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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Apr- 2016 -7 AprilOpinion
SOAPBOX: The wisdom that comes with age versus the enthusiasm of youth
It’s funny how grandparents often have a better relationship with their teenage grandchildren than the parents, I think it’s mutual respect of the differences between generations, whereas we expect our parents to be as cool as us. We wish dad would dance and listen to Radio 1 not 2. So…
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7 AprilUncategorized
VOHS: Becky Rowe Jewellery
Name: Becky Rowe Jewellery Location: St Martin, Guernsey, Channel Islands Years established: September 2011 Number of staff: Five Website: www.beckyrowejewellery.com When was Becky Rowe Jewellery founded? In February 2011, my brother Sam and I went to The Munich Jewellery Show. It was then that we realised the combination of my…
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7 AprilQ&A Sessions
BRAND Q&A: Anakao Jewellery
A new jewellery brand, Anakao, is named after a small fishing village in the south of Madagascar, which remains virtually untouched by modernity. For Vinay Soudakar and his wife, the website says, it holds a special place in their heart. MICHAEL NORTHCOTT spoke to Vinay to find out more about…
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7 AprilVoice On The Highstreet
VOHS: Banks Lyon
Name: Rodney Banks Lyon Location: Lancaster Year Established: 1985 Number of Staff: 12 Website: www.bankslyon.co.uk When was Banks Lyon founded? Banks Lyon Jewellers was founded by myself in 1985. Having served various apprenticeships at H. Samuel, Mappin & Webb and Goldsmiths alongside gaining a distinction in my FGA, my father was…
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Mar- 2016 -17 MarchRetailers
F Hinds opens Doncaster store
Jewellery chain F Hinds has opened a new store in Doncaster’s Frenchgate Shopping Centre – its 118th shop in the UK. The store opened on Thursday, 10 March, with Emily Simpkins, full-time professional midfielder for Doncaster Rovers’ Belles Ladies Football Club, cutting the ribbon to its doors. The new shop…
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15 MarchEvents
Cooksongold to debut first platinum jewellery printing powder
Cooksongold has announced it will debut its 950Pt/Ru advanced metal powder at Baselworld – which will produce the world’s first 3D-printed platinum jewellery. The 950Pt/Ru powder, which will be launched in collaboration with the Platinum Guild International (PGI), has been designed to use with the company’s direct precious metal 3D…
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10 MarchVoice On The Highstreet
VOHS: Silver Tree Jewellery
Name: Oliver Gibson, Silver Tree Jewellery Location: Lancaster Year Established: 1982 Number of staff: 14 Website: www.silvertreejewellery.co.uk Tell us about the history of Silver Tree Jewellery Silver Tree Jewellery was founded in 1982 initially as Lancaster’s only silver jewellery shop. In 1991, Pat Gibson bought the business and Silver Tree…
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Dec- 2015 -23 DecemberAnalysis
ANALYSIS: New business opportunities
In the third instalment of his series about the ‘Changing Face of Contemporary Jewellery’, JACK MEYER explores the new potential business models and opportunities opened up by recent advances in e-commerce and 3D printing.[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Recently I read a pair of articles from InStore Magazine, wherein the writer…
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14 DecemberEvents
Weston Beamor to showcase model-versions of 3D printing team at JWS
Birmingham-based Weston Beamor (WB) is to showcase model versions of the members of its 3D printing team at the upcoming Jewellery and Watch Show (JWS) in February. The casting house, 3D printing and bespoke manufacturing company will be demonstrating its skill in model making and rapid prototyping by scanning its…
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4 DecemberTaking Stock
GVUK: Gemvision to launch CounterSketch International
Get Ready for a New Way to Create Bespoke Jewellery Personalisation has become the norm and bespoke jewellery design is at the heart of this. In January Gemvision will launch CounterSketch International allowing you access to over a thousand fully adjustable parametric CAD files, then to download that file model…
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