Christmas
Christmas is the most crucial trading period for the UK jewellery industry, driving significant sales across retail, wholesale, and e-commerce. For jewellers, manufacturers, and suppliers, understanding seasonal trends, consumer behaviour, and effective marketing strategies is essential to maximising opportunities during the festive period. Jewellery Focus provides extensive coverage on Christmas trading, including sales performance analysis, product trends, promotional campaigns, and insights into supply chain readiness. Our reporting helps trade professionals prepare for and capitalise on the busiest season of the year.
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Jan- 2019 -18 JanuaryRetailers
Signet Jewelers sales ‘fall short’ over Christmas
Diamond jewellery retailer Signet Jewelers has reported a 1.3% decrease in total same store sales for the nine week period ending 5 January. According to the group, holiday season performance “fell short of expectations”, as early improvements in refreshed merchandise assortment, digital marketing and OmniChannel were offset by “larger than…
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17 JanuaryRetailers
Allum & Sidaway reports sales boost after ‘successful’ store refurb
Allum & Sidaway has reported a “successful festive period” thanks to a recent store refurbishment. The family-run company closed for several weeks last autumn for a full revamp of their Dorchester head office including the expansion of their sales floor. The extended shop area has enabled Allum & Sidaway to…
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15 JanuaryVoice On The Highstreet
Voice on the High Street – Azendi
When was Azendi founded? Azendi was founded as a small gift and jewellery shop in Headingley, West Yorkshire in 1989. There are now three stand-alone high street stores in Yorkshire, our e-commerce website, and the brand is sold in independent jewellers across the country. What style of jewellery does Azendi…
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11 JanuaryFeatures
Getting the right Valentine’s Day jewellery
Valentine’s Day is the ultimate couples (or couples to-be) celebration, and naturally jewellery is high on the gift-list agenda. Stocking jewellery that will sell and which is up-to-the-minute in design terms during this period is essential for any jeweller who wants to make a healthy profit as well as offering…
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9 JanuaryFeatures
Company profile: Winsor Bishop
Sisters Sophie Fulford and Tanya von Moll inherited Winsor Bishop after their father, Robert, passed away in 2011. Having been working in a director role in London for eight years, Fulford returned to the store’s location in Norwich to take over the day-to-day operations of the business as managing director,…
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4 JanuaryFeatures
Digital footprint – measuring online presence
Anyone with eyes and ears has now at least heard of search engine optimisation (SEO), and the savvier business people out there have long been at work trying to improve theirs as a way of attracting more customers. Here, INSIDE ONLINE offer their insights on how jewellery brands are performing…
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2 JanuaryEconomy
Boxing Day footfall falls for third consecutive year
Footfall declined by 3.1% on Boxing Day, the third consecutive year in which footfall on Boxing Day has been lower than in the year before according to the latest figures from Springboard. Springboard said the fall “indicates the lessening in importance of Boxing Day as a trading day”. Over the…
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Dec- 2018 -20 DecemberInternational
Global diamond jewellery sales rise 4%, Alrosa finds
Worldwide diamond jewellery sales grew by 4% in Q3 2018 according to Alrosa’s global luxury and jewellery market research. North America, the largest diamond jewelry market, was found to have experience a 4% sales increase in Q3 compared to the same period last year. According to key retailers, stable growth…
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11 DecemberFeatures
Selling advice: Why are you prejudging your customers?
Two customers come into Johnson Jewellers. One we’ll call Frank, who is dressed in a suit and tie, and the other is Ben who is about 30 and came in after work in a t-shirt and jeans. Ben sees the salesman, approaching Frank first. Ben then leaves the store because…
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10 DecemberFeatures
Lowe & Sons reopening – A grand return
“It’s part of the local heritage, and when we closed down I was getting phone calls from Australia, America and France, from clients whose families have been dealing with us for over 100 years,” says Kevin Parry, the newly reinstated part-time manager of the recently reopened Lowe & Sons jewellery…
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