Expansion
Expansion in the jewellery trade signifies strategic growth—whether through entering new geographic markets, launching additional retail outlets (including concessions and pop-ups), diversifying product lines, or broadening online presence. Such developments reflect consumer confidence, brand ambition, and supply-chain agility. Jewellery Focus delivers in-depth, trade-focused coverage of expansion activity across the UK market, spotlighting growth strategies from fledgling designers, established retailers, and manufacturers. We report on site selections, financing approaches, digital vs. physical channel decisions, logistical scaling, and performance measurement. Our analysis supports jewellers, brand teams, distributors, financiers, and suppliers in evaluating risks and opportunities tied to growth initiatives and in executing sustainable, profitable expansion plans.
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Apr- 2019 -23 AprilInternational
RJC launches new ‘Code of Practices’ standard
The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has announced it is launching a new Code of Practices (COP). According to the organisation, the COP defines “responsible, social and environmental business practices” for companies in the jewellery supply chain and commits members to adhere to a “robust” set of comprehensive auditable standards. Since…
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Jan- 2019 -17 JanuaryRetailers
Allum & Sidaway reports sales boost after ‘successful’ store refurb
Allum & Sidaway has reported a “successful festive period” thanks to a recent store refurbishment. The family-run company closed for several weeks last autumn for a full revamp of their Dorchester head office including the expansion of their sales floor. The extended shop area has enabled Allum & Sidaway to…
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9 JanuaryFeatures
Company profile: Winsor Bishop
Sisters Sophie Fulford and Tanya von Moll inherited Winsor Bishop after their father, Robert, passed away in 2011. Having been working in a director role in London for eight years, Fulford returned to the store’s location in Norwich to take over the day-to-day operations of the business as managing director,…
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Dec- 2018 -20 DecemberInternational
Global diamond jewellery sales rise 4%, Alrosa finds
Worldwide diamond jewellery sales grew by 4% in Q3 2018 according to Alrosa’s global luxury and jewellery market research. North America, the largest diamond jewelry market, was found to have experience a 4% sales increase in Q3 compared to the same period last year. According to key retailers, stable growth…
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4 DecemberRetailers
Master jewellers Steven Stone opens its new showroom in Manchester’s Spinningfields
Steven Stone, the bespoke jeweller specialising in diamond and gem set jewellery, is opening a new showroom in Manchester’s Spinningfields area, over 80 years since the company was originally founded in Manchester. It will join their two other showrooms – located in Marylebone, London and Hale, Greater Manchester – and…
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Nov- 2018 -29 NovemberFeatures
Company Q&A: International Gemmological Laboratory
What is the back history of the IGL? We opened the office in Jan 2014, but the company actually started back in 1981 in Canada. About eight years ago it also opened in Israel as a diamond exchange, and then we opened here this year. At the beginning of the…
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22 NovemberInternational
Breitling marks expansion into Chinese market with gala celebration
Breitling, the Swiss watch brand, hosted a celebration of its entry into the Chinese market with a red carpet gala night at Beijing’s Phoenix Center on November 20, 2018. International movie stars and Breitling Cinema Squad members Brad Pitt and Daniel Wu were on hand to mark the occasion, along…
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6 NovemberRetailers
Pandora reduces FY expectations amid ‘unsatisfactory Q3’
Pandora has reduced its full-year expectations after experiencing an “unsatisfactory” third quarter in 2018. In Q3 group revenue decreased 3% in local currency due to “timing of shipments, change of inventory levels in the wholesale channel and negative total like-for-like”. Revenue from its estore increased 52% in local currency, up…
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Oct- 2018 -3 OctoberRetailers
Diamond jeweller Vashi launches in two Selfridges stores in Manchester
Diamond jeweller Vashi has opened two stores in Selfridges in Manchester, the business’s first expansion outside of London. Vashi now occupies 1,000 sq ft of space on the ground floor of Selfridges Trafford Centre, sitting within the luxury and contemporary accessories space, and also occupies a 500 sq ft space…
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Sep- 2018 -20 SeptemberFeatures
Setting up shop – Harrington Brookshaw Jewellers
Large jewellery brands are increasingly dominating the jewellery landscape, whether it be online or high street retail. In a highly competitive and very mature market, it is a brave step for an aspiring high street jeweller to focus on unbranded, but that’s exactly what newly-opened Harrington Brookshaw Jewellers has planned.…
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