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Openingsโ€”whether of new stores, concessions, pop-up spaces, or showroomsโ€”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 openingsโ€”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.

  • Sep- 2024 -
    25 September
    RetailersBeaverbrooks sees profits fall despite ‘record’ turnover

    Beaverbrooks sees profits fall despite ‘record’ turnover

    Family-owned diamond, jewellery and watch retailer Beaverbrooks has announced record turnover of ยฃ228.6m from ยฃ225m despite seeing a drop in operating profits to ยฃ10.5m from ยฃ25.7m for the period between March 2023 to February 2024. The group attributed the ยฃ3m increase in turnover to growing market share in a difficult…

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  • 6 September
    RetailersLily Arkwright opens new Glasgow showroom

    Lily Arkwright opens new Glasgow showroom

    Ethical jeweller Lily Arkwright has announced the opening of its first Scottish showroom in Glasgow. Specialising in sustainable lab-grown stones, the company offers a lab grown, conflict-free and environmentally conscious diamonds. The new Glasgow showroom brings Lily Arkwrightโ€™s collection of lab-grown diamonds, moissanite, and ethically sourced coloured gemstones to a…

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  • 3 September
    RetailersWatches of Switzerland on track to deliver FY25 guidance

    Watches of Switzerland on track to deliver FY25 guidance

    Watches of Switzerland has stated that trading for the first 18 weeks of the financial year has been in line with its expectations and that the group is on track to deliver its FY25 guidance as it makes progress against its Long Range Plan.ย  Demand for its key luxury brands,…

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  • Aug- 2024 -
    28 August
    E-CommerceEbay UK expands Authenticity Guarantee to pearl jewellery

    Ebay UK expands Authenticity Guarantee to pearl jewellery

    Ebay UK has expanded its Authenticity Guarantee service to pearl jewellery in collaboration with GIA, the Gemological Institute of America.ย  The news comes as the marketplace saw a 30% increase in gemstone sales in the first six months of 2024.ย  New and pre-loved pearl pieces sold for ยฃ500 and over…

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  • 20 August
    RetailersMissoma opens first Leeds store

    Missoma opens first Leeds store

    Missoma has opened its first store outside of London in Redicalโ€™s Victoria Leeds. The British jewellery brand, which opened its latest store on Friday 16 August, is Missomaโ€™s second-ever permanent store, following the opening of the Covent Garden store in November 2023. Located in Victoria Quarterโ€™s County Arcade with a…

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  • 8 August
    ManufacturersRoyal Mint unveils new e-waste gold extracting factory

    Royal Mint unveils new e-waste gold extracting factory

    The Royal Mint has announced the launch of a new factory which will extract gold from electronic waste. Located in south Wales, the 3,700 sqm facility uses chemistry from Canadian clean tech company Excir to extract gold from printed circuit boards (PCBs). The factory has scaled the innovative technology from…

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  • Jul- 2024 -
    8 July
    RetailersMalabar Gold and Diamonds continues UK expansion with new Leicester site

    Malabar Gold and Diamonds continues UK expansion with new Leicester site

    Malabar Gold and Diamonds, the sixth largest jewellery retailer globally with a retail presence of 350 showrooms across 13 countries, has just unveiled its sixth showroom in the UK in Leicester. Located on Belgrave Road’s Golden Mile, the new showroom spans over 2,000 sq. ft. and features a collection of…

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  • 1 July
    RetailersLaings appoints new operations director

    Laings appoints new operations director

    Luxury family-run jewellers Laings has announced the appointment of a new board member in a move designed to further strengthen its overall operations. Kat Barron has been promoted to operations director at Laings and appointed to the board following an exceptional year of investment ensuing eight years of service at…

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  • Jun- 2024 -
    24 June
    DesignersTasaki unveils Ritz Paris collaboration

    Tasaki unveils Ritz Paris collaboration

    Tasaki has unveiled a new high jewellery collection in partnership with the Ritz Paris. Named โ€œNouvelle รˆreโ€, this is the fourth collection to be released since the partnership was first launched in 2016. The collection comprises four chapters and 13 pieces in total, each taking inspiration from the hotel’s 125-year…

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  • 20 June
    RetailersSwarovski opens new Canary Wharf store

    Swarovski opens new Canary Wharf store

    Swarovski has announced the opening of a new store in Londonโ€™s Canary Wharf. The new store, located at Unit 40, Jubilee Place, has up to 1,569 square feet of space. With full-height glazed shop frontages, Jubilee Place is home to high-end brands such as Claudie Pierlot, COS, LK Bennett and…

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