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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Jan- 2016 -29 JanuaryTrade Organisations
Edinburgh Assay Office celebrates one year of Heathrow sub office
The Edinburgh Assay Office is celebrating its first full year of operating a sub office at Heathrow Airport. The Hallmarking in Transit (HIT) service, which launched in January last year, was developed to streamline the supply chain for gold and gem set importers. It allows importers of precious metal jewellery…
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7 JanuaryWatch Focus
Watchfinder named in Sunday Times’ list of ‘fastest growing companies’
Pre-owned luxury watch retailer Watchfinder has been ranked 99th in the annual The Sunday Times Virgin Fast Track 100 league table. The league table, now in its 19th year, ranks Britain’s 100 private companies with the fastest growing sales across the last three years. Watchfinder announced that its annual turnover…
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6 JanuaryCrime
Armed thieves raid Mayfair jewellery store three weeks after opening
A gang of armed raiders on mopeds raided a luxury jewellery store in London’s Mayfair district on Wednesday morning, just three weeks after it celebrated its opening. The Metropolitan Police are now appealing for information and witnesses to come forward following the smash-and-grab incident at Time Machine on Avery Row…
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Dec- 2015 -21 DecemberRetailers
Laing Edinburgh opens new £1.7m store
Laing Edinburgh has announced the opening of its new £1.7m store on the capital city’s George Street. The 9,000 sq ft store, which is believed to be the largest jewellery store outside of London, was officially opened on Friday, 18 December, in celebration of the company’s 175th anniversary. The three-storey…
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16 DecemberRetailers
Boodles expands in Manchester with new three-storey shop
Fine diamond jewellery retailer Boodles is set to expand its presence in Manchester with the opening of a new three-level store. The company is set to move its Manchester store into Manchester city centre’s King Street, where it will operate a 3,000 sq ft store which will undergo a major…
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15 DecemberDesigners
Miglio opens first concession store in Germany
Miglio Designer Jewellery has announced the opening of its first-ever concession store within German department store ‘Galeria Kaufhof’. The new concession store, located in Munich, features Miglio’s signature pink and white colour scheme, which the company said provides the “perfect backdrop” for its interchangeable and collectable jewellery range. Miglio is…
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7 DecemberRetailers
Goldsmiths WestQuay to reopen after £1m refurbishment
Goldsmiths WestQuay in Southampton is to reopen this week after an extensive £1m refurbishment. The high street jeweller has carried out a ‘luxury refit’ and also introduced a brand-new ’boutique.Goldsmiths’ iteration. The premises will be open to the public on 10 December. The refurbished Goldsmiths store will feature dedicated Omega, Breitling,…
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3 DecemberEvents
Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office opens first retail hallmarking facility
The Goldsmiths’ Company Assay Office has announced the opening of its first hallmarking facility within a retail jeweller. The in-house assay office, which opened in November, is located within a purpose-built facility at Graff Diamonds’ London workshop in Mayfair. The facility, which has its own dedicated member of the assay…
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Nov- 2015 -12 NovemberRetailers
Beaverbrooks opens newly refurbished Basingstoke store
Jewellery chain Beaverbrooks opened its new refurbished Beaverbrooks store yesterday, as part of the company’s initiative to invest in local towns and refresh existing stores. The new-look 2,120 sq ft store is located in Festival Place Shopping Centre and was unveiled to the public on Wednesday 11 November at 10am.…
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Oct- 2015 -23 OctoberEvents
Drakes named ‘Best Independent Fashion Retailer’ in Plymouth
Drakes has been named the ‘Best Independent Fashion Retailer’ at Plymouth’s City and Waterfront Awards. The family-run business, which last year opened a new store in Drakes Circus Shopping Centre, picked up the award at the James Bond-themed black tie event at Plymouth Pavilions on Thursday, October 22. The City…
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