Shopping Centre
Shopping centres remain an important retail channel for the UK jewellery trade, offering jewellers access to high-footfall locations and diverse customer bases. For jewellery retailers, suppliers, and designers, understanding trends in shopping centre performance, leasing activity, and consumer behaviour is key to maximising commercial opportunities. Jewellery Focus covers shopping centre developments, including new openings, refurbishment projects, retail tenancy changes, and insights into how these hubs impact jewellery sales and the broader retail landscape.
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Dec- 2014 -11 DecemberRetailers
Drakes announces opening of new store
Jewellery retailer Drakes Jewellers has officially announced the opening of its new store in Drakes Circus Shopping Centre, Plymouth. The shopping centre, which officially opened on December 3, is situated on the top of the shopping centre is split into two distinctive sections – a multi-brand section and a diamond…
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8 DecemberRetailers
Chisholm Hunter opens fourth store in 2014
Jeweller Chisholm Hunter has opened its second Edinburgh store, located in the city’s Gyle Shopping Centre. The opening marks the retailer’s fourth new store opening of 2014, including its Bromley store which opened in October and two other stores located in Kingston-upon-Thames and Glasgow. The shop has created 10 new…
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2 DecemberRetailers
H&T Pawnbrokers opens discount secondhand jewellery shop in Southampton
Discount secondhand jewellery retail store, Est1897, created by parent company H&T Pawnbrokers, has expanded into Marlands Shopping Centre in Southampton. H&T Pawnbrokers redeveloped 36 of its stores across the UK between June and September, changing their focus from traditional pawnbroking to secondhand discount jewellery. The decision to develop the concept…
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Nov- 2014 -26 NovemberE-Commerce
Mococo relaunches website after 314% increase in sales
North West jeweller Mococo has relaunched its website after reporting a 314% increase in year-on-year online sales. The retailer, which recently opened its seventh store in the Pyramids Shopping Centre in Birkenhead, launched its new site on November 21, after a complete revamp of the look and feel. The website…
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20 NovemberRetailers
F Hinds opens Bristol city centre store after 50-year absence
After an absence of 50 years, Britain’s largest family jeweller F Hinds has returned to the city centre of Bristol with the opening of its 112th store. The store, which is located in the Galleries Shopping Centre, features five large, bright, environmentally-friendly window displays which will showcase the retailer’s range…
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18 NovemberBrand Profiles
The Second-Hand Uprising
The founders of used watch retailer Watchfinder & Co have secured £6.2m of investment in their company from VCs. Aside from taking the business into the major league, what exactly will this cash injection achieve for the hitherto organically-grown internet startup? By MICHAEL NORTHCOTT. Co-founder and brand director of Watchfinder…
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18 NovemberCurrent Affairs
VIDEO: Axe-wielding raiders smash into Beaverbrooks
Three axe-wielding masked men who smashed their way into Beaverbrooks have been caught on video by an eye witness. The raid took place in broad daylight in the Potteries Shopping Centre, Stoke-on-Trent, at 10:50am yesterday, Monday November 17, and the raiders are believed to have made off with a quantity of…
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Oct- 2014 -20 OctoberWatch Focus
Watch Shop launches click-and-collect service
Watch e-tailer Watch Shop has launched a new click-and-collect service in partnership with jewellery chain Goldsmiths. The new service will allow customers to purchase online and then collect their order from their nearest Goldsmiths’ store. A statement from Watch Shop said that launching the service around this time of the…
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17 OctoberCurrent Affairs
£1 million raid at Leslie Davis, Milton Keynes
An estimated £1 million worth of jewellery has been stolen from a Milton Keynes shopping centre, Thames Valley Police have said. The burglary at Leslie Davis jewellery store in Eagle Walk in the Centre MK happened on Thursday, October 16 at about 3am. It is believed that the thieves deployed…
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14 OctoberRetailers
Drakes Jewellers win Plymouth’s Business of the Year Award
Drakes Jewellers in Plymouth has been awarded the Business of the Year Award at Plymouth’s City and Waterfront awards 2014. Drakes, which is currently expanding into Plymouth’s Drake Circus Shopping Centre, received the award at the black tie event on October 8. The firm was selected for the award by…
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