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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Sep- 2017 -8 SeptemberRetailers
Beaverbrooks celebrates double store opening
Beaverbrooks has celebrated its first ‘double store opening’ as new Bracknell and Guildford premises cut the ribbon yesterday (Thursday 7 September). The openings mark the 70th and 71st branches for the family-owned jeweller. The Bracknell store is situated in The Lexicon shopping centre – a new 580,000-square foot retail and…
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1 SeptemberDesigners
Meadowhall welcomes Tag Heuer opening
British Land, joint owner of Yorkshire’s Meadowhall shopping centre, has announced the opening of luxury Swiss watch manufacturer Tag Heuer. The newly launched 1,820 sq ft store is located next to Goldsmiths and opposite Reiss, and sells high end Swiss watches, eyewear, leather goods and accessories. Many of the brand’s…
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Aug- 2017 -24 AugustDesigners
Aurum continues UK expansion of Tag Heuer boutiques
Aurum Holdings has continued to build its presence in key UK cities this summer with the opening of two Swiss watch brand Tag Heuer franchise boutiques. The first of the boutiques opened this July in London’s historic Old Spitalfields Market. August then saw the arrival in Sheffield’s Meadowhall centre, marking…
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23 AugustDesigners
Monica Vinader opens stores in Dubai
British jewellery brand Monica Vinader has opened a new standalone store in the City Centre Mirdif in Dubai. Under expansion plans in the UAE, the brand also opened a concession stand at Galeries Lafayette in Dubai Mall. The City Centre Mirdif store was designed with the aim to create a…
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18 AugustDesigners
Italian jewellery designer opens first flagship store in London
Italian jewellery and homeware designer Giovanni Raspini has announced the opening of its first flagship store in the shopping district in London on South Molton Street. The new store will showcase the jewellery and homeware collections handmade in the heart of Tuscany, in Arezzo. Every piece draws inspiration from the…
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16 AugustDesigners
Seiko opens new boutique in London
Seiko celebrated the opening of its newest boutique in London with an inauguration ceremony on 10 August, hosted by president and COO of Seiko Watch Corporation, Shuji Takahashi. Takahashi had the honor of being joined by His Excellency Koji Tsuruoka, Japanese Ambassador to Britain and Jonathan Ross, television presenter. The…
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Jul- 2017 -31 JulyDesigners
Henryka prepares to unveil major brand overhaul
Silver and gemstone jewellery specialist Henryka is preparing to unveil a major rebrand. As part of this, it will be offering independent retailers a more focused sales support package that includes contemporary point-of-sale, marketing material and a tailored sales support programme. Henryka’s new marketing material reflects the brand’s new focus,…
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5 JulyDesigners
Thomas Sabo and Peter Jackson partner for new store concept
Thomas Sabo has announced a unique retail offering and partnership with independent jeweller, Peter Jackson. As part of the new store concept, Thomas Sabo will open side by side within the Peter Jackson the Jeweller Boutique in St George’s Centre in Preston on 21 July. The concept is the first…
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Jun- 2017 -28 JuneDesigners
Leatherman releases world-first multi tool bracelet
Leatherman’s multi-tool bracelet, the Tread, has been exclusively released in the UK by distributors Whitby and Co. In what the firm claims is a world-first, the bracelet serves as a wearable multi-tool piece of equipment. In a hope to capitalise on the upcoming wedding season, the Leatherman Tread is being…
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6 JuneFeatures
FEATURE: Samer Halimeh discusses Knightsbridge flagship opening
Jewellery designer Samer Halimeh, owner of eponymously named Samer Halimeh NY, gave Jewellery Focus a tour of his new London flagship store. Opening just six months ago, the jeweller described the decision to set up a store in the UK’s capital as a mere “coincidence”. Selling a piece to a…
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