Covid-19
Covid-19 brought unprecedented challenges to the UK jewellery trade, reshaping retail, supply chains, and consumer behaviour. For jewellers, manufacturers, and suppliers, understanding the pandemic’s lasting impact is essential to building resilience and adapting strategies. Jewellery Focus offers in-depth coverage of Covid-19’s effects on the industry, including market analysis, recovery efforts, e-commerce growth, and insights into how businesses are navigating a post-pandemic landscape.
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Jun- 2025 -23 JuneTrade Organisations
GIA appoints Pritesh Patel as president and CEO
Pritesh Patel has been appointed president and chief executive of the Gemological Institute of America (GIA), effective 4 August 2025. Patel, who currently serves as chief operating officer, will succeed Susan Jacques, who has led the institute since 2014. Jacques will stay on as a strategic advisor until her retirement…
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5 JuneEconomy
Consumer confidence hasn’t recovered since Brexit vote, Barclays finds
Consumer confidence reached its highest point in the past 10 years in September 2016, at 48%, just after the Brexit referendum, according to Barclays’ “10 Years of Spend” report. Barclays has been tracking consumer confidence monthly since 2015 and also surveyed 2000 people in the UK for the report, which…
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Dec- 2023 -12 DecemberDesigners
Bradley’s Jewellers joins the Responsible Jewellery Council
Bradley’s Jewellers has announced that it has joined the Responsible Jewellery Council. The York-based small business will now prioritise RJC Certification, with the goal of achieving Certified Membership Status in 2024. Bradley’s is being supported on its journey towards RJC Certification by Jewelbuild director Sarah North, who has professional experience…
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Nov- 2023 -17 NovemberManufacturers
Petra Diamonds chair steps down
Petra Diamonds has announced that chairman Peter Hill, CBE, has stepped down from his role following the conclusion of its annual general meeting. Following his departure, the board has appointed Varda Shine, senior independent director, as chair of Petra. Shine will lead a search for a permanent chair and also…
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Oct- 2023 -24 OctoberRetailers
Bradley’s Jewellers supports York and Scarborough NHS Foundation Trust
Independent jewellery business Bradley’s Jewellers York, has once again pledged to support the York and Scarborough Hospitals Charity and the York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust by donating a cluster-style pendant for its upcoming raffle. Ahead of the Trust’s annual Celebration of Achievement Awards at Scarborough Spa on…
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Aug- 2023 -17 AugustRetailers
Pandora raises full-year revenue guidance as sales jump 5%
Pandora has delivered “robust” results in Q2 2023 as it saw its sales jump 5% and total revenue increase to DKK 5,894m (£675.35m). As a result, the retail jeweller has now updated its organic growth guidance range to +2% to +5%, which was previously -2% to +3%. LFL growth in…
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Mar- 2023 -28 MarchDesigners
Faberge owner posts record revenues
Faberge owner Gemfields has posted record revenues of $341m (£279m), an increase of 32%, for the year ended 31 December 2022. The company also posted strong EBITDA growth of 25% up to $166m (£136m) and an EBITDA margin of 45%. Gemfields’ net profit was also up to $74m (£60m) compared…
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Feb- 2023 -27 FebruaryNews
De Beers sees demand fall in 2022 despite rising revenues
De Beers has announced that it saw a negative demand growth in 2022 as a result of increased Covid restrictions in China from Q2 onwards. A weaker economic outlook in the second half of the year caused a build-up of midstream polished diamond inventories, pushing down prices and causing negative…
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10 FebruaryManufacturers
Goldsmiths Company Charity pledges £200k to help jewellers
The Goldsmiths Company Charity has awarded £197,380 in donations and grants to support jewellers and those working in the allied trades during the cost of living crisis. The charity has issued multiple cost-of-living grants to charities and apprentices within the trade to support them using the remainder of the funds…
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Jan- 2023 -3 JanuaryNews
Footfall drops almost 30% post Christmas
Retailers in the UK saw footfall decrease 27.7% last week compared to the week before Christmas, which was just 7% higher than this week last year, according to data from Springboard. This number was nearly 20% lower than the number in 2019, although Springboard did attribute some of this to…
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