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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Jun- 2019 -27 JuneAnalysis
Turning savvy shoppers into loyal customers
Omnichannel shopping has presented retailers with new opportunities to utilise a multitude of customer touchpoints relating to purchases, offers and product launches, to push their brand to the forefront of consumers’ minds and obtain mass customer engagement data, often within a single day. This data can be utilised by brands…
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26 JuneAdvice
Six tips to utilise the government’s R&D tax credit scheme
Research and development (R&D) tax credits are a government incentive designed to reward UK companies for investing in innovation. However, many retailers are not aware of the full extent of the areas that qualify as R&D and could potentially be missing out on thousands of pounds worth of tax credits.…
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11 JuneAnalysis
Making finance more engaging
An engagement ring is one of the most exciting purchases many individuals (or couples) can make. Marriage proposals are causes for joy and celebration. However, the average engagement ring spend in the UK stood at (a not insignificant) £1,483 last year – a huge 89% increase on the year before,…
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May- 2019 -24 MayRetailers
Retail investment intentions lowest in survey history, says CBI
Retail Investment intentions for the year ahead have weakened to the lowest balance in survey history, at -65%, according to the latest CBI Distributive Trades Survey. It’s a sharp drop from February 2019 (-33%), and comes as retail sales in the year to May fell at the fastest pace since…
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9 MayAnalysis
How jewellers can utilise their independent status
As an independent jewellery retailer or brand, you are in a unique position to highlight your status as a smaller business, and capitalise on this. According to The Federation of Small Businesses, 52% of all private sector turnover comes from small businesses. This is but one statistic indicative of the…
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8 MayRetailers
Retail sales ‘below expectation’ in April
Retail sales fell below expectations in April, despite a total sales increase of 4.1% against the decrease of 3.1% the previous year, according to the latest BRC-KPMG Retail Sales Monitor. This was due to figures being “distorted” by the timing of the run-up to Easter, which was in April this…
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7 MayProduct Launches
Reservoir watches to be stocked on Farfetch
Following the launch of its Hydrosphere diving watch, Reservoir watches has continued its “strong rollout” in the UK with a recent launch onto global luxury retail platform, Farfetch.com. Reservoir watches are distributed in the UK and Ireland by the Verigroup which is run by founder and managing director, Neil Duckworth.…
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Apr- 2019 -25 AprilRetailers
74,400 retail jobs lost in first three months of 2019
The retail sector saw a 2.4% year-on-year drop in the number of employees in the first quarter of this year, equating to a loss of 74,400 jobs. According to the British Retail Consortium (BRC), this is a higher reduction than the 2.2% drop seen in 2018. The trade organisation said…
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18 AprilFeatures
How the jewellery industry can sparkle online
The watch and fine jewellery industry continues to sparkle. According to a report from McKinsey, annual global sales are expected to grow at a healthy rate of 5 to 6% each year, totaling €250bn (£213bn) by 2020. Moreover, jewellery sales in particular are growing at a faster rate than any…
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1 AprilRetailers
BRC calls to end business rates hike
The British Retail Consortium (BRC) has said action is needed to “protect shops and jobs” as business rates for retailers are set to rise by £200m for 2019/20. In a submission made to the Treasury Select Committee today (1 April), the BRC has set out a framework to “fix the…
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