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- 2015 -7 DecemberAdvice
ADVICE: Christmas tips
There will be a lot of requests for annual leave over the Christmas period and if you cannot close the business, you will need to apply a fair and consistent approach to authorising and rejecting annual leave requests. Consider what you did last year, particularly in terms of holiday requests. If it…
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7 DecemberRetailers
Goldsmiths WestQuay to reopen after £1m refurbishment
Goldsmiths WestQuay in Southampton is to reopen this week after an extensive £1m refurbishment. The high street jeweller has carried out a ‘luxury refit’ and also introduced a brand-new ’boutique.Goldsmiths’ iteration. The premises will be open to the public on 10 December. The refurbished Goldsmiths store will feature dedicated Omega, Breitling,…
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7 DecemberTrade Organisations
Inaugural NAJ Awards incorporated in Benevolent Society Ball
The 80th British Jewellery Giftware & Finishing Federation Benevolent Society Ball, incorporating the NAJ Awards, took place in Solihull on December 3. This year’s event incorporated very first National Association of Jewellers Member Awards, designed to “flag up all that is most excellent about the UK’s extremely diverse jewellery industry”. The NAJ…
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2 DecemberEconomy
Shop prices fall to joint record low in November
Shop prices fell 2.1% in November as retailers took part in ‘intense’ competition in the build up to Black Friday. That is according to the latest British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Nielsen Shop Price Index which found the fall was down from a 1.8% fall in October. On a 12-month…
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Nov- 2015 -18 NovemberCurrent Affairs
Christmas kicks off in Hatton Garden with festive light switch-on
Christmas kicked off in Hatton Garden last night (17 November) with the area’s first ever Christmas lights switch-on. Organised by the Hatton Garden Business Improvement District (BID), the event took place between 5pm and 7pm at the corner of Hatton Garden and 120 Holborn, and featured music, entertainment and VIP…
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16 NovemberEditor's Blog
Hallmarking: Let’s be sure to look at the full picture
It is of course disappointing to see that the hallmarking figures have fallen into year-on-year decline for October. After what has been a very leavening 12 months of near uninterrupted growth in monthly volumes passing through the four hallmarking offices, seeing a dip is a frightening reminder of how fragile…
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12 NovemberRetailers
Beaverbrooks opens newly refurbished Basingstoke store
Jewellery chain Beaverbrooks opened its new refurbished Beaverbrooks store yesterday, as part of the company’s initiative to invest in local towns and refresh existing stores. The new-look 2,120 sq ft store is located in Festival Place Shopping Centre and was unveiled to the public on Wednesday 11 November at 10am.…
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9 NovemberEconomy
Retail employment up as number of stores increases
The number of full-time jobs rose by 0.8% in the third quarter of 2015 compared with the same period last year – the fastest rate of growth since March 2014. That is according to the latest British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Bond Dickinson Retail Employment Monitor, which found in the…
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5 NovemberEconomy
Retailers ‘confident’ for Christmas and Black Friday trading
A record number of retailers are confident about the fast-approaching Christmas trading period and Black Friday, according to new figures from Barclays. The bank’s Christmas Survey found that more than three quarters (77%) reported they are more confident about Christmas trading this year. An even higher proportion (79%) said they…
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4 NovemberEconomy
Shop price deflation continues into 30th-consecutive month
Shop prices reported deflation for the 30th consecutive month in October, according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Nielsen’s latest Shop Price Index. Overall shop prices reported deflation of 1.8% in October compared with a 1.9% drop in September. On a 12-month average basis, the index reported deflation of…
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