’ (SMO) gold to manufacture all of its gold products. The company first began offering SMO…
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10 DecemberNews
Lark & Berry launches ‘Clean Cool Cultured’ collection
Lark and Berry has launched a new ‘Clean Cool Cultured’ jewellery range, which features pieces that are made with 14 karat yellow gold and reportedly encompass the brand’s ethos. The range is reportedly a combination of “clean diamonds” which are environmentally friendly, and hold the same quality as its mined…
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8 DecemberNews
Vashi to open new flagship store in London
Bespoke jewellery brand Vashi has announced that its new flagship store, located on the corner of London’s Covent Garden Piazza and James Street, will be opening in spring 2021. The new store spans across 4,476 square feet onto two floors, making it the seventh and largest store for the brand.…
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