Easter
Easter is an important seasonal moment for the UK jewellery trade, offering opportunities for retailers, designers, and wholesalers to drive sales through themed collections, gifting promotions, and marketing campaigns. From pastel-coloured gemstones to symbolic motifs and limited-edition packaging, Easter inspires creative product development and customer engagement strategies. Jewellery Focus covers Easter-related trade activity with insights into seasonal trends, retail initiatives, and supply chain considerations that help professionals capitalise on this key period.
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Apr- 2017 -12 AprilEconomy
BRC: Retail sales growth hits six-year low
UK retail sales have decreased 1% on a like-for-like basis, a report by the British Retail Consortium (BRC) has revealed. The latest BRC – KPMG Retail Sales Monitor – covering the five weeks from 26 February to 1 April – found total retail sales fell by 0.2% in March, compounded…
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10 AprilEconomy
Retail footfall expected to grow 5.4% over Easter weekend
Retail footfall in the UK is set to increase 5.4% over the Easter weekend, according to retail expert Springboard. The prediction comes after March retail footfall results showed there was a year-on-year increase of 1.2%. This increase broke the six-month consecutive decline. The projected increase was said to be a…
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3 AprilNews
Diamond market improves after a slow first quarter
The diamond market showed improvements in March after Chinese demand at the Hong Kong exhibition was better than expected. The latest RapNet Diamond Index from the Rapaport Group found the price of 1-carat polished diamonds increased by 0.1% in March and was down 1.1% during the first quarter. There was…
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Feb- 2017 -17 FebruaryCrime
Hatton Garden raider admits previous £1m jewellery heist
One of the ringleaders in the notorious Hatton Garden heist has admitted a raid at a high-end London jewellers five years earlier. Daniel Jones, 59, is currently serving a seven-year prison sentence for his part in the Easter bank holiday weekend raid in April 2015, which saw a gang ransack…
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Jan- 2017 -6 JanuaryCurrent Affairs
Hatton Garden raid: Woman claims to be missing £7m in gold
A woman has come forward after realising she is missing £7m of gold following the Hatton Garden heist in April 2015. The woman, who claims one of her safety deposit boxes was stolen during the raid, only realised it was missing after the trial of the gang last year, according…
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Jun- 2016 -13 JuneEconomy
Retail footfall edges up in May
Retail footfall edged up 0.3% in May compared with the same month last year, according to data from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard. The latest Footfall and Vacancies Monitor found the increase in retail footfall was up on the 2.4% decline seen in April and significantly above the…
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Apr- 2016 -18 AprilEconomy
Early Easter and bad weather deters shoppers away from high street
An early Easter and bad weather conditions deterred shoppers from the high street in March, as footfall fell 2.7% compared with the same month last year. The British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor found the decline in March was lower than the 1.1% fall in February.…
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12 AprilEconomy
UK retail sales fall flat in March due to early Easter
Retail sales in the UK neither grew or declined in March as an early Easter distorted sales figures during the month. That’s according to the latest Retail Sales Monitor from the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and KPMG, which found like-for-like sales declined 0.7% compared with the same month last year…
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Mar- 2016 -9 MarchCrime
Hatton Garden raiders sentenced to combined 34 years in prison
Five of the men involved in the Hatton garden raid have today been sentenced to a combined time of 34 years behind bars. John “Kenny” Collins, 75, Daniel Jones, 61, and Terry Perkins, 67, who all pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit burglary last September, have each been sentenced to…
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9 MarchCrime
Six men to be sentenced over Hatton Garden raid
Six men convicted for their part in last year’s Hatton Garden raid will be sentenced for their involvement in the crime today (9 March). The gang face jail terms of up to 10 years each after pleading guilty or being convicted of the raid, in which £14m worth of jewellery…
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