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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Jun- 2019 -28 JuneRetailers
UK consumer confidence slips in June
Market research company GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index has showed that confidence among consumers in the UK has decreased by three points to -13 in June. The measure for the general economic situation of the country during the last 12 months decreased month to -32 during the month, four points…
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11 JuneAnalysis
Making finance more engaging
An engagement ring is one of the most exciting purchases many individuals (or couples) can make. Marriage proposals are causes for joy and celebration. However, the average engagement ring spend in the UK stood at (a not insignificant) £1,483 last year – a huge 89% increase on the year before,…
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May- 2019 -20 MayVoice On The Highstreet
Voice on the High Street – Joshua James Jewellery
Tell me about the history of Joshua James Jewellery? Since 2009, Joshua James has sourced fine jewellery, charms, watches and fashion pieces from some of the world’s top brands. Founded by managing director Shaun Bell, the flagship store opened on The Weir in the popular town of Hessle, East Yorkshire,…
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Jan- 2019 -21 JanuaryRetailers
Chapelle enters administration
Jewellery and watch retailer Chapelle has entered into administration, four years after it was sold to HMV owners Hilco UK. Philip Duffy and Sarah Bell of accountancy firm Duff & Phelps have been appointed as administrators of both Mortimer Management Group and The Jewellery Outlet which makes up Chapelle. The…
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7 JanuaryAnalysis
What does Brexit mean for the high street jeweller?
2018 has been a tumultuous year for the UK high street and Brexit is now just over the horizon, bringing with it the culmination of two years of wrangling, debate and uncertainty about what will be the state of UK will be once we leave. But Simon Forrester, CEO of…
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Nov- 2018 -20 NovemberQ&A Sessions
Company Q&A: Pranda UK
Tell us a bit about the history of Pranda Pranda UK is a wholly owned subsidiary of Pranda Jewelry and was established in Thailand over 40 years ago. It specialises in manufacturing gold and silver gem set jewellery along with high end fashion jewellery. The UK subsidiary is effectively the…
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Oct- 2018 -30 OctoberCurrent Affairs
Alrosa partners with De Beers to pilot Tracr programme
Tracr, the end-to-end diamond industry blockchain traceability platform being developed by De Beers Group has announced that Alrosa has joined the platform’s pilot programme. Alrosa will join industry leaders from the diamond manufacturing and retail sectors in creating the blockchain platform. Following the announcement of the Tracr pilot earlier this…
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Aug- 2018 -6 AugustRetailers
Footfall drops in July as customers avoid high street in heatwave
The heatwave drew customers away from the high street in July, as footfall fell by 10.8% compared with the same month in 2017. According to the Ipsos Retail Traffic Index, footfall was down in all regions compared with July 2017 with Scotland and Northern Ireland seeing 6.5% less shoppers on…
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Jul- 2018 -12 JulyInternational
WFDB announces Peter Meeus to head World Diamond Mark
The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) has announced that former Dubai Diamond Exchange (DDE) president Peter Meeus will take over as head of its World Diamond Mark (WDM) programme. The World Diamond Mark is a non-for-profit organisation incorporated in Hong Kong, established in 2012 by the World Federation of…
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Jun- 2018 -8 JuneFeatures
What does the offshore hallmark mean for the jewellery industry?
“We were extremely happy when the British Hallmarking Council (BHC) finally, after a great deal of pushing and shoving from all sides, agreed that jewellery pieces hallmarked overseas should have a different mark to the ones we strike domestically,” says John Langford, director of Braybrook and Britten, triumphantly. For many…
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