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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Jul- 2021 -12 JulyRetailers
Wild Iris opens second Midlands boutique
Wild Iris of Ironbridge, an independent ladies’ fashion and gift boutique, has launched its second store at The Merry Hill Centre in Dudley. Having opened on 10 July, the store specialises in jewellery and accessories, ladies’ clothing, homeware, and handcrafted gifts and art works. The opening follows Wild Iris’ 2019…
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May- 2021 -14 MayRetailers
Daniella Draper Jewellery to launch sixth site
Jewellery retailer Daniella Draper Jewellery has announced the opening of its sixth site, located on Grimsby’s Victoria Street. Founded in Cleethorpes over a decade ago, the launch represents a further expansion into Grimsby, where the firm’s workshop is also based. The shop features a “promising, bright space” with an antique…
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12 MayEconomy
UK economy shrinks 1.5% in Q1 despite signs of recovery
The UK economy shrank by 1.5% during the first three months of the year due to the impact of the national lockdown. According to the latest figures by the ONS however, the contraction shows a marked improvement on the first lockdown last year when gross domestic product (GDP) contracted by…
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4 MayManufacturers
Nusa expands into UK wholesale market
Nusa, a Balinese-inspired jewellery brand, has announced its expansion into the UK wholesale market. The firm has also revealed that it is on the search for retailers to partner with as stockists for its handcrafted silver jewellery collections. To entice potential collaborators, the brand said that it is available with…
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Apr- 2021 -26 AprilFeatures
Breastmilk jewellery, the ultimate personalised gift
Kerry Miles, founder of Precious by Kerry has been creating unique personalised jewellery for the past five years. Inspired by her family and her own personal experience, the jewellery can be made from breastmilk, ashes, placenta or even from an umbilical cord and aims to offer customers the “ultimate personalised…
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16 AprilRetailers
Fenton opens new showroom in West London
Fenton has announced the opening of a new showroom space on Duke Street, West London, which will allow customers to “try before they buy”. The jeweller revealed that despite 75% of its sales made online, it saw a demand for an “IRL space” where customers could speak with the resident…
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15 AprilRetailers
Bucherer opens new boutique in Covent Garden
Bucherer has announced the opening of a new boutique in London’s Covent Garden district, unveiling a new chapter in its continued UK expansion. The new boutique is finished with materials such as bronze metal and locally sourced natural stone. Originally two shops combined, the square floor plan offers over 4,000…
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7 AprilRetailers
Emily Mortimer Jewellery opens new flagship store
Emily Mortimer Jewellery has announced plans to open a new flagship store in Deben Wharf, Woodbridge on 14th April 2021. After celebrating the fifth anniversary of the brand last year, Emily Foskett, founder claimed that the opening of the store was the next step for natural progression. The company was…
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1 AprilRetailers
Astrid and Miyu to launch new store in Notting Hill
Astrid and Miyu has announced it will be launching a new store in Notting Hill which will open on 15 April 2021. The launch will be the first of a run of openings by jewellers that falls in line with its “ambitious 2021 expansion” plan to build on its £10m…
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Mar- 2021 -30 MarchRetailers
Watches of Switzerland signs lease for new Trafford Centre store
The Watches of Switzerland Group has announced it has signed a new 10-year lease with The Trafford Centre, for a flagship store in a new location, which is expected to open in the summer. The retailer will relocate its Goldsmiths store to The Trafford Centre’s Main Dome on the upper…
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