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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Oct- 2024 -23 OctoberDesigners
Abbott Lyon launches personalised advent calendars
Abbott Lyon has announced the launch of its personalised advent calendars in time for Christmas. Both calendars contain 12 pieces curated from a selection of the brandโs most popular designs. The calendars are made to order and give customers the option to personalise four of the 12 pieces inside. The…
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17 OctoberDesigners
Thomas Sabo unveils Christmas Charm Club collection
Thomas Sabo has announced the launch of its newest collection, the Christmas Charm Collection. The charms are made from recycled 925 silver and hand-painted with colourful enamel enchant. The charms are Christmas trees covered in stylised snow, bulging Christmas socks, candy canes tied with a bow, cute snowmen and Santaโs…
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7 OctoberRetailers
Beaverbrooks invests ยฃ1.5m in Peterborough store
Beaverbrooks has announced that it has made a ยฃ1.5m investment in the relocation and refurbishment of its Peterborough store. The new investment increases the floorspace of the store fivefold and introduces a new TAG Heuer boutique. Set across 4,324 sq. ft. of retail space, upscaled from 820 sq. ft., the…
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Sep- 2024 -25 SeptemberRetailers
Beaverbrooks sees profits fall despite ‘record’ turnover
Family-owned diamond, jewellery and watch retailer Beaverbrooks has announced record turnover of ยฃ228.6m from ยฃ225m despite seeing a drop in operating profits to ยฃ10.5m from ยฃ25.7m for the period between March 2023 to February 2024. The group attributed the ยฃ3m increase in turnover to growing market share in a difficult…
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10 SeptemberRetailers
Beaverbrooks invests ยฃ1.6m in Bracknell store refurb
Family-owned national diamond, jewellery and watch retailer Beaverbrooks has made a ยฃ1.6m investment in the complete refurbishment and expansion of its Bracknell store, doubling its size and elevating it as a destination for luxury and Swiss watches. Following the investment, the newly refitted store, located on The Avenue, reopened on…
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Apr- 2024 -24 AprilRetailers
Bradleyโs curates bespoke aquamarine ring for York Ice Trail winner
Independent jewellery business Bradleyโs Jewellers York has curated an Art-Deco-inspired aquamarine ring following the announcement of the winners of its fifth annual York Ice Trail Competition. In February 2024, Debbie McGroarty from York entered the Bradleyโs Jewellers online draw, held in conjunction with the annual York Ice Trail event, to…
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Dec- 2023 -21 DecemberRetailers
F.Hinds opens two new stores
F.Hinds has announced that it has opened two new stores to end the year, in Watford and Stirling, Scotland. The Stirling store, its first ever Scottish site, was opened on St Andrewโs Day (30 November) by sales director Jeremy Hinds. Alongside this, the store in Watford marks the retailerโs return…
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18 DecemberEconomy
Consumer confidence improves during December
Consumer confidence improved two points during December to -22 as sentiment improved ahead of Christmas. All five measures were up in comparison to last monthโs announcement. The index measuring changes in personal finances during the last year is up two points at -14; this is 14 points better than December…
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13 DecemberNews
Beaverbrooks named winners of the NAJ Chair’s Award 2023
Beaverbrooks, the 104-year-old jewellery retailer, was announced as the recipient of the 2023 NAJ Chair’s Award.ย Presented at the annual Benevolent Society Christmas Charity Ball, the National Association of Jewellers Chair’s Award, is sponsored by Presman Mastermelt and given to a business or individual in recognition of their โprofessionalism and…
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4 DecemberRetailers
Jessica Flinn launches new Christmas Chocolate collection
Sheffield-based fine jewellery brand Jessica Flinn has launched its new Christmas Chocolate collection inspired by Yorkshire chocolate company Quality Street. Katie Hurst, a Jessica Flinn team member, once lived on a street in Sheffield where residents annually decorate their houses to resemble Quality Street chocolates for charity during Christmas. Quality…
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