Year: 2018

Retail consumer spending sees sharpest drop since 2012

Consumer spending has suffered its sharpest drop in six years, according to Visa’s latest consumer spending index. Spending in-store fell…

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Wet start to April dampens retail footfall

Footfall in April decreased by 3.3%, which is a significant decline compared to the 1.6% increase seen the previous year.…

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De Beers successfully tracks first diamonds from mine to retail on blockchain

The De Beers Group has announced that it has successfully tracked 100 high-value diamonds along the value chain during the…

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Smartphone purchases account for 54% of UK retail transactions, study finds

Retail purchases made on smartphones have seen a 66% increase in Q1 of 2018 compared to Q4 2017 according to…

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London Diamond Bourse announces ‘revitalised’ management board

Diamond trading association London Diamond Bourse has appointmented new staff to its council of management and its executive committee. The…

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Rising Middle East tension forces World Diamond Congress to cancel

The World Federation of Diamond Bourses (WFDB) and the International Diamond Manufacturers Association (IDMA) have announced that due to rising…

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Alrosa auctions 101 special-sized diamonds for $14.8m

The United Selling Organization (USO) of Alrosa has sold 101 special size rough diamonds with the total weight of 1751.1…

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Voice on the High Street – Comfort Station

What is the backstory of the company? I first started Comfort Station back in 2000 just after having left the…

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Augmented reality – What can it do for jewellery?

“Other retail industries are thinking about technological innovation in completely different ways,” says Jonathan Chippindale, CEO and co-founder of Holition,…

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NAJ to teach jewellers how to sell more jewellery

The National Association of Jewellers is hosting its 10th JET Business Network Congress event, focusing on the theme of ‘how…

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