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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Oct- 2018 -25 OctoberVoice On The Highstreet
Voice on the High Street: Francis Wain Jewellers
Name: Donné Kidson, Francis Wain Jewellers Location: Norfolk Year Established: 1950 Number of staff: 15 Website: www.franciswainjewellers.com Give us a bit of background about the business We are a long-established independent jewellers based in Norfolk with two branches, our flagship store in King’s Lynn and a smaller boutique in the…
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16 OctoberVoice On The Highstreet
Voice on the Highstreet: Petra Jewellery
NAME: Mitch Lloyd, Petra Jewellery LOCATION: Hampshire YEARS ESTABLISHED: 35 NUMBER OF STAFF: Six WEBSITE: www.petrajewellery.com Tell us about Petra Jewellery? My mother set up the business in 1979 at the Viables Craft Centre in Basingstoke with just her apprenticeship pieces and a £500 loan from her own mother to…
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15 OctoberDesigners
Farado Design launches ‘Knot an Engagement Ring’
Farado Design has launched the ‘Knot an Engagement Ring’ – a knot proposal ring for partners who wish to propose without a ring, and have their other half involved in the choosing process. ‘Knot an Engagement Ring’ is designed to be purchased to propose with and then kept as a…
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11 OctoberFeatures
Missing opportunities in bespoke manufacturing
Time was when many high street retailers would have had their own in-house jewellers who could undertake repairs, alter existing pieces of jewellery to give them a new look or potentially create something completely new and unique for those customers unable to find exactly what they were looking for in…
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11 OctoberDesigners
Watchmaker teams up with Cardiff University for 3D printed timepiece
A south Yorkshire watchmaker has teamed up Cardiff University to harness the power of 3D printing to create a new timepiece. PARC – an academic and industry partnership based at Cardiff Business School – explored and used 3D printing (3DP) as an innovative technology for Guy Holland’s Doncaster-based watch business,…
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10 OctoberVoice On The Highstreet
Voice on the High Street – EH Warford
Tell us about the history of EH Warford EH Warford is an independent family-run jewellers dating back to 1969; we are a husband-and-wife team and now in our 12th year of running this successful high street jewellery shop. The business was first established by three young local jewellers selling mainly…
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5 OctoberDesigners
Museum of the Jewellery Quarter announces its first ‘Jeweller in Residence’
Fiona Harris has been announced by the Museum of the Jewellery Quarter to be its first ‘Jeweller in Residence’, a project which aims to support emerging jewellery designers. Harris, who previously studied at Birmingham City University School of Jewellery, is the first designer to be crowned with the title. As…
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Sep- 2018 -26 SeptemberEvents
Hatton Garden launches first privilege scheme in 400 years
London’s historic diamond district, Hatton Garden, will be launching its first privilege scheme in over 400 years on 27 September 2018. Initiated by the Hatton Garden Business Improvement District (BID), the new ‘Garden Card’ will give local employees, visitors and residents alike access to exclusive offers from the various businesses…
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26 SeptemberFeatures
What is composable jewellery?
Creating your own unique look has long been an important part of the fashion industry for decades, from copying the fashion style of Marilyn Monroe to wearing the latest items of clothing from David Beckham, people around the world strive to wear what’s ‘on-trend’. Consumers use fashion, and its various…
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24 SeptemberVoice On The Highstreet
Voice on the High Street – Rich Diamonds
When was Rich Diamonds founded? We have become an internationally recognised and trusted purveyor of rare vintage and luxury jewellery, trading for more than 32 years and serving the maharajas of India and royal families. Setting up as a private buyer in Mumbai, I brought operations to London several years…
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