Editor’s Blog
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Mar- 2020 -30 March
The minimum wage increase is about to hit – and it beggars belief
As if to bang the final nail into the coffin himself, we can only assume the Treasury’s top man, chancellor…
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Feb- 2020 -25 February
Coronavirus will be felt
It is becoming increasingly clear that the new coronavirus, which causes the disease Covid-19, is going to have a significant…
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Aug- 2018 -28 August
Not so charmed
This month brought the news that Anders Colding Friis would stepping down as president and CEO of Pandora by the…
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May- 2018 -31 May
High street health
Two interesting things struck me in our news coverage this month. First a new selling feature on photo-sharing social media…
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Feb- 2018 -9 February
A fond farewell to Patrick and Vivian Fuller
This month brought the news that WB The Creative Jewellery Group, which owns Domino, Gecko and Weston Beamor, has been…
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Oct- 2017 -25 October
Fighting back against the algorithms
Now that the show season has cooled down, we head into the final quarter of the year, and begin gearing…
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Sep- 2017 -12 September
Seeking clarity
The Company of Master Jewellers, I am assured, is soon to turn a corner. It has been extremely difficult to…
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Aug- 2017 -15 August
How jewellery can tap into the zeitgeist
It’s no secret that consumer technology pervades almost everything we do nowadays, but a perhaps under-reported but clearly associated phenomenon…
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2 August
EDITOR’S COMMENT: What now for the CMJ?
Much ink has been spilled by the trade press over the sudden and barely explicated departure of Willie Hamilton, the…
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Jul- 2017 -10 July
Watch out for those toxins
Rules can seem boring but rarely do they exist for no reason. In recent weeks, a study found some low…
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