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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Mar- 2016 -1 MarchTrade Organisations
London Diamond Bourse launches new IIDGR window service
The London Diamond Bourse (LDB) today launched a new window service which will enable members diamonds to be sent to the IIDGR Lab in Maidenhead for grading or screening. LDB chief operating officer Victoria McKay said: “Our partnership with IIDGR, part of the De Beers Group of Companies, continues to…
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Oct- 2015 -20 OctoberWatch Focus
Watchfinder opens Leeds flagship store
Watchfinder has announced the opening of its new flagship store in Leeds city centre. The boutique, which is situated in the historic Grade II-listed Victoria Quarter arcade, stocks luxury brands including Rolex, Omega and Breitling. Watchfinder said the new store will play an integral role in the company’s national growth,…
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19 OctoberEvents
NPA announce annual award winners
The National Pawnbrokers Association (NPA) has announced the winners of its annual awards ceremony, held in London last week. Held on Friday October 16, the event saw pawnbrokers from across the country congregate at the Victoria Park Plaza hotel to celebrate and recognise excellence within the industry. Ray Perry, chief…
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12 OctoberNews
Goldsmiths to invest £1m in London stores
Luxury jeweller has announced that it is to invest more than £1m in its London stores, including the addition of a fourth store. The investment will include a refurbishment of its premises in Canary Wharf, Victoria and Westfield, as well as the addition of a new fourth store located on…
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Aug- 2015 -11 AugustWatch Focus
Backes & Strauss opens Mayfair boutique
Backes & Strauss, which specialises in diamond watches, has announced the opening of a new boutique store in London’s Mayfair. The store, which is located on Grosvenor Street, will showcase timepieces from the brand’s Duchess, Renaissance, Royal Jester and Victoria collections. Alongside the timepieces, the store will also house historical…
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Jul- 2015 -27 JulyProduct Launches
Julia Cook designs charity collection for St Mungo’s Broadway
Goldsmith Julia Cook has designed a charity collection for homeless charity St Mungo’s Broadway. The ‘summery’ collection has been designed by Cook in an effort to raise money for the charity’s Rebuilding Shattered Lives appeal, which helps to support homeless women. The range of gold and silver jewellery, named ‘Unity’,…
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22 JulyRetailers
Watchfinder & Co to open flagship store in Leeds
Watchfinder is to open a two-storey retail premises in Leeds, its third bricks and mortar boutique in the UK. The boutique will be situated in the historic Grade II* listed Victoria Quarter arcade and is due to open in late September 2015. With two stores in the South East already, Watchfinder’s…
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2 JulyDesigners
BJA Fairtrade ‘I Do’ competition winner announced
Jessica Mead, design assistant at Harriet Kelsall Bespoke Jewellery has won the BJA Fairtrade ‘I Do’ competition. UK designers were asked to draw up a matching wedding and engagement ring set in Fairtrade gold featuring a 50pt round brilliant-cut lab certified diamond and up to ½ a carat of small…
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Jun- 2015 -22 JuneDesigners
Theo Fennell to host annual awards at Royal College of Art
Theo Fennell has announced its eleventh annual awards will take place at The Royal College of Art on July 2, 2015. The awards recognise the achievements of graduating students from the college’s Jewellery & Metal MA programme. Previous winners have included Victoria Delany who was awarded ‘Best Work in Silver’ in 2010, and many…
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19 JuneCelebrities
David Hasselhoff launches new Tresor shop in Hatton Garden
Tresor Paris has opened a dedicated retail premises on Hatton Garden, London’s famous jewellery quarter. Former Baywatch star and Hollywood stalwart David Hasselhoff officially opened the new store, in the company of a coterie of other celebrity faces including Hayley Roberts, Lady Victoria Hervey, Made in Chelsea star Tiff Watts, Big…
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