Jewellery & Jewellers
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Jewellery Retail News
Goldsmiths-owner Aurum full year profits jump 7% to £12.9m
Jewellery group Aurum, owner of Goldsmiths, Mappin & Webb and Watches of Switzerland, full year pre-tax profits jumped 7% to £12.9m.
Former Asda boss Allan Leighton to become Pandora chief
Former Asda and Royal Mail boss Allan Leighton has been appointed as chief executive of Danish jeweller Pandora after its current boss switched to Puma.
Swarovski to launch new fascia Cadenza at Westfield Stratford
Jewellery retailer Swarovski is launching a new branded jewellery fascia in the UK with the first store due to open at Westfield Stratford.
Pawnbroker H&T full-year profits plunge as gold margins squeezed
Pawnbroker H&T Group full-year pre-tax profits plunged 27.7% to £17m due to “competitive gold margins” and store expansion costs.
Fashion giant Primark signs up to St David's flagship
Value fashion giant Primark is to open a 86,000 sq. ft flagship store at St David’s, Cardiff, increasing its floor space in the welsh capital by 80%.
Albemarle & Bond pre-tax profits plummet 33% in first half
Pawnbroker Albemarle & Bond’s pre-tax profits dropped 33% to £8.1m in its first half to December 31. However, retail sales jumped 16.7% to £10.5m, with profits up 32%.
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Drake Circus signs up four new retailers
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Links of London owner Folli Follie Group appoints new managing director
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Jeweller Theo Fennell halves losses as takeover talks continue
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Aurum sold to US private equity firm Apollo as Don McCarthy exits
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Theo Fennell confirms it is in sales talks
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Jeweller F Hinds warns rising vacancy rates could hit business
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Charmian Beaton launches collection at annual Houlden meet
This will be the jewellery designers first collection of contemporary engagement rings with matching wedding bands
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Stephen Webster creates exclusive collection of high jewellery for Dom Perignon Maison
Ten bottles of the rose´ version of the iconic champagne from 2002 will be also exclusively sold at Fortnum & Mason with either a Stephen Webster pendant or pair of cufflinks at £495
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Lonmin Design Innovation Award 2013 winners announced
The theme, which was set in consultation with leading jewellery trends analysis agency Adorn Insight was “New Frontiers”.
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Bec Astley Clarke and Pippa Small to both receive MBEs in Queen's Birthday Honours List
Small will receive hers for services to ethical jewellery production and charity, while Clarke’s is for services to the jewellery industry.
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Rox opens first stores in England
Scottish retailer Rox has opened a store in Leeds and is following up with a Newcastle branch later this year.
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Hublot present most complicated watch in the Senna collection
The MP-06 Senna was unveiled at the Hublot factory in the presence of the racing legend’s nephew Bruno and Ricardo Guadalupe CEO of Hublot.
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Ice-Watch to sponsor new ITV prime time show
Called “Your Face Sounds Familiar” the show will feature celebrities performing as different iconic music artists in front of a panel of well-known names, such as Julian Clary
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Chisholm Hunter take on Bell & Ross
The award-winning multiple retailer will start stocking the Swiss pilot-inspired watch brand at its Grosvenor shopping centre store in Chester and online
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Babette Wasserman advised young designers to get business acumen to succeed
The award-winning jewellery designer was in conversation with Retail Jeweller editor Laura McCreddie at The Jewellery Show London yesterday
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HKTDC Hong Kong International Jewellery Show 2014 to be split over two venues
The show, which attracted 42,113 buyers from around the world this March, will be divided into a finished product event and one dedicated to loose stones, pearls and raw materials
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Narrative is key to brand identity says Jewellery Show London panel
In a discussion at the London trade show yesterday, the panelists discussed how to create a retail and designer brand that stood out
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Second-hand watches and women self purchasing are pushing the watch industry forward
These observations were made at a seminar as part of the Watch Salon at Somerset House on Tuesday
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Girard-Perregaux honours Pedro Almodovar
The Spanish filmmaker attended the screening of his latest film “I’m So Excited” wearing a timepiece from the Swiss watch brand
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Astley Clarke appoints managing director
The British luxury jewellery brand has announced that Scott Thomson will fill the role
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Luxury and online sales keep watch market afloat
This analysis comes from the latest research done by GfK
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The Watch Salon and the UK Jewellery Awards join forces
The UK’s leading trade watch show and the industry’s most prestigious awards event will be working together to find the UK’s best watch retailer
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The Watch Gallery, Selfridges targeted by thieves
Men armed with axes smashed glass cabinets and took a number of items
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Gc and Rox team up to celebrate the 15th anniversary of Gc Watches
A select group of invited guests gathered in the Argyll Arcade store’s Thrill Room for a champagne reception to also celebrate the launch of Gc’s Smart Luxury campaign in Scotland
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Quoins to launch at the Jewellery Show London
The European customisable coin necklace brand will be distributed in the UK by Fable Trading, who also distributes Trollbead and Buddha to Buddha Jewellery
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Emozioni gains following from reality TV stars
The interchangeable coin concept from Hot Diamonds has been worn by Big Brother winner Josie Gibson and I’m a Celebrity star, Jessica Jane Clements.
