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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Dec- 2014 -11 DecemberRetailers
Drakes announces opening of new store
Jewellery retailer Drakes Jewellers has officially announced the opening of its new store in Drakes Circus Shopping Centre, Plymouth. The shopping centre, which officially opened on December 3, is situated on the top of the shopping centre is split into two distinctive sections – a multi-brand section and a diamond…
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10 DecemberCurrent Affairs
Britain’s Shop Vacancy Rate remains at 13.3% in November
Britain’s shop vacancy rate has remained at 13.3% in November, according to The Local Data Company. Analysis of vacancy rates by occupation type shows that Shop vacancy in November is 13.3% (0.0%), Leisure vacancy was 7.8% (0.0%), and All (Retail & Leisure) vacancy rate was 11.8% (0.0%). Matthew Hopkinson, director…
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8 DecemberRetailers
Chisholm Hunter opens fourth store in 2014
Jeweller Chisholm Hunter has opened its second Edinburgh store, located in the city’s Gyle Shopping Centre. The opening marks the retailer’s fourth new store opening of 2014, including its Bromley store which opened in October and two other stores located in Kingston-upon-Thames and Glasgow. The shop has created 10 new…
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1 DecemberDesigners
Trollbeads officially opens first UK concept store
Trollbeads, the Danish charm bead jewellery brand, officially opened its first concept store in the UK, in Cambridge on November 20. The official launch was celebrated at a VIP launch evening on November 19, attended by members of staff, invited guests (including Jewellery Focus) and representatives from Trollbeads UK and…
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Nov- 2014 -20 NovemberRetailers
F Hinds opens Bristol city centre store after 50-year absence
After an absence of 50 years, Britain’s largest family jeweller F Hinds has returned to the city centre of Bristol with the opening of its 112th store. The store, which is located in the Galleries Shopping Centre, features five large, bright, environmentally-friendly window displays which will showcase the retailer’s range…
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19 NovemberProduct Launches
Intel and Opening Ceremony launch gold-coated ‘smart bracelet’
Intel has teamed up with New York fashion brand Opening Ceremony to create a gold-coated smart bracelet for women, which will be available in the US in early December. The bracelet, named My Intelligent Communications Accessory (the MICA), aims to combine “forward-thinking” fashion with technology and will provide access and…
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7 November
The Camden Watch shop to open Christmas pop-up
Watch brand The Camden Watch Shop is set to open up its second pop-up store on Camden high street. The opening follows the success of the brands launch and first pop-up in June this year. The pop-up will be open from November 18 to December 7 at 69 Camden High…
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Oct- 2014 -30 OctoberDesigners
Trollbeads announces first UK concept store
Trollbeads, the Danish charm bead jewellery brand, is set to open its first concept store in the UK this November. Trollbeads Cambridge, located at 21 Market Street, in the centre of the city, will be the first franchise in the country dedicated to selling the Trollbeads jewellery collection. The new…
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10 OctoberRetailers
Argenteus closes last high street store
Jewellery retailer Argenteus has closed the doors of its last remaining high street store, located on Cornmarket Street in Oxford. The closure comes 20 years after its very first store was opened in Oxford, since that time Argenteus had opened and closed nine different stores across the country, including a…
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Sep- 2014 -29 SeptemberRetailers
Joulberry opens first showroom in Hampton Court
British bespoke jewellery brand Joulberry has opened its debut showroom in the Bridge Road area of Hampton Court. The boutique will offer customers the opportunity to browse collections, meet the designers to discuss bespoke commissions and see the craftsmen at work in the studio. Sandra Dunn, the shop’s managing director,…
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