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- 2015 -23 AprilEconomy
Non-food retailers take on more staff
Non-food retailers are taking on more staff despite a 0.1% fall in the equivalent number of full-time jobs in Q1 compared with the same period last year. This is according to the British Retail Consortium (BRC) and Bond Dickinson’s Retail Employment Monitor, which found in Q1 2015 the number of…
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23 AprilCrime
New images of Hatton Garden robbery released
Police have released new images of the Hatton Garden robbery showing the scenes that officers found on arrival at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company after it was broken into. The images show the hole that the thieves drilled into the vault at the safe deposit company over the Easter…
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17 AprilEconomy
Out-of-town footfall jumps 3.8%
Footfall in March was 0.2% higher than the same time last year, an improvement on the 0.5% fall in February. This is according to the BRC-Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor which found footfall was above the three-month average of -0.5% and was the best overall footfall performance since March last…
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14 AprilEconomy
Early Easter drives retail sales up in March
Like-for-Like retail sales in the UK increased by 3.2% from March last year, driven by an early Easter weekend. This is according to the BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor which found on a total basis sales were up 4.7%, against a 0.3% fall in March. Adjusted for the BRC-Nielsen Shop Price…
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13 AprilCrime
CCTV of Hatton Garden raid released
CCTV images have been released showing a gang of robbers who executed the Hatton Garden burglary over the Easter weekend, stealing millions of pounds worth of jewellery. The images show three men using a side door situated in Greville Street, and then making their way to and from the Hatton…
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10 AprilCurrent Affairs
London Diamond Bourse ‘greatly concerned’ by Hatton Garden robbery
The London Diamond Bourse (LDB) has said it is “greatly concerned” by the Hatton Garden jewellery raid which took place over the Easter weekend. In the statement Victoria McKay, chief operating officer at LDB expressed particular concern about the “incorrect information” being reported in the media. LDB said that it…
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9 AprilCurrent Affairs
NAG and BJA respond to Hatton Garden raid
Michael Rawlinson, chief executive officer of the National Association of Goldsmiths (NAG) has released a response following the recent raid in Hatton Garden. The response, which was released on behalf of NAG and the British Jewellers Association (BJA), follows the recent robbery in Hatton Garden where raiders took, according to…
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7 AprilCrime
Police launch manhunt after Hatton Garden burglary
Police in London have launched a manhunt after raiders accessed safety deposit boxes in a vault using ‘heavy cutting equipment’ over the Easter bank holiday weekend. Officers were called to Hatton Garden on Tuesday (April 7) morning at approximately 8:10am after reports of a burglary at a safety deposit business…
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Mar- 2015 -31 MarchEconomy
Retail footfall to jump 4.7% over Easter weekend
Retail footfall is set to increase by 4.7% over the Easter weekend compared to the same time last year, according to new figures released today by Springboard. Easter weekend is two weeks earlier than last year and falls just after a national payday, putting consumers in a strong position to…
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Oct- 2014 -14 OctoberEconomy
September retail sales ‘worst since December 2008’, Christmas outlook remains positive
UK retail sales in September were down 2.1% on a like-for-like basis compared with September 2013, when they had increased 0.7% on the preceding year. The new figures from the British Retail Consortium’s BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor found in total, sales were down 0.8%, against a 2.4% rise in September…
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