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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Jun- 2024 -20 JuneRetailers
Swarovski opens new Canary Wharf store
Swarovski has announced the opening of a new store in London’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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10 JuneRetailers
Mappin and Webb opens new Scottish showroom
Mappin and Webb has announced the opening of its new showroom in the heart of the luxury retail quarter on Multrees Walk, in Edinburgh. The double story showroom has become the brand’s largest Scottish showroom and follows the refurbishment of its Glasgow store. On the ground floor, the store will…
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6 JuneRetailers
Garrard opens second London boutique at The Peninsula London
Garrard has announced the opening of its second London boutique at The Peninsula London on 14 June. Located within the hotel’s ground-floor shopping arcade, The Peninsula London boutique marks the debut of Garrard’s new store design concept—the first time it has been rolled out in the UK. Spearheaded by Sara…
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3 JuneRetailers
Just Diamonds expands its team of sales professionals
Jewellery wholesaler Just Diamonds has announced the appointment of Jeff Hornsby to its sales team. Hornsby, who starts work in June, will focus mainly on the Midlands and Scotland, and may reach out to other areas of the UK. As a result of the appointment, the Just Diamonds sales team…
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May- 2024 -30 MayRetailers
Laings to open new refurbished Glasgow flagship
Laings has announced that it is set to open its new flagship store on Glasgow’s Buchanan Street. Following a £5m investment, the B-listed building Rowan House, has been transformed into a fully furnished showroom, covering 7,113sq ft across two floors of retail space. The building will include the recently opened,…
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22 MayRetailers
Swarovski to open new store at Scotland’s Caledonia Park
Crystal jewellery brand Swarovski has signed at Caledonia Park, Scotland’s premium designer outlet village, marking its debut at the Scottish shopping centre. Railpen, one of the largest pension managers in the UK, has announced that Swarovski will open a 1,000 sq ft space at Caledonia Park this summer and will…
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Apr- 2024 -29 AprilDesigners
Astrid and Miyu launches Dolce collection
Astrid and Miyu has announced the launch of its newest collection entitled Dolce, ahead of the summer season. The new collection features a number of beaded, pearl and chalcedony pieces in soft aqua blue. It also looks to bounce off the ‘mermaidcore’ trend with pieces like the Aqua Chalcedony Carved…
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26 AprilRetailers
Laings launches new Rolex showroom in Southampton
Laings has announced that it has opened a new Rolex showroom in its new Southampton store. The showroom will also introduce a Rolex-trained watchmaker in the coming months who will be equipped to offer a comprehensive range of services. This is a unique concept to the Laings UK estate, further…
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15 AprilRetailers
F.Hinds upgrades and expands two stores
F.Hinds has unveiled two upgraded and expanded stores in two key locations. Having outgrown its units in Yate Shopping Centre, Bristol, and Jackson Square Shopping Centre in Bishop’s Stortford, the jewellers sought larger spaces to expand. This is the third upgrade within Jackson Square since opening there in 1975, while…
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9 AprilManufacturers
De Beers presents AUEA with Leopard jewel-tool boxes to help young talent
Aston University Engineering Academy (AUEA) has been presented with the first set of Leopard jewel-tool boxes, sponsored by De Beers, to encourage young talent into the jewellery industry. The Leopards initiative was founded in 2016 to preserve the skills and craftsmanship of the British jewellery industry and mentor young people…
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