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Dinny Hall to open first northern store in Leeds

Dinny Hall is set to open its first store outside London, choosing Leeds for the debut of its new Jewel Box concept. The 800 sq ft store will open in November within the Victoria Quarter arcade, marking a northern expansion for the brand known for its sculptural and gemstone-led designs.…

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Cooksongold to recruit new Birmingham store manager

Cooksongold has launched a search for a new store manager to head its Birmingham branch in the city’s Jewellery Quarter. The full-time role will oversee day-to-day operations, team management and store performance, with responsibility for sales targets, promotions and customer experience. The company said it is seeking an experienced retail…

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Christie’s names new jewellery leadership team

Christie’s has announced new leadership for its jewellery department, with Max Fawcett appointed global head of jewellery and Claibourne Poindexter named head of department for the Americas. Both will take up their new roles on 1 January 2026. Based in Geneva, Fawcett joined Christie’s 10 years ago and was most…

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Council criticised over Birmingham Jewellery Quarter workshops sale

Birmingham City Council is facing criticism after placing a row of historic workshops on Vyse Street in the Jewellery Quarter up for sale without prior consultation with tenants, local businesses, or trade groups. The move comes less than two weeks after the Quarter was awarded World Craft City status, the…

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Boodles marks 60 years in Chester

Jewellery retailer Boodles is marking the 60th anniversary of its Chester showroom. The site first opened in 1965 as part of the Grosvenor Precinct development. At the time it was described as one of the “most prominent” jewellery showrooms outside London, featuring Italian marble, timber and glass in its open-plan…

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Mappin and Webb opens flagship jewellery showroom in Manchester

Mappin and Webb has opened its largest showroom to date in Manchester, as part of a wider investment by parent company the Watches of Switzerland Group. The store is located in a Grade II listed building in St Ann’s Square, within a conservation area that was once the city’s jewellery…

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Hancocks Jewellers marks 165 years on Manchester’s King Street

Manchester jeweller Hancocks is marking its 165th anniversary, continuing to trade independently from its long-standing premises on King Street. The business was founded in 1860 by Josiah Hancock, initially offering a clock-winding service during the city’s cotton boom. It later moved from its first Piccadilly location to King Street, where…

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Searle and Co relaunches at The Royal Exchange

Bespoke jeweller Searle and Co has announced its revival by launching at The Royal Exchange in London. The opening represents a revival of the Searle and Co brand, under a separate operator that shares the name, that previously traded at the scheme for 125 years. The company has taken the…

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Boohoo more valuable than M&S – a sea-change encapsulated

From a purely journalistic standpoint it is now a de facto cliché to refer to Marks and Spencer as the “high street bellwether”, yet that is the status it has held for so many decades. The once mighty monolith was the first British retailer to reach a market capitalisation of…

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Monica Vinader opens stores in Dubai

British jewellery brand Monica Vinader has opened a new standalone store in the City Centre Mirdif in Dubai. Under expansion plans in the UAE, the brand also opened a concession stand at Galeries Lafayette in Dubai Mall. The City Centre Mirdif store was designed with the aim to create a…

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