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 -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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5 DecemberRetailers
Sproules Jewellers completes £500,000 refurbishment
Sproules Jewellers in Derry~Londonderry, Northern Ireland, has unveiled its newly refurbished premises following a significant investment with support from First Trust Bank. The new 2,500 sq ft extension has seen the creation of a new ‘Diamond Room’ with two champagne bars overlooking the city where customers can browse and select…
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4 DecemberFeatures
Selling advice: How to keep your customers happy
Ask yourself this question, what motivates your customers to buy jewellery? If your answer is price, you are way off the mark. The answer is ‘emotion’. All occasions such as wedding engagements, anniversaries, birthdays and Christmas are happy occasions. So why is it that most salespeople are not as enthusiastic…
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Nov- 2018 -26 NovemberVoice On The Highstreet
Voice on the High Street: Clive Ranger
Tell us about Clive Ranger Jewellery. Clive Ranger is a small family owned business that started up in 1977, but was taken over last year by our former manager, Carl Parry. We pride ourselves on old fashioned customer service and continue to manufacture our own diamond rings so our jewellery…
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23 NovemberEvents
TH March to highlight ‘importance of jewellery insurance’ on BBC Radio 4
TH March’s CEO Neil McFarlane will be interviewed on BBC Radio 4’s flagship weekend programme, Moneybox Live, on the importance of properly arranged personal jewellery insurance. Broadcaster Paul Lewis plans to talk to McFarlane on 24 November about how best to insure personal jewellery and other precious possessions in the…
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20 NovemberFeatures
Brand Profile – Freedom to Exist
Tell me how you started your watch brand? Around five years ago Kirsty and I met working for Habitat, and then we both joined Made.com and moved to China. I think the experience of working at successful startup made us really want to do our own thing. Since we had…
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