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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Nov- 2018 -14 NovemberFeatures
Selling Advice: Tune up your salespeople in time for Christmas
Golden selling opportunities are missed during the holiday season because it is too easy to sell. In fact, how much actual selling will you see? Not much because in December, some store owners think all they need are warm bodies to take care of the traffic. “Get those part timers”…
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12 NovemberEvents
Jewellery & Watch to host ‘consolidated’ 2019 show
The Jewellery & Watch exhibition has announced a ‘consolidated 2019 show’, as its new owner, ITE Group, develops a plan to boost the show in 2020. Having purchased the exhibition and its sister show, Spring Fair, in May 2018, the exhibitions and conferences organising firm has outlined plans to grow…
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Oct- 2018 -30 OctoberFeatures
Selling Advice: Do you put your sales assistants first?
When you looked at your sales for last year did you see… A 10% increase in sales or more over last year A 5% increase No increase If it is A, take a bow. It it’s B, ask yourself why it wasn’t more. It it’s C, find out who is…
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10 OctoberFeatures
Selling Advice: Selling during Christmas
Golden selling opportunities are missed during the holiday season because it is too easy to sell. In fact, how much actual selling will you see? Not much because in December, some store owners think all they need are warm bodies to take care of the traffic. “Get those part timers”…
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2 OctoberRetailers
Business rates could be changed to help retailers, says Greg Clark
Secretary of state for business Greg Clark has admitted that business rates could be changed in order to help high street retailers. Clark told a fringe event at the Conservative party conference that a change in business rates would be “one way” of recognising the role that high street retailers…
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1 OctoberFeatures
Understanding gold’s volatility
As any company reliant on a handful of large customers knows well, exposure can kill. Having a large contract pulled after investing in people or kit is a painful – and sometimes catastrophic – bump in the road. But it is not always possible to avoid this scenario – you…
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Sep- 2018 -27 SeptemberSponsored
Company Q&A – Learning with Experts
Tell me a bit about the company? Learning with Experts provides high quality online learning that’s both enjoyable and accessible. People all over the world can now learn from the greatest experts, from the comfort of their own homes. And we’re delighted to have teamed up with Joanna Hardy and…
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19 SeptemberFeatures
The wisdom that comes with age versus the enthusiasm of youth
It’s funny how grandparents often have a better relationship with their teenage grandchildren than the parents, I think it’s mutual respect of the differences between generations, whereas we expect our parents to be as cool as us. We wish dad would dance and listen to Radio 1 not 2. So…
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13 SeptemberFeatures
Whose fault was it anyway?
A young couple come into your shop looking for an engagement ring and after about 20 minutes the young man gets up and goes over to the watch counter Another couple were in and bought an engagement ring, but they never returned to buy their wedding rings A young lady…
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7 SeptemberAuctions
Epiris acquires Bonhams auction house
Epiris has announced it has agreed the acquisition of Bonhams, the global auction house, from private shareholders for an undisclosed fee. Founded in 1793, Bonhams is one of the world’s largest and most renowned auctioneers of fine art and antiques, motor cars and jewellery. The business holds more than 250…
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