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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Mar- 2025 -13 MarchRetailers
Austen and Blake launches new St Patrick’s Day collection
Austen and Blake has unveiled its new St Patrick’s Day collection with hints of green. The new collection comes as Google trends revealed a 110% increase in searches for ‘St Patrick’s Day outfits for women’. The new collection features a wide selection of emerald pieces, including the Pear Halo engagement…
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13 MarchTrade Organisations
Houlden’s Leaders in Luxury event sees record post-covid attendance
Houlden has revealed that its most recent Leaders in Luxury: The London Legacy event saw a record post-covid attendance alongside a high-impact catwalk showcase. Held at a prestigious Hilton venue, the event brought together members, supplier partners, and leading industry figures. The opening night set the tone with an exclusive…
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6 MarchDesigners
Chaumet launches Bee de Chaumet collection
Chaumet has announced the launch of its Bee de Chaumet collection, a dozen pieces with bees and honeycomb as flagship motifs. The bee and honeycomb cell motifs combine to “infuse the design with a unique identity as well as a strong symbolic significance, like a hive harmoniously constructed over time”.…
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Feb- 2025 -12 FebruaryDesigners
Atelier VM unveils the Virtuosa ring
Atelier VM has announced the launch of its latest creation, the Virtuosa ring, in time for Valentine’s Day. Atelier VM stated that the new ring is inspired by “unique bonds and new unions”. The ring symbolises the union of platinum’s hardness and lustre with the radiant beauty of lab-grown diamonds.…
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5 FebruaryRetailers
Hettich celebrates 125th anniversary with new flagship store
Family-run jeweller Hettich has celebrated its 125th anniversary by opening a new flagship store in St Helier. The new store is located at 2-4 King Street in the centre of St Helier, facing the current Hettich store at 1 King Street. The new flagship store is in a building that…
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Jan- 2025 -22 JanuaryDesigners
Astrid and Miyu to launch first Manchester store
Astrid and Miyu has announced the launch of its first standalone store in the Royal Exchange in Manchester. Located on Market Street in a Grade 2 listed building, the store is set to open on 1 February. The store will house all of Astrid and Miyu’s jewellery ranges, as well…
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20 JanuaryDesigners
Allied Gold Group unveils in-house Assay Office
Allied Gold Group has marked the opening of its in-house assay office during an official ribbon cutting ceremony by Ashley Carson, Assay Master and CEO of the Sheffield Assay Office. The occasion was also attended by members of the British Hallmarking Council. The first hallmark struck at the new facility…
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13 JanuaryRetailers
Chisholm Hunter profits plummet to £2.63m
Chisholm Hunter has revealed that its profit before tax dropped from £5.35m to £2.63m for the year ended 31 March 2024. The group’s turnover also slightly dipped from £57.91m to £57.884m in the face of a competitive marketplace. Its gross profit also fell from £10.38m to £9.95m. However, looking ahead,…
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8 JanuaryRetailers
Loveness Lee launches new Snake Chinese Zodiac Signet Ring
Loveness Lee has launched its new Snake Chinese Zodiac Signet Ring in celebration of the Chinese Lunar New Year taking place on 29 January 2025. Crafted with a textured band and contrasting smooth polished surface, the new unisex signet style ring encapsulates the essence of Chinese heritage through intricately hand-written…
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Dec- 2024 -5 DecemberDesigners
Romany Starrs opens new boutique in East Kilbride Village
Scottish fine jeweller Romany Starrs’ has announced the opening of a new boutique in the heart of East Kilbride Village. The shop, located at 27a Montgomery Street, will act as both store and workshop for the designer. A feature of the new boutique is its in-house workshop, visible through stylish…
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