Opening
Openings—whether of new stores, concessions, pop-up spaces, or showrooms—serve as vital signals for growth, retail strategy, and market confidence within the UK jewellery trade. These events reflect investment trends, consumer demand, and brand expansion across high streets, shopping centres, luxury precincts, and online platforms. Jewellery Focus delivers immersive coverage of jewellery-related openings—highlighting launch strategies, merchandising layouts, location selection rationale, promotional activity, footfall outcomes, and post-launch performance. Our trade-centric reporting provides retailers, brand managers, developers, and suppliers with actionable insights into best practices for retail activation, partnership models, inventory planning, and measuring commercial success tied to new entry points in the sector.
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May- 2023 -16 MayRetailers
Lily Arkwright opens London showroom
Lily Arkwright has announced the opening of its new London showroom as a result of strong customer demand. This new showroom is the first venture south for the sustainable fine jewellery brand established in Manchester. The brand’s current showroom is based in Didsbury and situated on the first floor of…
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Apr- 2023 -27 AprilRetailers
Seol and Gold launches Brighton tattoo artist collab
Seol and Gold has announced the launch of The Sophie Floyd Edit, its first collaboration with Brighton-based content creator and tattoo artist Sophie Floyd, on 3 May 2023. As a predominately online brand that was born and based in East Sussex, Seol and Gold set up its first stand-alone store…
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24 AprilDesigners
Bradley’s Jewellers opens retail concession at Castle Howard
Bradley’s Jewellers York has opened its first fine jewellery and silverware concession at the North Yorkshire-based stately home, Castle Howard. The concession, which will operate from April to September 2023, will focus on the Coronation Collection that has been exclusively designed by Kay Bradley to include jewellery, silverware and gifts.…
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24 AprilRetailers
Cara Jewellers opens first international boutique in Mayfair
Dubai-based Cara Jewellers has opened its first international boutique in Burlington Arcade, Mayfair. Cara Jewellers was first established in Dubai in 2005 by Kiran and Anil Pethani, who have more than three decades of experience in the international jewellery industry. Since then, Cara Jewellers has established its presence across 14…
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4 AprilRetailers
Michael Jones Jeweller unveils revamped Northampton showroom
Michael Jones Jeweller has revamped its showroom in Grosvenor Shopping Northampton as part of a seven-figure investment programme to create a “luxurious” new look for customers. The luxury jeweller concealed a diamond in a specially commissioned ice sculpture to commemorate the opening of its expanded town centre store. The independent…
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Mar- 2023 -15 MarchRetailers
Berry’s Jewellers opens new Leeds boutique
Family-owned luxury jewellers, Berry’s has opened a new boutique on Leeds High Street, dedicated to selling Vacheron Constantin watches. Vacheron Constantin is a luxury maison established in Switzerland with more than 265 years of heritage and is known for its “intricate handcrafted timepieces”. With the opening of the Vacheron Constantin…
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Feb- 2023 -23 FebruaryRetailers
David M Robinson opens Tudor boutique in Manchester
Independent jeweller David M Robinson (DMR) has announced that it is opening a new Tudor boutique in Manchester. The new boutique opened its doors on 18 February and is located in the famous St Ann’s Square. This opening marks the first Tudor boutique to open in partnership with an independent…
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22 FebruaryNews
Goldsmiths reopens expanded Lakeside showroom
Goldsmiths has announced the opening of its refurbished showroom in Lakeside shopping centre, Thurrock, with its expanded interior housing more brands than previously on offer. The store now includes a new Rolex watch bar, “where clients can browse the latest collections with highly trained watch experts”. Luxury fashion house Gucci…
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22 FebruaryRetailers
Berry’s Jewellers opens new Omega showroom
Berry’s Jewellers has announced the opening of a new Omega showroom in Nottingham. The new showroom, located next to the Berry’s store, opened last week and is the only Omega showroom in Nottinghamshire. The store is one of many that Berry’s are planning to open in 2023, with the business…
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10 FebruaryRetailers
Watches of Switzerland falls short of expectations amid Christmas strikes
Watches of Switzerland has reported that its revenues increased 17% to £407m in the 13 weeks to January 29 this year, narrowly falling short of analysts’ consensus expectations of £425m. The company said its lower than expected sales growth was because of rail and postal strikes over Christmas and general…
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