Victoria
Victoria is a strategic London district for the jewellery trade—home to elegant boutiques, designer concessions, and high-footfall retail spaces serving commuters, tourists, and local professionals. Its blend of transport hubs, mixed-use development and affluent catchment zone positions it as both a premium sales location and a launchpad for emerging brands. Jewellery Focus delivers targeted coverage of Victoria’s trade landscape, including new openings and refurbishments, consumer demographics, promotional activity, partnership opportunities with nearby venues, and footfall analytics post-infrastructure upgrades. Our reporting equips retailers, designers, brand teams, and suppliers with actionable insights into store viability, location strategy, experiential merchandising, and market alignment in this key central-London area.
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Jan- 2019 -18 JanuaryFeatures
The history of marcasite jewellery
The effect of film and television on fashion trends is well documented, and the recent surge in popularity for marcasite is no exception. Many attribute its sales growth the two main points: ITV’s Downton Abbey has featured characters wearing marcasite jewellery as part of their signature look, and some key…
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15 JanuaryVoice On The Highstreet
Voice on the High Street: Hancocks London
Name: Guy Burton, Hancocks London Location: London Year established: 1849 Number of staff: 10 Website: www.hancocks-london.com When was Hancocks founded? Hancocks was founded in 1849 by Charles Frederick Hancock, opening on the corner of Bond Street and Bruton Street. He was a quick mover; within a year of opening he…
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Aug- 2018 -31 AugustFeatures
Jorie Grassie: The last deer tusk jeweller in the UK?
Jorie Grassie recently acquired Harvey Nichols as her first English stockist and is on a mission to revive deer tusk jewellery in the industry. Hailing from the US prairie state of Illinois, Grassie left her American home to come to Scotland almost 20 years ago. Living on the Culachy estate…
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23 AugustFeatures
Voice on the High Street – Muru Jewellery
What is the history of the company? We were founded in 2006 I worked for a couple of jewellery companies prior to setting up Muru before deciding to go out on my own. The context behind Muru was all about creating meaningful jewellery, we aim to create unique jewellery to…
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21 AugustFeatures
The YouTube Jewellers
Name: Daryl Adams Company: Adams Handcrafted Jewelry Website: www.adamshandcraftedjewelry.com Established: November 2014 Location: Fort Worth, Texas USA Did you do any other form of training? No formal training other than one wire weaving class when I first began by a well-known wire weaving artist. What the easiest thing about this…
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15 AugustVoice On The Highstreet
Voice on the High Street – Hancocks
Talk me through the history of your company? The company was established by Charles Hancocks in 1849. He started the shop on the corner of Bond Street and Bruton Street and quickly established a name for himself with queen Victoria and a lot of monarchies across Europe. How do you…
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Jul- 2018 -17 JulyDesigners
Daniel Wellington launches first regional store outside London
Independent financial consulting company St David’s Partnership has launched Daniel Wellington’s first standalone UK store outside of London. The new 430 sq ft store in located at St David’s, Cardiff and it offers an assortment of the brand’s classic accessories including classic cuffs and interchangeable watch straps in NATO, mesh…
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16 JulyAppointments
Victoria McKay to step down from London Diamond Bourse
Victoria McKay has given notice that she is stepping down as chief operating officer of London Diamond Bourse (LDB), after six years in the position. Bourse president Alan Cohen credited McKay with playing a key role in positioning the LDB as a progressive bourse worldwide transforming the “inwardly focused private…
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May- 2018 -10 MayAppointments
London Diamond Bourse announces ‘revitalised’ management board
Diamond trading association London Diamond Bourse has appointmented new staff to its council of management and its executive committee. The council of management appointments include: Katherine Chappell – Chappell has worked in the gemstone business for over 20 years. She emigrated to Canada as a child in 1965, settling in…
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1 MayDesigners
Victoria Barker Jewellery creates necklace inspired by Tim Powers
Goldsmiths’ Craftsmanship and Design Council Award winning designer Victoria Barker has launched her latest piece of jewellery inspired by her literary hero Tim Powers. Created in 18 carat yellow gold and foxglove tourmaline, ‘Her Regard’ is a fine art jewel inspired by Barker’s favourite novel, “The Stress Of Her Regard,”…
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