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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Oct- 2013 -11 OctoberEvents
F. Hinds opens 111th store in Coventry
Britain’s largest family jeweller has celebrated its 111th shop opening with an official ceremony attended by the mayor of Coventry and several members of the Hinds family. The 1,400 sq ft premises means the chain is now at its largest number of outlets in its history. Six members of staff…
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Jul- 2013 -30 JulyDesigners
Police launches first European kiosk in UK
Police opened a new kiosk in Lakeside earlier this month as part of a plan to increase its European presence. The move means the firm has collated all of its retail categories for the first time in Europe, the first part of a scheme to develop the Police brand within…
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Feb- 2013 -26 FebruaryRetailers
One of the UK’s oldest jewellers put up for sale
One of the oldest jewellers in the country has been put up for sale by administrators appointed to the business last week.
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Nov- 2012 -7 NovemberRetailers
Robbers attack Fraser Hart Jewellers in Brent Cross
Robbers have ram-raided a north London jewellers, riding into a shopping centre on three motorbikes just after stores opened, before a daring getaway.
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Sep- 2012 -26 SeptemberManufacturers
Thomas Sabo announces UK expansion
Success in the UK has seen jewellery brand Thomas Sabo announce it is to expand into a further three stand-alone stores in Edinburgh, Nottingham and Norwich.
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Jun- 2012 -13 JuneRetailers
Tissot opens a second kiosk at Bluewater shopping centre
Swiss watchmaker Tissot has announced the opening of a second boutique kiosk at Bluewater following a successful launch into the retail sector at Brent Cross shopping centre.
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Apr- 2012 -25 AprilCurrent Affairs
Shopping venues are ‘best place for brands’
The British Council of Shopping Centres (BCSC) and the Institute of Promotional Marketing (IPM) are set to launch a joint industry research paper, which will demonstrate why shopping venues are "the best place for brands to target consumers."
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Sep- 2011 -14 September
Refurbishment and second store for Identity the Jewellers
Derby’s Identity the Jewellers – featured as the voice on the high street in September’s Jewellery Focus – has completed a programme of expansion that has seen it acquire a second store in the city’s Westfield shopping centre. The independent jeweller has also refurbished its current shop, also located in…
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