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UK online SMEs ‘confident’ in 2018 sales growth

UK SME online retailers have expressed confidence in the year ahead with 74% anticipating sales will increase in 2018, according to a study commissioned by Royal Mail.Some 70% of retailers asked said they had experienced an uplift in sales in 2017 compared to the previous year. The health and beauty…

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Company Q&A: High-value transportation

We sit down with Security Drivers International to find out more about its secure high-value transportation service [divider style=”solid” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Tell us about the company and how it was set up Security Drivers International, founded in 1995, is a British owned and managed family business. The original founder, John…

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Swatch reports 54% plunge in profits

Swatch Group remains upbeat about the second half of the year, despite reporting a plunge in profits and sales in its first-half trading update. The Switzerland-based company, which owns brands such as Calvin Klein, Blancpain, Tissot, Longines, Omega and Breguet, reported a 54% fall in operating profit in the first…

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Swimwear model jailed for murder of Bristol jeweller

An ex-swimwear model has been jailed for 15 years for murdering her ex-boyfriend – a millionaire and jewellery store owner – in Spain. Mayka Kukucova shot Andrew Bush three times in 2014 at his Spanish villa near Marbella on the Costa del Sol after arriving with his Russian girlfriend Maria…

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UK gold demand grows 6% while Asia’s appetite declines

Global gold demand fell by 12% in the second quarter of 2015 compared with the same period last year, according to the World Gold Council’s (WGC) Gold Demand Trends Report. But demand in Europe and the US grew, driven by a mixture of increasingly confident jewellery buyers and strong demand…

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Guess Watches debut brand’s first smartwatch

Fashion brand Guess Watches has unveiled its new smartwatch, Guess Connect, at the Mobile World Congress 2015 event in Barcelona, Spain this week.  The watch, of which its official launch was announced earlier this year, can now be seen on the joint Martian and Guess stand at the exhibition. The…

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Carat wins five new shop-in-shop partners at IJL

Carat exhibited three new collections at International Jewellery London in Olympia last week and has reported a “fantastic response”. In a statement, the firm said: “The collections have a modern twist of Fashion/ Fine and are beautifully crafted with CARAT*s trademark gemstones.” Collections are scheduled to launch just in time the…

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Another trade show on the continent? Sounds good to me…

There’s no arguing with the notion that a busy trade show means its appertaining sector is buoyant. That’s why the inaugural Jewellery & Gem Fair Europe, organised by UBM Asia, spells good news for the industry as a whole. After the show closed, the organisers excitedly trotted out a press release…

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Inhorgenta attendance matches previous year with 30,000 visitors

Major trade show Inhorgenta Munich has confirmed that almost 30,000 visitors from 80 countries were in attendance for this year’s show, which represents “the same level as the previous year”. In a statement, the organisers said that around one third of the visitors came from abroad. Among the countries most…

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Spain’s Princess Letizia wears Arabel Lebrusan jewellery

Style-icon Princess Letizia of Spain has been spotted wearing Arabel Lebrusan’s jewellery on numerous, high profile occasions.

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