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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May- 2018 -1 MayAppointments
London Diamond Bourse names Alan Cohen as new president
Diamond trading association London Diamond Bourse has named Alan Cohen as the president of the company, succeeding Menachem Prager. Cohen started his career in diamonds in 1971 when he trained as a rough and polished diamond sorter. He has been a member of the group since 1976 and took over…
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Feb- 2018 -14 FebruaryDesigners
Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery expands its portfolio with Primrose Hill shop
Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery has expanded its portfolio with the opening of a new studio and shop in Primrose Hill, London. The London studio is said to take its cues from a cosmopolitan environment and merges industrial with contemporary design. Conceptualised by Lumsden Design, the space has an ‘urban feel’…
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Nov- 2017 -30 NovemberRetailers
Watchfinder continues expansion with Brent Cross store opening
Watchfinder – the pre-owned watch specialist – is continuing its expansion across the UK by opening a seventh store at Brent Cross Shopping Centre. The Maidstone-based company currently has four central London stores in Canary Wharf, The Royal Exchange, Avery Row and Burlington Arcade – plus Bluewater in Kent and…
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10 NovemberCrime
Thieves use concrete block to steal £150k of jewellery in Watchfinder raid
A group of thieves used a concrete block to smash their way into a Leeds Watchfinder store in a raid on Wednesday (8 November), making off with goods worth £150,000. Some 15 Rolex watches were also taken in the raid which happened at 6.45pm at the store in Victoria Quarter,…
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Oct- 2017 -11 OctoberCrime
Bank of England launches new Banknote Checking Scheme
The Bank of England’s new Banknote Checking Scheme was launched on 10 October. The Scheme is aimed at cash-handling businesses and promotes banknote checking at point of sale through targeted training. Its aim is to reduce the number of counterfeit notes being accepted and to reduce losses to businesses. Any…
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Sep- 2017 -1 SeptemberDesigners
Recreated royal Victorian headdress to be ‘star attraction’ at IJL
C W Sellors, the Derbyshire-based fine jeweller, will showcase a recreated a royal headdress from a single, black and white photograph at this year’s IJL. The original was designed for Louise Duchess of Devonshire to wear at the Devonshire House Ball in 1897 to celebrate Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee. The…
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Aug- 2017 -25 AugustE-Commerce
Signet Jewelers acquires JamesAllen.com owner, R2Net
Signet Jewelers announced that it has agreed to acquire R2Net for $328m (£256m) in an all-cash transaction. R2Net is the owner of online jewellery retailer JamesAllen.com, as well as Segoma Imaging Technologies, who provides R2Net machines to enable delivery of next-generation digital shopping experience for jewellery. The acquisition will bring…
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14 AugustEvents
Handmade in Britain announces exhibitors
Contemporary craft and design fair, Handmade in Britain, has announced its exhibitors for this year’s event. Now in its 11th year, more than 100 highly skilled designer-makers and galleries will be showcasing their designs across a wide range of disciplines. The jewellers and metalsmiths who will be exhibiting at the…
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May- 2017 -25 MayEvents
Handmade at Kew reveals exhibitors
Handmade at Kew has announced the exhibitors who will showcase their work at its event. The four-day international craft fair will feature leading jewellers from the UK and abroad, as well as other craftspeople, artists and makers. The jewellers who will be exhibiting at the show are Lesley Strickland, Isabelle…
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11 MayRetailers
Alex Monroe Jewellery to share success secrets in free webinar with Brightpearl
Tom Graham, ecommerce manager of Alex Monroe, will take part in a free webinar discussing the company’s secrets to success and retail strategies. In the 30-minute session hosted by Brightpearl, Graham will tell attendees how the business transitioned to be completely cloud-based and how they have kept up with changing…
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