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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Apr- 2014 -29 AprilManufacturers
De Beers’ Forevermark inscribes its millionth diamond
De Beers diamond brand Forevermark has announced that it has inscribed its one millionth stone at the Forevermark Diamond Institute in Antwerp. Stephen Lussier, Forevermark CEO, said: “This is a significant day in Forevermark’s young history. Inscribing 1,000,000 Forevermark diamonds in the six years since launch is a huge achievement…
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24 AprilEvents
BJA and NAG plan for merger in 2015
The British Jewellers’ Association (BJA) and the National Association of Goldsmiths (NAG) are planning to form a single trade body by the end of 2015, it has been announced. Scant details about the merger were revealed by outgoing BJA chairman Gary Williams at the association’s Annual General Meeting in London, and…
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14 AprilManufacturers
INTERVIEW: Jesper Nielsen of Endless Jewellery
[blockquote style=”2″]The founder and former CEO of Pandora gives Michael Northcott a candid interview on his career there, and why he is confident that his new venture, Endless Jewellery, will be bigger and better.[/blockquote] Can you give us a potted history of your career? I started in the jewellery industry…
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Mar- 2014 -25 MarchRetailers
F Hinds family members cut ribbon on relocated Bracknell store
Two members of the family that owns F Hinds, Roy and Eric, have cut the ribbon to celebrate the opening of the company’s brand new store in Charles Square, Bracknell. In the spirit of history and re-enactment, they were both back in Bracknell to repeat the ceremony that officially opened…
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Feb- 2014 -25 FebruaryEconomy
Argento goes for growth with £1m investment in seven new stores
Belfast-based jewellery chain Argento has announced a £1m investment plan that will include seven new shop openings in Northern Ireland, the Republic of Ireland and Scotland. The new premises are part of the company’s strategy to increase its representation in high-footfall locations, and will mean 50 new jobs are created…
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20 FebruaryInternational
Signet tightens grip on US market with $690m Zale purchase
The US owner of British jewellery chains H Samuel and Ernest Jones has inched closer to market domination with the acquisition of smaller American chain Zale for a reported $690m (£414m). In a statement, Signet said it had stumped up for a $21-per-share cash deal, which represented a 41 per…
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20 FebruaryEvents
CARAT* hails record number of customers at Spring Fair
Wholesale jewellery brand CARAT* says it expects its growth this year to surpass that of 2013, thanks to a strong order book and a successful exhibition and Jewellery & Watch Birmingham. The firm said it had welcomed “record numbers new and existing customers” onto its stand during the five-day event,…
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11 FebruaryRetailers
F Hinds ‘ahead of schedule’ with Bracknell store opening
Jewellers F Hinds has announced the ahead-of-schedule opening of its new store in Princess Square, Bracknell. The bright, modern and also environmentally friendly jewellery store has relocated to 1 – 2 Princess Square, Bracknell, Berkshire. Manager Nick Dobinson and all the staff who were at the company’s previous Bracknell store…
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3 FebruaryEconomy
Better-than-expected holiday bolsters Pandora revenue
Pandora has announced that sales have exceeded its original forecast, with full year revenues of 9bn Danish kroner (£1bn) for 2013.The company originally predicted sales of 8.6bn kroner (£959 million), but puts the surprise results down to a better-than-expected holiday period and a string of store openings in the latter…
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Jan- 2014 -7 JanuaryEconomy
H&T Group announces 18% profit increase
Pawnbroker group H&T has announced an 18% jump in profits despite a rapidly falling gold price. A 29 per cent drop in the gold price over the last 12 months has had an impact on the business with reduced earnings from both gold purchasing and pawnbroking scrap. The H&T Group…
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