United States
The United States is a major market and influencer in the global jewellery trade, with trends, consumer behaviours, and supply chain dynamics that impact UK jewellers, designers, and suppliers. From leading jewellery brands and technological innovations to sourcing opportunities and trade agreements, the US offers valuable insights and commercial potential for UK businesses. Jewellery Focus covers US market developments, brand activities, and industry trends that help UK trade professionals understand and engage with this key international market.
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Sep- 2020 -2 SeptemberCoronavirus
Tiffany sales begin to recover
Tiffany and Co has reported its financial results for the three months and half-year ended July 31, 2020. The group began to return to profitability during the second quarter of 2020 following โmeaningful sequential improvementsโ in monthly worldwide net sales from May to July. In light of this, worldwide net…
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Jun- 2020 -4 JuneCoronavirus
LVMH retreats from Tiffany takeover
Luxury powerhouse LVMH has announced that it will no longer go ahead with its proposed takeover of Tiffany & Co in light of โrecent market rumoursโ amid the pandemic.ย LVMH had initially announced a โdefinitiveโ agreement with the luxury jewellers last November, whereby it outlined its intention to acquire the…
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Mar- 2020 -19 MarchRetailers
Pandora closes stores across globe
Pandora has announced the temporary closure of many of its stores in order to โsupport the effortsโ to limit the spread of Covid-19. In its latest statement, the group confirmed that it had temporarily closed all owned and operated stores in the United States, Italy, Germany, France and Spain. In…
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Feb- 2020 -25 FebruaryBusiness Bites
Chlorinated chicken ainโt the way
The European Union will insist that the UK retains the current ban on chlorinated chicken as part of any free trade agreement that might be struck by the end of this year. It taps into one of the most symbolic arguments made during the last three years by those who…
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20 FebruaryBusiness Bites
Boeingโs tanks fuel new concerns, house prices on the up, Lloyds in the doldrums, hazardous chemicals a pest in poorer countries
Boeingโs faulty plane woes have worsened after โforeign object debrisโ (FOD) was found in the fuel tanks of two ground 737 Max aircraft โ thatโs the model that has had two fatal crashes and become the subject of Congressional investigation in the United States. The manufacturer had to ground the…
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12 FebruaryBusiness Bites
Parasite boosts Spanish crisp sales
Now thatโs the kind of headline journalists like to write. But unfortunately, now that youโre reading the article, the subterfuge must be exposed. Weโre not talking about parasites that look for hosts, and weโre not talking about infected food. Instead weโre talking about the Korean movie sensation that just won…
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Jan- 2020 -31 JanuaryAnalysis
The whole Amazon thing is getting scary now
The โgrowth of online retailโ is now so proverbial that the phrase itself is nearly redundant. Is anyone surprised to learn this morning that Amazon has absolutely rampaged through the Christmas retail season, while scores of well-known bricks-and-mortar retailers reported a torrid set of financial results for the same period?…
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17 JanuaryAnalysis
The trillion-dollar club has gained Google as a member
Remember at school when teachers used to explain how one million was an essentially incomprehensibly large number? I recall one of mine showing the number represented on a huge rolled out piece of paper as wide and long as a carpet, with precisely one million individual dots. I was about…
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14 JanuaryBusiness Bites
Javid mulls three-year passenger duty holiday for Flybe
Things are not looking rosy for low-cost airline, Flybe, but the chancellor Sajid Javid may have some proposals that save it from complete collapse. It is reported this morning that he is considering cutting air passenger duty on all domestic flights โ a big boon for all the other airlines…
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13 JanuarySponsored
Make sure you donโt miss Vicenzaoro and T-Gold at the Vicenza Expo Centre
For Italian Exhibition Group (IEG), 2020 will open in Vicenza on 17th January under the banner of strategies and actions to promote the gold โ jewellery industry. In agenda, two exhibition giants: VOJ – Vicenzaoro January The Jewellery Boutique Show and T-GOLD, the international show for machinery and the most…
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