Investment
Investment is a crucial theme in the jewellery trade, influencing business growth, supply chain resilience, and consumer demand for high-value pieces. For UK jewellers, manufacturers, and distributors, understanding investment trends—whether in precious metals, gemstones, or brand development—is essential. Jewellery Focus offers in-depth coverage of financial developments across the sector, including company funding, acquisitions, market analysis, and insights into consumer behaviour around jewellery as an investment asset. Our reporting supports professionals seeking to navigate the financial dynamics shaping the industry.
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Jan- 2023 -27 JanuaryRetailers
Vacancy rates improve to 13.8% in Q4
The overall vacancy rate improved to 13.8% in the fourth quarter of 2022, which was 0.1 percentage points better than Q3 and 0.6 percentage points better than the same period last year, according to the latest BRC/LDC monitor. This was the fifth consecutive quarter of falling vacancy rates. All locations…
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Dec- 2022 -23 DecemberRetailers
Beaverbrooks opens new Cambridge store
Diamond, jewellery and watch retailer, Beaverbrooks, has opened its first store in Cambridge’s Grand Arcade Shopping Centre, aiming to bring “significant” investment in luxury retail ahead of the busy Christmas period. Creating 12 new roles and investing over £800k in the area, the retailer will also be opening the first…
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19 DecemberFeatures
IEG: T.Gold 2023 expands jewellery technologies and machinery showcase
The Vicenza exhibition centre will once more host the most important international exhibition of advanced technologies for the jewellery industry: T.GOLD, the number one international showcase for innovation, featuring the most advanced jewellery machinery and the most recent developments in gold and jewellery manufacturing. Organised by IEG – Italian Exhibition…
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8 DecemberDesigners
Fei Liu’s brooch sells for five-figures at auction
Birmingham jeweller Fei Liu has sold a one of a kind brooch for a five-figure sum at auction. The brooch is entitled “Poppies in love” and “reimagines” the poppy flower in an abstract wearable form. The two poppy heads are each encrusted with 13.2ct rubies, 12.62ct moonstone, and a bejewelled…
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Nov- 2022 -23 NovemberRetailers
Beaverbrooks reopens Norwich store after refurb
Family owned jewellery retailer Beaverbrooks has reopened its Norwich branch following a £1.25m refurbishment for christmas. The refurbishment to extend the store and boutique has created a more “immersive” shopping experience and showcases the retailer’s jewellery expertise to customers. The store has also introduced an exclusive ‘bridal room’, where shoppers…
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18 NovemberRetailers
Laings invests £3M in major southampton move
Luxury jewellery retailer Laings has announced it is opening a new £3m showroom in Southampton. Laings will move from their current showroom to a site in the Westquay shopping centre formerly occupied by Victoria’s Secret. The move is expected to create “several” new jobs in the area. Opening in summer…
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18 NovemberRetailers
7879 to feature newest collection in Harrods this Christmas
7879 has announced that it will be stocked in Harrods for the Christmas season, in which it will feature its latest collection. The collection – comprised of unisex pieces in weighted and solid 24-karat recycled gold or responsibly- mined platinum – is designed in-house, with each piece hand finished, Assay…
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16 NovemberNews
7879 secures £5.5m investment in seed funding round
Jewellery house 7879 has revealed it has secured £5.5m in seed funding. Co-founded by Sach Kukadia (founder of Secret Sales) and Ben Flowers (ex-BCG) 7879 is a jewellery house producing items from bullion and pricing them transparently by weight and in real-time according to the international bullion market. It aims…
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14 NovemberAppointments
Laings appoints general manager for new Glasgow flagship
Laings has announced the appointment of Graham Bruce as the general manager of its new flagship showroom in Glasgow. As part of his new role Bruce will be tasked with preparing Laings’ team for the grand opening of its new Rowan House showroom on Glasgow’s prestigious ‘style mile’ in 2023.…
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Oct- 2022 -18 OctoberQ&A Sessions
Raj Jain on the fascinating intricacies of vintage timepieces
Could you tell us a little bit about your career and what led up to you opening WatchCentre? I began buying watches in Bombay, on a holiday trip to India. I’ve always been based in London, but I would go to India every year, and in 1985, I visited the…
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