Black Friday
Black Friday has become a major retail event in the UK jewellery trade, offering opportunities for jewellers, designers, and suppliers to drive sales through targeted promotions, limited-edition collections, and digital marketing campaigns. As competition intensifies each year, trade professionals must balance discounting strategies with brand value and operational efficiency. Jewellery Focus covers Black Friday trends, retailer initiatives, and market analysis, helping the industry maximise this key shopping period while maintaining profitability.
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Dec- 2014 -9 DecemberE-Commerce
Black Friday helps online sales hit new record
Online sales of non-food products grew by 12% in November compared to a year earlier, according to the BRC-KPMG Online Retail Sales Monitor. In November online sales represented 21% of total non-food sales in the monitor, against 19.6% in November 2013. This is the highest penetration rate since the monitor…
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3 DecemberRetailers
John Lewis banks Black Friday fashion sales
Black Friday helped to deliver the biggest ever week of sales for department store John Lewis with fashion posting its biggest ever sales for a single day’s trade. The store delivered sales of £179.1m, up 21.8% on 2013 and up 56.8% week-on-week to deliver the biggest ever week for sales…
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1 DecemberWatch Focus
Police Watches launch TV campaign
Italian brand Police Watches has launched its biggest TV campaign to date, incorporating key retail dates ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Cyber Monday’. Airing in the run up to Christmas, the campaign will promote the brand’s key styles from its AW14 collection in what the company hopes will be in time for…
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Nov- 2014 -4 NovemberEconomy
Retail confidence for Christmas is high, says Barclays
Over 70% of retailers are feeling more confident about Christmas trading than to last year, with 28% claiming they are “far more confident”, according to new research from Barclays. According to a new survey of multi-channel retailers, commissioned by Barclays’ retail and wholesale banking team, the festive cheer compares favourably…
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