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- 2014 -10 JuneQ&A Sessions
FEATURE: JewelStreet.com’s Rob Passmore
JewelStreet.com is an online jewellery shop with a twist. Founder and MD Rob Passmore insists that giving designers and manufacturers a bigger slice of the sale price is the future. First, though, he’s asking Joe Public to get it off the ground with £100,000 of crowdfunding investment. MICHAEL NORTHCOTT caught…
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3 JuneEconomy
Economic growth reaches ‘record high’, says CBI
Economic growth reached a record high in May, posting the highest reading since data began in 2003, according to the latest CBI growth indicator. The survey of 726 respondents across the manufacturing, retail and service sectors registered record high growth in business activity, with a balance of +35%, up from…
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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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Apr- 2014 -28 AprilEconomy
UK economic outlook ‘exceptionally strong’, says CBI
The CBI has announced that the economic outlook for the next three months is “exceptionally strong and broad-based”, and growth expectations are the strongest they have been since the body began recording data in 2003. Pointing specifically to the retail and service sectors, the CBI’s Growth Indicator, published today, said…
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22 AprilEditor's Blog
Private equity kills the romance of our industry
The artisanal flare that characterises much of the UK jewellery industry couldn’t feel further away from the numerical mustard of the City. A CAD design programme is about as close as the jewellery world gets to digits flashing across the stock broker’s screen. But this week brings the news that…
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16 AprilManufacturers
Dreyfuss Group acquired by China Haidian
International Swiss watch company the Dreyfuss Group has been acquired by investment firm China Haidian Holdings. The Hong Kong-listed investment company acquired 100 per cent of the share capital from current owners, the Dreyfuss family, who have owned the business since 1895. The group is comprised of Rotary, Dreyfuss &…
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15 AprilEditor's Blog
The firm that can thrive on a 25% markup
I first met Rob Passmore, founder and MD of e-commerce startup Jewel Street, at Spring Fair back in February. To be honest, I was sceptical about his chances of success. After all it is not as though no-one has been trying to sell jewellery online for the last 10 years,…
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9 AprilRetailers
JewelStreet seeks £100k investment through crowdfunding
The online-only startup jewellery retailer, JewelStreet, has launched a round of ‘crowdfunding’ in an attempt to raise £100,000 of investment capital. Crowdfunding is a way of young companies attracting investment from the general public via an online platform, normally with only small amounts of cash required, but with no equity…
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Mar- 2014 -28 MarchTaking Stock
Parify – Blade
The viewing area in any jewellery store is where sales are clinched, that’s why Parify has developed Blade. The company says: “Ever had a customer ask to see a diamond ring? You take it from it’s perfectly illuminated display unit where it was sparkling away, and present it to the…
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Feb- 2014 -25 FebruaryEconomy
Argento goes for growth with £1m investment in seven new stores
Belfast-based jewellery chain Argento has announced a £1m investment plan that will include seven new shop openings in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland. The new premises are part of the company’s strategy to increase its representation in high-footfall locations, and will mean 50 new jobs are created…
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