Southampton
Southampton is an evolving centre for the UK jewellery trade, combining a mix of independent jewellers, regional retailers, and manufacturing services. With its commercial ports and growing consumer market, the city presents unique opportunities in logistics, sourcing, and regional retail growth. Jewellery Focus offers comprehensive coverage of Southamptonโs jewellery scene, reporting on new store openings, supplier partnerships, local market events, and consumer trends. Our coverage gives jewellers, designers, suppliers, and manufacturers insight into how Southampton is shaping regional trade dynamics and driving business development outside London.
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Jun- 2025 -12 JuneRetailers
Jewells to open seven new stores across UK
Brett Blundy-backed premium jewellery brand Jewells is opening seven stores across the United Kingdom amid plans to expand under the Lovisa group. Jewells has selected locations in major shopping centres including Westfield London; Bluewater, Kent; Lakeside, Essex; Churchill Square, Brighton; The Oracle, Reading; Eldon Square, Newcastle and Westquay, Southampton. Each…
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May- 2025 -13 MayRetailers
Jewells partners with Hammerson to launch UK rollout
Hammerson has announced the signing of four Jewells stores across its UK destinations in a major new partnership with the new jewellery brand.ย As the largest multi-signing with any single UK property owner, Jewellsโ decision to partner with Hammerson on the roll-out of its casual luxury jewellery business underscores the…
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Apr- 2025 -25 AprilRetailers
Laings appoints new head of retail
Luxury jeweller Laings has appointed Andrew Cleghorn as head of retail as a continuation of its multi-year expansion and development plans. Cleghornโs role will see him leading Laingsโ seven retail locations in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Cardiff and Southampton. Coming from a rich retail background, with over 40 years of experience, he…
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Jan- 2025 -2 JanuaryRetailers
Laings sees turnover hit ยฃ68.4m
Family-owned jeweller Laings has posted turnover of ยฃ68.4m for the year ended 31 May 2024. This number represents an increase of 8% compared with the previous year. Alongside this, the company posted a profit before tax of ยฃ2.1m in the period. Laings stated that it will return attention to updating…
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Jul- 2024 -8 JulyRetailers
Laings becomes authorised Rolex certified pre-owned retailer
Laings has announced it has become an authorised Rolex Certified Pre-Owned retailer across its UK estate of showrooms. In joining the programme, Laings provides the opportunity for its clients to purchase previously owned Rolex watches that the brand itself has certified and guaranteed. This comes after Laingsโ launched a new,…
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1 JulyRetailers
Laings appoints new operations director
Luxury family-run jewellers Laings has announced the appointment of a new board member in a move designed to further strengthen its overall operations. Kat Barron has been promoted to operations director at Laings and appointed to the board following an exceptional year of investment ensuing eight years of service at…
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Apr- 2024 -26 AprilRetailers
Laings launches new Rolex showroom in Southampton
Laings has announced that it has opened a new Rolex showroom in its new Southampton store. The showroom will also introduce a Rolex-trained watchmaker in the coming months who will be equipped to offer a comprehensive range of services. This is a unique concept to the Laings UK estate, further…
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Mar- 2024 -12 MarchRetailers
Laings opens new watch service centre in Glasgow
UK-based luxury family jeweller Laings has launched a new watch service centre in Glasgow following its ยฃ5m investment programme. The new centre, which is the first of its kind in Scotland, has been delivered through a ยฃ1.1m outlay. It comes as part of a wider ยฃ5m programme of works by…
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Jan- 2024 -2 JanuaryRetailers
Laings turnover hits ยฃ63m amid retail and workshop investment
Laingsโ has a reported a 5% increase in turnover to ยฃ63.3m for the year ended 31 May 2023. Furthermore, the retailer posted a profit before tax of ยฃ3.7m for the period which it stated will be reinvested back into the business. The positive financials come following a programme of investment…
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Nov- 2023 -3 NovemberRetailers
Laings unveils new Southampton showroom
Laings has reopened its doors from its existing location to its new luxury showroom in Westquay shopping centre in Southampton. The 9,000 square foot showroom, formerly occupied by Victoria Secret, provides a โreimagined luxury experienceโ in the centre of Westquay. The newly-developed store, which had a ยฃ3m pound investment, is…
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