Consumer Confidence
Consumer confidence directly impacts the UK jewellery trade, influencing spending on luxury items and shaping retail performance. For jewellers, suppliers, and manufacturers, tracking shifts in consumer sentiment is vital for forecasting demand, planning inventory, and refining marketing strategies. Jewellery Focus delivers expert coverage on consumer confidence trends, market analysis, and insights into how economic and social factors affect purchasing behaviour across the sector.
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Mar- 2016 -2 MarchEconomy
UK shop prices fall for 34th consecutive month
Shop prices fell 2% year-on-year in February, the 34th consecutive decline following January’s 1.8% fall. That’s according to British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Nielsen’s monthly Shop Price Index, which found non-food deflation, which includes jewellery, remained at 3% for the third consecutive month. On a 12-month average basis, the index…
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Feb- 2016 -29 FebruaryTrade Organisations
NAJ announces unification in two national papers
The National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) had announced its unification in two national newspapers in a bid to help raise consumer awareness. To start making the wider public aware of the unification, which saw the British Jewellers’ Association and the National Association of Goldsmiths combine, a notice has been placed…
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3 FebruaryEconomy
Shop prices fall 1.8% in January
Overall shop prices in the UK fell 1.8% in January compared with the same month last year, new figures figures show. That’s according to British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Nielsen’s monthly Shop Price Index, which found the fall was down from the 2% fall in December and in-line with the…
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Dec- 2015 -23 DecemberOpinion
Another step forward in an ongoing challenge
Diamond grading issues have been a hot topic in recent months, but a new ISO Standard could benefit the consumer and retailer. STELLA LAYTON, chief assay master at the Birmingham Assay Office, explains.[divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] The industry has come a long way since we staged our first Great Debate…
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14 DecemberEditor's Blog
Every reason for Christmas cheer
The industry has done a good job of holding steady and ending a decade of contraction this year. The hallmarking figures graph ‘bottomed-out’ showing modest but definite increases in almost every month of the last 12. If you take the year-to-date from the latest figures available, we are only down…
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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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Oct- 2015 -19 OctoberEconomy
Consumer confidence at four-year high in Q3
Consumer confidence has reached a four-year high in the third quarter of 2015, according to the latest Deloitte Consumer Tracker. The quarterly survey of 3,000 UK consumers said that consumers have shrugged off the turmoil seen in the global financial markets during the period. Consumer confidence rose by 2%, despite…
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Sep- 2015 -7 SeptemberTrade Organisations
NAJ launches code of conduct at IJL
The recently launched National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) has outlined its ‘Code of Conduct’ at the International Jewellery London Exhibition taking place between September 6 and 8. Agreed in June 2015, the association has set itself ambitious goals for the future and will build upon and develop the strengths of…
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3 SeptemberEconomy
Vacancy rates improve but long-term vacancy increases
Shop vacancy rates have improved in the first half of 2015 but the number of long-term vacant shops has increased by 24.4%. This is according to new figures from the Local Data Company (LDC) which found that the retail and leisure vacancy in the UK fell from 11.9% in the…
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Aug- 2015 -18 AugustE-Commerce
Online retail sales jump 12% in July
UK online retail sales surged 12% year-on-year in July and were up 15% when excluding travel, according to new data released today. The IMRG Capgemini e-Retail Sales Index also found that sales made via a mobile device, either a smartphone or tablet, saw annual growth of 42%. At 5.1%, July…
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