Supply Chain
The supply chain is the backbone of the UK jewellery industry, connecting designers, manufacturers, wholesalers, and retailers. For trade professionals, understanding supply chain dynamics is essential to managing costs, ensuring ethical sourcing, and maintaining resilience in the face of global challenges. Jewellery Focus provides expert coverage on supply chain developments, from material sourcing and logistics to regulatory changes and sustainability initiatives, helping businesses stay agile and informed in a competitive market.
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Jan- 2019 -4 JanuaryAdvice
How virtual inventories can boost your business
Dropshipping is relevant for all types of retailers looking to offer an expanded assortment and a reliable logistical infrastructure, but for independent jewellers expanding online, drop shipping could be the answer they need to boost their bottom line. What is drop shipping? Drop shipping is a supply chain relationship between…
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Oct- 2018 -1 OctoberFeatures
Q&A with Greg Valerio
Tell us a bit about yourself and how you got into the jewellery industry I got into the jewellery trade by accident, I was running my own charity and I really became very convinced that actually the solution to global poverty is trade, not aid. Thatโs why I formed a…
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Sep- 2018 -27 SeptemberAppointments
Executive director Andrew Bone steps down from RJC
The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) has announced Andrew Bone will be stepping down as its executive director, effective 27 March 2019. Bone has been in the role since the spring of 2015. Under his leadership, RJC membership doubled and the organization said it has โlaid the foundations for sustainable growth…
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26 SeptemberFeatures
When will the jewellery industry catch up?
With the majority of the industry using materials from unknown supply chains that are produced in appalling standards, European legislation is around the corner that will have a similar affect to Dodd Franks in the USA. Large organisations will have to demonstrate where they sourced their materials with an audit…
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6 SeptemberProduct Launches
Everledgerโs Provenance Proof Blockchain to be open to entire industry by February 2019
The first coloured gemstone blockchain, initiated by the Guฬbelin Gem Lab in cooperation with Everledger, is to be open to the entire jewellery industry by February 2019. The primary purpose of the Provenance Proof Blockchain is to record all steps of a specific gem along the supply chain. Currently in…
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Jul- 2018 -26 JulyVoice On The Highstreet
Voice on the High Street: Cox and Power
What is the backstory of the company? Thirty years ago we launched with the first collection in the UK to combine platinum and gold. Our focus was to bring the design, creation and presentation of our jewellery together in one place with equal emphasis on our workshop and retail space.…
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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 -8 JuneInternational
JNA Awards and RJC partner for better practice in the industry
The Responsible Jewellery Council (RJC) and the JNA Awards will partner to promote sustainable and ethical business practices globally in the gemstone industry and international jewellery. RJC, which has more than 1,100 member-companies in 75 countries that span the entire jewellery supply chain, will introduce to its members the platform…
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5 JuneUncategorized
Kundan Jewellery – Reviving a dying Mughal art
โKundan jewellery just isnโt good business anymore, so people are finding other lines ofย workโ, said Ali Azeem, a Kundan craftsman in Lahore. โYou work hard all day, only to earn a 1000 rupees (ยฃ7) at dayโs end. If only our own people value it as much as the foreigners do.โ…
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May- 2018 -31 MayProduct Launches
Everledger announces deal with HK Group to track My Diamond Story diamonds
Everledger and Hari Krishna Group (HK Group) have announced a deal that will see Hari Krishnaโs flagship private label brand My Diamond Story tracked using blockchain technology. With this new development, Everledger, a global emerging technology enterprise, and the HK Group, one of the worldโs largest diamond manufacturers and exporters,…
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