Pandora
Pandora is one of the world’s largest jewellery brands and a major player in the UK market, known for its charm bracelets, accessible luxury positioning, and innovative marketing strategies. Its scale and influence make Pandora a key focus for jewellery retailers, wholesalers, and suppliers monitoring trends in consumer demand, store rollouts, and sustainability initiatives. Jewellery Focus provides comprehensive coverage of Pandora’s UK operations, including product launches, financial updates, leadership changes, and insights into how the brand’s activities shape opportunities and challenges across the trade.
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Sep- 2014 -8 SeptemberEvents
Endless Jewelry signs 40 new UK accounts at IJL
Rapidly-growing brand Endless Jewelry has enjoyed a successful show at this year’s International Jewellery London, signing 40 new accounts. This is the first year the brand, owned by former Pandora boss Jesper Nielsen, has exhibited at the show. New stockists include Flitwick Jewellers, Inspired by Brufords, John Moore Jewellers Cork, Bonds…
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Aug- 2014 -19 AugustEditor's Blog
Endless Jewelry’s new investors are a magic bullet…if it were needed
They always say ‘growing too fast’ can be the ruin of a business, and the former Pandora-man, Danish Jesper Nielsen, has obviously heard this too, as it has been announced that Endless Jewelry has raised significant investment capital by selling 23% of the business to some external investors. Realistically, it is…
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15 AugustRetailers
Drakes Group announces plans for expansion
Drakes Group has announced plans to expand its Plymouth store this year, taking over four units in the Drake Circus Shopping Centre. The family-run business has announced the opening of its “all new Drakes Store” on the first floor of the shopping centre, located alongside Next. The shop will occupy…
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13 AugustDesigners
Endless Jewelry sells 23% stake to raise investment capital
Jewellery brand Endless has received financial backing from a group of investors, including co-founder and CEO of Saxo Bank, Lars Seier Christensen. The investors will own 23.55% of the business. Endless was founded in 2013 by Jesper Nielsen, a Danish entrepreneur and former CEO of KasiGroup, a reseller of Pandora…
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Jul- 2014 -8 JulyCurrent Affairs
London borough of Southwark wins Touchstone Award 2014
The British Hallmark Council and the four Assay Offices of the UK have announced the London borough of Southwark is the winner of the Touchstone Award 2014. In its third annual presentation, the Touchstone Award recognises innovative initiatives undertaken in relation to hallmarking legislation. Southwark’s initiative was prompted by a…
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Apr- 2014 -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 -10 MarchManufacturers
Pandora chairman Bottoli to stand down
Pandora has announced that its chairman, Marcello Bottoli, will stand down from the role as soon as a successor is found, due to “other professional commitments”. Bottoli said: “It has been a great honour to be a board member, interim CEO, and chairman of Pandora, and part of creating the…
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4 MarchManufacturers
Pandora acquires Middle East distribution rights
Jewellery wholesaler and retailer Pandora has announced that it has acquired Pan ME A/S, a firm which held the distribution rights to Pandora jewellery in UAE, Bahrain, Qatar and Oman. The acquisition gives Pandora the flexibility to enter markets in the Middle East directly, and means the firm will acquire…
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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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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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