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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Nov- 2013 -18 NovemberEvents
CW Sellors nets Midlands Family Business Awards gong
CW Sellors Fine Jewellery has been awarded the Retail Excellence category in the Midlands Family Business Awards. This is the third time the family run business has been shortlisted for the awards, garnering the ‘highly commended’ tag in the Manufacturing Excellence category in 2012 and for both Service Excellence &…
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Mar- 2013 -20 MarchTrade Organisations
Assay Office mourns the passing of former assay master
The Birmingham Assay Office has sadly announced the death of its former assay master, Bernard Ward OBE, at the age of 78.
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13 MarchManufacturers
Winner of annual FOPE competition announced
Italian fine jewellery company FOPE has announced the winner of its annual ‘Dream Ticket’ competition.
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6 MarchEvents
24 carrot gold! Lost wedding ring found on veg after 16 years
A woman has found her wedding ring on a carrot growing in her garden 16 years after she lost it, a newspaper has reported.
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Feb- 2013 -19 FebruaryTrade Organisations
Council approves £1.2m grant for the Birmingham Assay Office
Birmingham City Council has approved a £1.2 million European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) towards a new building for the Birmingham Assay Office.
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Jan- 2013 -24 JanuaryEconomy
Data shows rise in retail employment despite record decline in shop numbers
Retail employment was shown to have risen by 0.6 per cent in the BRC-Bond Pearce Retail Employment Monitor (REM) for the fourth quarter of 2012.
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23 JanuaryManufacturers
Citizen Watch UK reports record-breaking 2012
Citizen Watch UK has reported a record-breaking turnover performance for 2012.
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21 JanuaryRetailers
Armed robbers steal £1m of jewellery from ROX jewellers
Thieves have escaped with jewellery valued at £1 million from ROX jewellers in Edinburgh.
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17 JanuaryEconomy
Aurum Holdings posts positive Christmas trading results
Aurum Holdings, the prestige and luxury jeweller with a portfolio including Mappin & Webb, Watches of Switzerland and Goldsmiths, has reported strong Christmas sales.
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8 JanuaryEconomy
Christmas period proves testing time ahead says BRC chief
The Christmas period has done nothing to convince retailers that 2013 has any significant growth in store, said the British Retail Consortium’s (BRC) director general Helen Dickinson.
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