Independent Jewellers
Independent jewellers are the backbone of the UK jewellery trade, offering unique designs, personalised service, and deep connections within their communities. As the retail landscape evolves, these businesses face both challenges and opportunities in areas like digital transformation, supply chain management, and shifting consumer expectations. Jewellery Focus provides comprehensive coverage tailored to independent jewellers, including business insights, market trends, regulatory updates, and success stories. Our reporting helps owners and managers navigate change, grow their businesses, and stay competitive in a dynamic industry.
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Sep- 2015 -22 SeptemberRetailers
Ogden of Harrogate opens third store
Independent jewellers Ogden of Harrogate has opened its third store in the centre of York. The new premises, which follows the launch of the company’s Little Diamond Shop in 2010, is located on the corner of Stonegate and Petergate and has housed a jewellery shop since the late 1980s but…
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3 SeptemberEvents
Jewellery Focus to host e-commerce seminar at IJL
Jewellery Focus is to host a seminar at International Jewellery London (IJL) revealing the results of several months of research into e-commerce. The seminar will reveal data from a survey investigating to what extent independent jewellers are introducing e-commerce and click-and-collect into their business offering. Jewellery Focus’ editor Michael Northcott,…
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Aug- 2015 -14 AugustEditor's Blog
I Don’t Want To Spoil The Party, CMJ
I was reminded of the old adage yesterday – turnover is vanity, profit is sanity. It’s so clichéd as to sound almost like bad advice, but of course anyone in business knows it holds as true today as it did when the first merchants started trying to glean a few…
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Jul- 2015 -16 JulyQ&A Sessions
Q&A with Martin Russell, Phantom Watches
Officially launched last year, Phantom is a new British watch brand with a contemporary and minimalist style. TOM DAVIS caught up with founder Martin Russell to learn about the firm’s early stage growth Tell us about your background and how you got into watchmaking? I have been in the watch industry…
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Nov- 2014 -25 NovemberEditor's Blog
Jewellery’s cross-border popularity is an irrefutable reason to get online
It’s very easy to imagine that starting an online version of a jewellers – if you haven’t already – is an insurmountable task. The attendant strategy, costs, development time and ongoing maintenance workload can look like an effort that would outweigh the reward. That is unless you have seen the…
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Oct- 2014 -28 OctoberWatch Focus
Elliot Brown watches to launch in Goldsmiths
British watch brand Elliot Brown is set to be sold in Aurum owned retailer, Goldsmiths. Watches from the brand have now launched in 9 Goldsmiths stores around the UK and also on the retailers website. Ian Elliot, co-founder of Elliot Brown, told Jewellery Focus: “We set out to build a…
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Jul- 2014 -9 JulyRetailers
F Hinds’ summer of business accolades and influence
Family jewellers F Hinds has been awarded two separate business accolades, mere weeks after director Andrew Hinds succeeded Pravin Pattni as chairman of the National Association of Goldsmiths (NAG). First up was a nod from Family Business United (FBU), which awarded F Hinds the ‘Business of the Year’ in the London and South…
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7 JulyTaking Stock
Nicholas Interiors
The retail jewellery industry is rapidly changing with franchise brand names becoming more demanding for their own space and specialised shop fitting requirements. This can be lucrative for the shop outlets and an improved shopping experience for the customer. However the independent jewellers are suffering with some franchises moving out…
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May- 2014 -2 MayAnalysis
FEATURE: The End of the Gold Rush
The gold price has stabilised, and the slump in gold hallmarking has bottomed out. And now that the commodity traders are losing interest, MICHAEL NORTHCOTT asks whether the scrap-buying craze has caused any lasting change to the market. Two very significant trends have appeared that will likely have a profound…
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Jun- 2012 -7 JuneProduct Launches
Fairtrade and Fairmined gold arrives on the British high street
Two of Britain's major high street jewellers have, for the first time, launched collections of Fairtrade and Fairmined gold bridal jewellery.
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