Logistics
Logistics lies at the heart of the jewellery trade—encompassing secure transport, customs clearance, inventory management, fulfilment services, and reverse logistics for repairs and returns. Efficient supply-chain operations directly affect cost control, delivery times, stock accuracy, and ultimately customer satisfaction. Jewellery Focus provides focused, trade-led analysis of logistics in the UK jewellery sector, covering specialist freight services, packaging innovations, import/export compliance, warehouse automation, traceability solutions, and sustainability in shipping. Our reporting empowers retailers, manufacturers, distributors, and e‑commerce businesses with actionable insights to optimise routing, reduce cost, manage risk, and scale operations across domestic and international channels.
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Jan- 2018 -22 JanuaryRetailers
UK online SMEs ‘confident’ in 2018 sales growth
UK SME online retailers have expressed confidence in the year ahead with 74% anticipating sales will increase in 2018, according to a study commissioned by Royal Mail.Some 70% of retailers asked said they had experienced an uplift in sales in 2017 compared to the previous year. The health and beauty…
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Nov- 2016 -21 NovemberEconomy
Retailers ‘bullish’ for Black Friday and Christmas sales
Retailers are optimistic that they will achieve a positive result in their biggest sales period, with most anticipating increased revenues on Black Friday and across the Christmas period. The Barclays Christmas Survey 2016 found the majority of retailers are more confident about Christmas trading compared with 2015 (60%), with just…
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Feb- 2016 -22 FebruaryAdvice
ADVICE: Returns could cause jewellery retailers a Valentine’s break up
With spending from this Valentine’s Day anticipated to have exceeded £980m – £15m more than in 2015 – according to the latest figures from Verdict Retail, there’s no denying that the 14 February is a well-established retail ‘event’. For jewellery retailers it marks not only a peak trading period, but the…
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Sep- 2015 -23 SeptemberProduct Launches
Edinburgh Assay Office launches diamond certification in Heathrow office
The Edinburgh Assay Office has introduced a new diamond certification option to its Hallmarking in Transit offering at its London Heathrow sub-office. The office said the service, which is provided by Solitaire Gem Labs (SGL), will enable its Hallmarking in Transit customers to add a “one-stop, secure diamond certification” to…
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Jun- 2015 -1 JuneE-Commerce
Delivery volumes for online sales up 11% in April
Online delivery volumes from UK retailers were up 11% in April compared with the same month last year, according to new figures. The IMRG MetaPack UK Delivery Index showed that the growth rate for delivery volumes from the year to date (May 29) has now reached 10.9%. This is below…
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Apr- 2015 -29 AprilE-Commerce
Click & collect to grow by 20% per year, says IMRG
Click & collect services will continue to grow 20% per year according to a new report from the e-commerce industry association, IMRG. The IMRG CollectPlus UK Click & Collect Review 2015 report said that there is a “clear and developing” evidence that mobile shoppers are primary click & collect shoppers,…
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Jan- 2015 -12 JanuaryProduct Launches
New ‘sub-office’ in Heathrow for Edinburgh Assay Office
The Edinburgh Assay Office has launched a new, one-stop, secure, in-transit hallmarking and onward delivery service based at its new facility at Heathrow Airport. The Edinburgh Assay Office said that in “the global jewellery market, the challenge of complying with separate regulations in each EU location has made it difficult…
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Oct- 2014 -22 OctoberEconomy
More consumers than ever ‘willing to risk’ last minute Christmas order
The proportion of consumers who feel willing to risk placing an order online with less than a week to go before Christmas, has risen to 47%, for 2014, compared with 20% last year. The figures, published in the ‘eCustomerServiceIndex’ results from eDigitalResearch and IMRG, said 47% consumers will order gifts online…
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6 OctoberEconomy
Record 900 million orders for e-tailers, says IMRG
UK retailers are on course to dispatch a record 900 million orders or 930 million parcels in 2014, with 120 million projected for December alone. This is according to the latest August IMRG MetaPack Delivery Index which has predicted a record year for e-tailers. As predicted, online retail sales fell…
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Jul- 2012 -9 JulyTrade Organisations
Independent retailer mentoring scheme launched
The National Skills Academy for Retail has launched a business mentoring service for independent retailers.
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