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- 2018 -31 MayEditor's Blog
High street health
Two interesting things struck me in our news coverage this month. First a new selling feature on photo-sharing social media app, Instagram, was ignored by more than 80% of retailers in its first week. A new ‘Shopping’ feature was rolled out to business accounts in the UK, as well as…
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11 MayRetailers
Smartphone purchases account for 54% of UK retail transactions, study finds
Retail purchases made on smartphones have seen a 66% increase in Q1 of 2018 compared to Q4 2017 according to marketing technology company Criteo’s Global Commerce Review. The research also showed that mobile devices accounted for over half (54%) of retail transactions in the UK. Shopping apps are helping to…
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8 MayFeatures
Voice on the High Street – Comfort Station
What is the backstory of the company? I first started Comfort Station back in 2000 just after having left the Ruskin School of Art in Oxford as a part-time way of funding my art practice. I started selling pieces I’d made at Portobello Market, five mins away from where I’d…
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Apr- 2018 -19 AprilManufacturers
De Beers to pilot programme to support artisanal and small-scale diamond mining
De Beers has announced it is preparing to pilot a programme to create a secure and transparent route to market for ethically-sourced artisanal and small-scale mined (ASM) diamonds. Named GemFair, it will use dedicated technology to record ASM production at mine sites that meet demonstrable ethical standards, with the aim…
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17 AprilDesigners
Kiki McDonough expands presence in US with Bloomingdale’s deal
The London-based fine jewellery brand will see a selection of its jewellery available at Bloomingdales Newport Beach, Bloomingdales White Plains New York and on the Bloomingdales website. Kiki McDonough, founder and creative director, said: “I have always loved Bloomingdales so I am delighted to have my jewellery there. We have…
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16 AprilRetailers
Low-skilled jobs rebadged as apprenticeships by firms, says report
Employers are relabelling low-quality, low skilled and and often low-wage roles as ‘apprenticeships’, according to a new report. As part of the Government’s wider package of reforms to apprenticeships, groups of employers have come together to write the new ‘apprenticeship standards’. Some employers have used this opportunity to generate high-quality…
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13 AprilDesigners
Diamond Heaven to launch fourth store in Scotland
Independent jeweller Diamond Heaven will be opening its fourth store in Glasgow, Scotland. The store will be located in Princes Square, near Argyll Arcade and the group said it will bring high quality engagement rings, wedding rings, eternity rings and other diamond jewellery to the Scottish people. The Glasgow store…
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11 AprilInternational
Bella Hadid opens new TAG Heuer concept boutique in Japan
Model and brand ambassador Bella Hadid has launched Tag Heuer’s new boutique concept in the Ginza district of Tokyo. TAG Heuer said it is “reinventing the customer boutique experience”, by unveiling the very first completely modular, fully connected store. To mark the occasion Jean-Claude Biver, CEO of TAG Heuer, invited…
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5 AprilE-Commerce
Instagram jeweller ‘Say It With Diamonds’ to open store in Liverpool
Online jeweller, Say It With Diamonds, is to open a physical store in Liverpool’s Cavern Walks. The jewellery brand founded in 2016, by Charlotte Donoghue and Steph Porter, originally launched with products only available for purchase on social media platform Instagram. However at the end of 2017 Say It With…
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Mar- 2018 -26 MarchEvents
Laings launches Edinburgh outlet boutique
Luxury Jewellers, Laings, has launched its own outlet boutique for a limited time in Edinburgh. The boutique located on 25 Frederick Street is only open from now until August. As part of the opening Laings are offering up to 75% off a selection of its jewellery. Home to a selection…
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