Manufacturers
Manufacturers are the backbone of the UK jewellery trade, transforming raw materials into finished pieces that drive the retail and wholesale markets. For jewellers, suppliers, and designers, understanding the manufacturing landscape is key to sourcing quality products and staying ahead of trends in production techniques and materials. Jewellery Focus delivers specialist coverage on manufacturers, including business updates, innovations in technology and craftsmanship, supply chain developments, and insights into sustainability and ethical practices shaping the sector.
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Feb- 2018 -9 FebruaryEditor's Blog
A fond farewell to Patrick and Vivian Fuller
This month brought the news that WB The Creative Jewellery Group, which owns Domino, Gecko and Weston Beamor, has been sold to the Heimerle + Meule Group by owners Patrick and Vivian Fuller. I have met Patrick many times since becoming editor of Jewellery Focus and what always struck me…
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Dec- 2017 -22 DecemberBrand Profiles
Could the GIAโs diamond detector save the diamond industry?
The Gemological Institute of America (GIA) has created a new device which it says is more effective than anything else in the market at detecting synthetic diamonds. Will the new technology be the silver bullet the industry needs to solve this problem? SHEKINA TUAHENE speaks to Tom Moses, executive vice…
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Nov- 2017 -29 NovemberDesigners
Domino cites personalisation and yellow gold as 2018โs jewellery trends
Domino has predicted that โpersonalisation and provenanceโ will be key themes for the brandโs fine jewellery ranges in the coming year. The brandโs creative director, Naomi Newton-Sherlock, said that the two concepts would also be major retail trends which would have an โongoing impactโ on the UK high street. In…
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20 NovemberDesigners
VOD Dubai International Jewellery Show hails โsuccessfulโ debut
The organisers of the VOD Dubai International Jewellery Show has reported a successful inaugural event. The show concept was created to โlink all corners of the global jewellery industry chain in Dubaiโ and to underline the emirateโs โcommercial standing and strategic statusโ in the global market chain. Organised by DV…
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8 NovemberE-Commerce
Diamnet launches personal shopping service for diamonds
Trading platform Diamnet has launched its personal shopping service ahead of the full release of its software. The platform, which was launched by former managing director of Chalfen of London, Howard Levine, has a database of over 50,000 diamonds. It aims to connect retailers with manufacturers and diamond dealers from…
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Oct- 2017 -23 OctoberManufacturers
New diamond trading platform launches
A new diamond trading platform has been launched by the former managing director of Chalfen of London, Howard Levine. Levine has opened Diamnet with a soft launch and over 44,000 loose diamonds on the list. There are a further 25,000 diamonds for approval. The platform aims to get retailers connected…
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5 OctoberDesigners
Canadian jeweller Birks readies for UK launch
Canadian jewellery brand Birks is set for its UK launch with the support of Aurum Group Holdings. From Monday 9 October, a specially curated collection of the brandโs contemporary jewellery will be stocked in Mappin & Webb stores across the country. The brand was founded in Montreal in 1879 and…
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Sep- 2017 -12 SeptemberProduct Launches
Industryโs first synthetic detector for set jewellery comes to market
The International Institute of Diamond Grading and Research (IIDGR), a De Beers company, has announced what it claims is the first synthetic screening device for set jewellery, SYNTHdetect, now available for delivery. SYNTHdetect is the only synthetic screening device that has been designed specifically for jewellery retailers, allowing them to…
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8 SeptemberEvents
IJL closes with Insignety named โExhibitor of the Yearโ
Insignety, the new retail, in-store design experience launched at the show, was named as the winner of this year’s new Editors’ Choice Award – ‘Exhibitor of the Year’.Sam Willoughby, event director, said: โInsignety deservedly walked away with the IJL Editorsโ Choice โExhibitor of the Yearโ Award. A perfectly polished concept…
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Aug- 2017 -11 AugustDesigners
Howard Levine steps down from Chalfen of London to start new venture
After more than 12 years, Howard Levine has announced his departure from Chalfen of London. Citing his reasons for leaving as wanting to โfollow his passionโ, Chalfen of London will continue as normal with Sonny Akhtar in his place. Levine will be setting up new company Diamnet to give jewellers…
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