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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Aug- 2024 -8 AugustManufacturers
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 JulyRetailers
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 JulyRetailers
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 JuneDesigners
Tasaki unveils Ritz Paris collaboration
Tasaki has unveiled a new high jewellery collection in partnership with the Ritz Paris. Named “Nouvelle Ère”, 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 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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