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 trendsโwhether in precious metals, gemstones, or brand developmentโis 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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Mar- 2018 -21 MarchAdvice
Zip up your website
Too many jewellers think of their website as a necessary evil. โWe cannot compete with those large jewellery websites like Amazon so why make the investmentโ, is what I hear from most jewellers. They they are correct on one hand. They will sell a fraction of what Amazon and others…
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8 MarchCrime
Violent crime against retail staff doubles
There has been in โconcerning spikeโ in the number of violent incidents against retail staff, according to a survey by British Retail Consortium (BRC). The trade bodyโs Retail Crime Survey found the rate of incidents of violence with injury has doubled since the previous year to six per 1,000 members…
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2 MarchDesigners
Goldsmiths Meadowhall reopens after refurbishment
High street jeweller Goldsmiths has unveiled its newly refurbished Meadowhall showroom, following a ยฃ10,000 investment. As part of the revamped showroom, customers will also be able to purchase a variety of jewellery collections such as Goldsmiths exclusives Jenny Packham and Mappin and Webb, Italian brands Fope, Gucci and Roberto Coin…
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Feb- 2018 -19 FebruarySponsored
Ro Copenhagen
A new fine jewellery brand from Denmark, Ro Copenhagen has announced its launch in the UK market, making its official trade show debut at International Jewellery London (IJL) in September 2018. Following two years of successful collections in Denmark, Ro Copenhagen is taking the natural evolutionary step of launching in…
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9 FebruaryRetailers
Goldsmiths unveils refurbished Jersey showroom
High street jeweller Goldsmiths has revealed its newly refurbished Jersey showroom, following a ยฃ50,000 investment. Located on the islandโs capital of St. Helier, the store has been re-opened with a new shop-fit. The showroom itself has been situated on the corner of Queen Street for almost 20 years, and lies…
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6 FebruaryEconomy
Q4 gold demand recovery fails to mitigate full year declines in 2017
Gold demand rallied in the closing months of 2017, gaining 6% year-on-year in Q4 to reach 1,095.8 tonnes (t). However, overall demand for the full year fell by 7% to 4,071.7t compared with 2016, according to the World Gold Councilโs latest Gold Demand Trends report. Inflows into exchange-traded funds (ETFs)…
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Jan- 2018 -15 JanuaryEconomy
Israel Diamond Exchange announces diamond-based cryptocurrencies
The Israel Diamond Exchange (IDE) will unveil two new diamond-based cryptocurrencies at the next 2018 International Diamond Week in Israel (IDWI) Created by startup Carats.Io, the group will host a seminar introducing its new diamond-backed financial instruments and explain the benefits it could have for the diamond industry. Carats.Io will…
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10 JanuaryE-Commerce
Investment boosts online sales for Buckley London
Fashion jewellery brand Buckley London has announced that it increased its online sales by 29% compared to the previous year. It attributed this growth to investment in the โcustomer journeyโ over the last 12 months, saying it has implemented a host of improvements in 2017 to further enhance the shopping…
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Dec- 2017 -22 DecemberNews
Warren James announce increase in profits
Jewellery retailer Warren James has announced a rise in profits to ยฃ42.7 million for the year ended 31 March 2017. The figures filed on Companies House this week show that profit before taxation has risen by 12.3% – up from ยฃ37.7 million in 2016. Privately owned by managing directors John…
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22 DecemberFeatures
Company Q&A – Monnickendam Diamonds with director Neil Holness
What is the history of Monnickendam Diamonds? We’re a family run company that’s been around since 1890. Weโre on our fourth generation and fifth due to join in the future. We have been diamond polishers since the beginning and we are one of the few left in the country, it’s…
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