E-Commerce
E-commerce has become a vital channel for the UK jewellery trade, transforming how jewellers, designers, and suppliers reach customers and grow their businesses. From website optimisation and digital marketing to logistics and customer experience, the online marketplace presents both opportunities and challenges. Jewellery Focus provides expert coverage on e-commerce trends, technology innovations, consumer behaviour insights, and strategies to help jewellery professionals succeed in an increasingly digital retail landscape.
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Jun- 2020 -10 JuneCoronavirus
Signet to close 80 UK stores permanently
Signet Jewelers has announced that it will not reopen 80 of its UK stores, in an effort to emerge โstronger and more efficientโ following the Covid-19 crisis.ย As part of its decision to accelerate its โPath to Brillianceโ programme Signet, which has 3,200 stores worldwide, has revealed initially 150 of…
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5 JuneE-Commerce
Online sales reach 10-year high
British retailers recorded a 10-year high for online sales in May while the continued lockdown measures kept high streets empty, according to new figures by accountancy and business advisory firm BDO. According to BDOโs High Street Sales Tracker (HSST), total like-for-like sales, consisting of both in-store and non-store sales, declined…
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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.ย Its findings will work to help drive market demand and โinform an action plan for the economic recovery of the craft sector, post…
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14 MayRetailers
Watches of Switzerland reports 5.9% increase in revenues in Q1 results
Watches of Switzerlandย has reported a 5.9% increase in group revenues to ยฃ819.3m in the year to 26 April, ahead of recently revised guidance. In the 46 weeks to 15 March 2020, group revenue increased by 15.8% across both the UK, which was up by 9.4% and the US, which increased…
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11 MayE-Commerce
De Beers Group launches e-commerce platform
De Beers Groupโs auctions department has announced the introduction of a new scheme that will give registered buyers 24/7 access to diamond purchases. The newly-launched โBuy platformโ will allow buyers to make an โimmediate, direct and straightforward purchaseโ from a range of rough diamonds with a further purchase option in…
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5 MayDesigners
Tayroc Watches acquired by agency
British watch brand Tayroc has been acquired by independent agency Lid Project for an undisclosed amount. The agency now plans to lead the brand into an โexciting growth stageโ following the acquisition.ย Since it was launched in 2014, the Tayroc brand has โgrown significantlyโ through its UK e-commerce and social…
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Apr- 2020 -27 AprilCoronavirus
Simone Jewels to debut in HOLโs second virtual trunk show
Celebrated luxury jewellery brands, Yeprem , Maya, Terzihan and Simone Jewels have been announced to make their debut in the House of Luxury’s (HOL) second virtual trunk show going live on today (27 April). Inside a three-dimensional, HD virtual environment, shoppers will be able to explore fine diamond jewellery by…
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Jan- 2020 -17 JanuaryInternational
Signet Jewellers performance โfalls shortโ over Christmas
Signet Jewellers, the parent company of H. Samuel and Ernest Jones, has reported a dip in like-for-like sales over the Christmas period. Its UK division saw like-for-like sales slide by 3.1%, which reflected a โdifficult operating environment in the UKโ.ย Whilst e-commerce sales grew by 15.8%, brick and mortar sales…
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8 JanuaryRetailers
New photography service aims to support jewellers
A new photography business is aiming to help high street and online jewellery retailers increase their sales through the launch of a new packshot photography service. Summerleigh Photography, launched by professional jewellery photographer Lucy Davies, specialises in packshot imagery for digital retail platforms and printed promotional materials. Packshot photography typically…
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Dec- 2019 -17 DecemberBusiness Bites
โJingle botsโ are artificially ramming online shopping baskets to use up stock
I have my reservations about this story because we spend a lot of time in our office poring over the news for interesting stories and takes, and we havenโt seen it reported like this before. But it comes from a company called Radware, which is a publicly traded web app…
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