Signet
Signet Jewelers, one of the worldโs largest jewellery retailers, operates major UK brands including H. Samuel and Ernest Jones, making it a key player in the British jewellery trade. Its scale, strategic decisions, and financial performance have significant implications for suppliers, competitors, and the wider industry.
Jewellery Focus provides in-depth coverage of Signetโs UK operations, including store developments, leadership changes, market strategies, and financial results. Our reporting helps jewellery professionals understand how Signetโs activities influence retail trends, supply chain relationships, and consumer expectations across the sector.
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Jan- 2019 -18 JanuaryRetailers
Signet Jewelers sales ‘fall short’ over Christmas
Diamond jewellery retailer Signet Jewelers has reported a 1.3% decrease in total same store sales for the nine week period ending 5 January. According to the group, holiday season performance โfell short of expectationsโ, as early improvements in refreshed merchandise assortment, digital marketing and OmniChannel were offset by โlarger than…
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Aug- 2018 -23 AugustFeatures
Male Jewellery – The state of the market
โYou only have to look at the ubiquity of tattoos to understand how much men want to express their personality and individuality. Menโs jewellery is like a tattoo that can be taken off at the end of the day. Jewellery is a way of speaking before you do. It communicates…
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16 AugustAppointments
Tracr appoints Jim Duffy as GM to lead the next phase of the platformโs development
Tracr, the end-to-end diamond industry blockchain being developed by De Beers Group in collaboration with industry stakeholders, has announced the appointment of Jim Duffy as general manager to lead the next phase of the platformโs development. Duffy is joining Tracr as the platform starts to build greater scale, with more…
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9 AugustUncategorized
Three-Minute Interview: Q Branch Bespoke Casting
Describe yourself in three words? Geeky, organised and logical When you were at school, what did you want to be and why? I wanted to be in a band, playing guitar or keyboards. Why? Having a ridiculous โflock of seagullsโ hair cut, Going on tour. The cool synths and samplers,…
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Jul- 2018 -3 JulyFeatures
Blockchain – The technology pulling the jewellery industry into the future
โIn two to five years we wonโt be talking about Blockchain, it will just be one of those things that is a given,โ says Leanne Kemp. She is CEO of Everledger, a global startup that uses the best of emerging technology including Blockchain, Smart Contracts and Machine Vision to assist…
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Jun- 2018 -6 JuneRetailers
Signet achieves 81% online sales growth in Q1
Jewellery retail group Signet Jewelers, which owns H Samuel and Ernest Jones, has reported a 5.5% increase in total sales for the 13 weeks ending May 5, 2018. The companyโs total sales for the quarter reached $1.5bn (ยฃ1.1bn), up 4.3% on a constant currency basis, with the increase in sales…
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May- 2018 -24 MayRetailers
Signet jewellers joins De Beers blockchain platform Tracr
Signet Jewelers will be the first retailer to join Tracr, an end-to-end diamond blockchain being developed by the De Beers group in collaboration with the diamond industry. A project team at Signet will work alongside the Tracr team to ensure the platform meets the needs of the jewellery manufacture and…
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21 MayAppointments
RJC announces new board appointments at Moscow meeting
The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has announced a series of senior appointments to its board of directors at its AGM in Moscow. David Bouffard, vice president of Signet corporate affairs, has been appointed the new RJC chair. Bouffard has been the chair of the RJC communications committee since 2015 and…
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Mar- 2018 -15 MarchDesigners
Signet Jewelers reports โchallengingโ fiscal year
Signet Jewelers has posted its fourth quarter and fiscal 2018 results, which showed same store sales declined by 5.2% in the fourth quarter and declined overall by 5.3% for the full fiscal year. The groups said it aims to implement its โSignet Path to Brillianceโ transformation strategy, in order to…
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Feb- 2018 -20 FebruaryRetailers
Signet CEO responds to Human Rights Watch criticisms
The CEO of Signet Jewellers has responded to criticisms levied against the company and the jewellery industry on the whole in an open letter. Virginia Drososโs response came after a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report rated the companyโs policies towards responsible sourcing as โmoderateโ. In the letter Drosos labels criticisms…
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