Pandemic
The pandemic has had a lasting impact on the UK jewellery trade, reshaping consumer habits, supply chains, and retail strategies. For jewellers, manufacturers, and suppliers, understanding these changes is essential to adapting and building resilience. Jewellery Focus provides in-depth coverage of the pandemic’s effects on the industry, including market analysis, business recovery strategies, e-commerce growth, and insights into shifting demand patterns. Our reporting helps trade professionals navigate the ongoing challenges and opportunities in a post-pandemic landscape.
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Dec- 2021 -8 DecemberUncategorized
The future of luxury jewellery
Keeping up with the changing moods and values of consumers can be a challenge for jewellery businesses, particularly since the pandemic acted like an accelerator for changes in consumer buying habits and values. Dr. Federica Carlotto, Program Director for the MA in Luxury Business at Sotheby’s Institute of Art, London,…
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Nov- 2021 -22 NovemberRetailers
PureJewels wins local innovation in business award
East London jeweller PureJewels has won the “Best Innovation in Business 2021” category at the Newham Chamber of Commerce business awards. PureJewels won the award in recognition of its 400% growth in visits to its e-commerce site over the past two years during the pandemic. The company supplies 22-carat gold…
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16 NovemberInternational
Alrosa sees Q3 profits reach £319m
Alrosa has reported pre-tax profits of RUB31.2bn (£31.6m) from RUB9.5bn (£96.3m) for the three-month period ending 30 September 2021. Sales in Q3 hit their highest level since 2010 for the third quarter period, which Alrosa said is traditionally considered to be the “weakest” period of the year. The price index…
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11 NovemberRetailers
Astrid and Miyu to launch three new London stores
Jewellery brand Astrid and Miyu has announced it will be launching three new destination stores in London. Opening on 18 November, 25 November and 3 December on King’s Road, Foubert’s Place and Coal Drops Yard, the new stores arrive in time for the festive season. The new stores will feature…
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9 NovemberRetailers
Beaverbrooks profits remain resilient
Family-owned national jewellery retailer, Beaverbrooks, has announced its group turnover for the financial year 2020/2021 was £123.1m, down only 14% from £143.2m against 2019/20 levels which was the brand’s most profitable year of its 102-year history. Following “significant investments”, Beaverbrooks ended the financial year with a group operating profit of…
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Oct- 2021 -25 OctoberUncategorized
Miriam Elizabeth: How to start a business during a global pandemic
Starting a business during a global pandemic in a saturated market? One could think an individual crazy, but I fell in love with this industry from the first moment I became immersed in it. The past seven years of experience within this sphere, and more specifically the latter ten months…
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Sep- 2021 -27 SeptemberFeatures
First look at new jewellery brand, Moushe
Nabiha Sabzvari has always been creatively inclined to step out of her own comfort zone and develop new ideas and concepts. In her mid 20s she started to experiment with shoe design as well as wanting to create something within fashion, specifically in accessories. Here is where she was first…
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23 SeptemberRetailers
Card retail transactions up to 81%, survey finds
Debit and credit card retail transactions surpassed four in every five pounds spent in 2020 (81%, up from 78% in 2019), according to the latest annual payments survey published by the British Retail Consortium (BRC). Cash use now accounts for just 15% of total spending in retail (down from 20%…
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17 SeptemberTrade Organisations
NAJ expands its team ahead of new strategy launch
The National Association of Jewellers (NAJ) has announced that it will welcome two new members to its marketing team. Adam Cook and Rushana Miller will join the association next week to help deliver the group’s new strategy, which is in its final stages of development. Cook joins the NAJ as…
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13 SeptemberNews
RCJ calls for ‘immediate industry action’ amid gender equality report
The Responsible Jewellery Council has called for “collective and immediate action” in regards to the jewellery industry’s fight for gender equality, amid the unveiling of its new report. The report, titled: ‘The time is now to accelerate SDG 5, achieve gender equality, and empower all women and girls’, has been…
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