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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Dec- 2017 -22 DecemberNews
Beaverbrooks keeps tradition of closing all 71 shops on Boxing Day
National jewellers Beaverbrooks will not be opening its 71 doors to shoppers this Boxing Day – keeping alive a tradition that has run for its entire trading history. The company, which is celebrating its 100th anniversary in 2019, has always closed on Boxing Day, as it believes that after the…
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22 DecemberNews
Men from Liverpool ‘most generous’ jewellery gift-givers
Men from Liverpool are spend more on jewellery gifts than men in any other part of the UK, according to a new survey. A poll of 28,000 customers of online jewellery marketplace Jewelstreet found that Liverpudlian lads spend an average of £330.20 on a jewellery gift. Men from London came…
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20 DecemberEconomy
CBI announce retail sales rise in Christmas run-up
Retail sales rose in the year to December, building further on November’s solid performance, according to the latest monthly CBI Distributive Trades Survey. The survey of 109 firms, of which 56 were retailers, showed that in the year to December, retail sales and orders continued to rise, although it noted…
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18 DecemberEconomy
Billion-pound online spend predicted for Boxing Day
Online retail spend on Boxing Day will exceed a billion pounds for the first time, according to new figures. The Interactive Media in Retail Group (IMRG) estimates that consumers will spend as much as £1.03bn through online shopping this year on Boxing Day, a 7.9% increase on 2016 when total…
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11 DecemberE-Commerce
UK consumer spending set to be lowest since 2012
Consumer spending over the Christmas period is expected to be at its lowest since 2012, according to Visa’s UK Consumer Spending Index. Spending on the high street fell year-on-year for the seventh month in a row, dropping by 3.5%. This followed a 5.1% decrease in October, two of the worst…
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6 DecemberFeatures
Brexit and British watches
The diversity of British watch brands in price points and positioning as well as manufacturing processes leads to a range of different concerns about Brexit across the resurgent industry, but even those most concerned feel Brexit has been good for them so far. Mike France, co-founder of Christopher Ward, could…
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6 DecemberDesigners
Henryka welcomes new stockists as it launches Christmas promo
British brand Henryka has added two new members of the Company of Master Jewellers (CMJ) to its network of independent retail partners. The brand’s collections can now be found at Welsh stores Christopher George Jewellers in Cardiff and T J Davies and Son in Aberystwyth. Since joining the CMJ in…
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5 DecemberEvents
Jeremy France Jewellers supports Murray Parish Trust with champagne bash
On Thursday 30 November, Jeremy France Jewellers hosted its annual ‘Christmas Champagne Evening’. As part of the jeweller’s continued support for local charity The Murray Parish Trust, Jeremy hid an unknown number of diamonds inside a bespoke diamond shaped ice sculpture. Guests made donations to guess the number of diamonds…
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Nov- 2017 -30 NovemberRetailers
Humorous marketing helps ‘boost’ small businesses
New research from American Express Shop Small has found that adding humour to the marketing mix can help small businesses attract and retain customers in this busy Christmas shopping period. The research, which seeks to uncover the role of humour in small business marketing, found that eight in ten consumers…
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29 NovemberProduct Launches
H Samuel launches online prizes advent calendar
H Samuel, owned by Signet Jewelers, are launching an online advent calendar this Christmas as part of its plans to become a more digital-savvy business. The firm hopes adapting offline traditions for online applications will increase its online presence and improve brand visibility. The launch of the Christmas advent calendar…
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