Mother’s Day

Signet Jewellers sees sales slip to $1.7bn

Signet Jewellers has reported revenues of $1.7bn (£1.36bn) down 9.3% from Q1 FY23, according to its results for the 13 weeks ended April 29, 2023. Virginia C. Drosos, CEO of Signet Jewellers claimed that macroeconomic headwinds had worsened late in the quarter, while there were fewer engagements resulting from Covid’s…

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Footfall rises by 7.8% as weather improves

The second anniversary of the start of the first lockdown in 2020 delivered positive results, with a rise in footfall of +7.8% last week from the week before across all UK retail destinations, according to retail experts Springboard. It found increases in all three destination types; +9.8% in high streets,…

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Bira predicts strongest Mother’s Day in 2 years

The British Independent Retailers Association (Bira) has predicted the strongest Mother’s Day trading in over two years. Following the lifting of restrictions early this year, the head of Bira believes this will be the strongest trading period of the year so far as shoppers will be able to hit the…

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Olivia Burton launches new Dancing Dragonfly collection

Designer Olivia Burton has announced the launch of its new ‘Dancing Dragonfly’ collection. The new collection, compromises of two timepieces and complementing jewellery, such as studs, chain bracelets and rings, coming in the colourways of: gold, silver and rose gold. The range is inspired by the “transformative nature” of the…

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Voice on the High Street: Diadem Jewellery

What is the history of the business? We opened our doors in December 2014. The directors (Daniel and Elizabeth) had worked together in different jewellers over the last decade and when working for a small family jewellers they were unfortunate enough to be made redundant. They used the redundancy money…

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Voice on the High Street: Diadem Jewellery

Name: Diadem Jewellery Location: Altrincham, Cheshire Year Established: 2014 Number of Staff: 3 (Daniel Monks – jeweller and director, Elizabeth Agius – director, Alexander Young – online manager) Website: www.diademjewellery.co.uk [divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] What is the history of the business? We opened our doors in December 2014. The directors…

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