Editor’s Blog

Jewellery’s cross-border popularity is an irrefutable reason to get online

It’s very easy to imagine that starting an online version of a jewellers – if you haven’t already – is…

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Getting exposure for the designer-maker with Goldsmiths Company

This week the Goldsmiths Company announced the creation of a new online platform that puts customers directly in touch with…

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Why only reserve the click-and-collect frenzy for Christmas?

A report from The Times this week said that click-and-collect services were likely to account for £3bn worth of retail…

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It’s amazing that it’s taken until now for a proper IP Act

The ideas economy sounds like something nebulous and ‘sound-bitey’ that people like to say because they’ve read it or heard…

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Cleaning up the pawnbroker’s image

There’s no denying that the pawnbroking industry carries a stigma. For many, it conjures the image of individuals or families…

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The Argyll Arcade robbery is a stark reminder that security is key

It was rather disturbing to see in the mainstream news this week that Glasgow’s iconic Argyll Arcade – populated with…

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Shame on the other multiples for not standing with F Hinds

Outside of the trade associations (which are often referred to pejoratively inside Westminster as ‘special interest’ groups), there are only…

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Apple Watch could be a big hitter – traditional brands beware

A year ago Jewellery Focus ran a piece on smartwatches, wondering aloud whether they would destroy the mid-market for wristwatches. It was…

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Don’t argue with the data…just wait for your slice

It is beginning to feel more like a job as a leader-writer for the Financial Times than a jewellery trade magazine,…

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Smiles at a trade show? Must be something in the water

Genuinely upbeat. That is how I would describe the atmosphere at International Jewellery London, which finishes its first re-launched iteration…

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