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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May- 2020 -27 MayDesigners
Crafts Council publishes first industry report
The Crafts Council, alongside support from the Goldsmiths’ Company, has published the first major report that identifies the strength and popularity of the craft industry in Britain. Its findings will work to help drive market demand and “inform an action plan for the economic recovery of the craft sector, post…
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26 MayCoronavirus
Non-essential retailers set to open in June
Thousands of high street shops, department stores and shopping centres across England are set to reopen next month once they are “Covid-19 secure” and can show customers will be kept safe, Prime Minister Boris Johnson has said. All non-essential retailers including shops selling clothes, shoes, toys, furniture, books, and electronics,…
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22 MayCoronavirus
BAJ opens applications for September 2020
The British Academy of Jewellery (BAJ) has announced that applications are now open for courses due to start in September 2020. BAJ offers a variety of exciting programmes providing world-class training in all aspects of jewellery design and manufacturing. The Jewellery Fundamentals SQA Level 3 Diploma allows students to build…
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22 MayDesigners
Bracelets Together initiative launched
Alison Hargreaves has announced the launch of a new non-profit range of bracelets to raise £25,000 for NHS Charities Together. The Midhaven co-director Midhaven launched the Bracelets Together initiative to enable funds to be raised for the Covid-19 Urgent Appeal campaign, and more than £2,000 has already been raised in…
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22 MayCoronavirus
Consumer confidence drops further in May
GfK’s long-running Consumer Confidence Index has decreased by one point to -34 for May, as the Covid-19 pandemic continues. The measure for the general economic situation of the country during the last 12 months has dropped seven points to -55, 25 points lower than in May 2019. Additionally, expectations for…
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20 MayRetailers
Chisholm Hunter launches campaign to support Mental Health Awareness Week
Jewellery retailer Chisholm Hunter has launched a social media campaign to support Mental Health Awareness Week (18-24 May). In an Instagram post, the retailer revealed it will be sharing positive posts to help its followers who may be suffering from mental health conditions during the Covid-19 pandemic. The post said:…
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20 MayCoronavirus
Bulgari reopens jewellery factory amid Covid-19 pandemic
International luxury jeweller Bulgari has announced the reopening of its factory amid the Covid-19 pandemic. In a statement posted on Linkedin, the company said its factory had opened on 18 May in accordance with the Italian Presidential Decree. The statement read: “Above all else, we are ensuring the wellbeing of…
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18 MayCoronavirus
Impact of Covid-19 on platinum market ‘less than expected’
The impact of the global pandemic on the platinum market has been “less than expected”, according to the World Platinum Investment Council (WPIC). In its Platinum Quarterly publication for the first quarter of 2020, the group claimed the net effect of the pandemic was “less than feared”, despite having a…
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15 MayCoronavirus
IEG launches #Safebusiness for jewellery shows
The Italian Exhibition Group (IEG) has announced the launch of its new #Safebusiness project in efforts to ensure its upcoming jewellery shows, Vicenzaoro and Oroarezzo can go ahead safely. IEG worked alongside its outfitting and catering companies, technicians and international operators in order to formulate the plan, and the project…
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15 MayDesigners
Astrid & Miyu supports Women’s Aid
Astrid & Miyu has announced it is supporting Women’s Aid by donating 100% of profits from its Rainbow Collection to the charity which supports domestic abuse survivors. Support from the London-based jewellery brand follows findings from a recent Women’s Aid survey that found abuse has worsened since the start of…
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