Posts from ‘June, 2009’

Are you a retail jeweller and are you feeling lucky?  
I’m feeling rather charitable today (perhaps a change in personality is on the horizon as I reach the dizzy heights of 30 years old on Monday - cue a barrage of comments on how I don’t look a day over 21.  Anyone? No?)  Well anyway, [...]

It’s been a long time coming, but Stephen Webster finally opened the doors to his flagship store on London’s Mount Street last Friday.  We at Retail Jeweller were lucky enough to be invited to have a look around yesterday afternoon and we were far from disappointed.  
It’s fab, glam and on trend, everything you would [...]

I was contacted by Alpina Genève this morning about its new watch ambassador Ben Southall. Doing a little research into who this chap is, I sat at my desk and rapidly became more and more green with envy.
Young Mr Southall has just accepted the job of island caretaker of Australia’s Hamilton Island. And when I [...]

The Retail Jeweller editorial team was out en masse last night, as we were all invited the opening party of David McCaul’s sparkly new store on London’s Exmouth Market.
I first met David when I interviewed him for our Rising Star feature in December, when he told me about how much he wanted his own shop. [...]

This blog post comes a little late, so you’ll have to excuse me. I’m going to blame Coutts London Jewellery Week and going to press with the July issue of Retail Jeweller, but it really is no excuse for being tardy with praise for a good deed. Therefore, I have to give a big belated [...]

Rachael and I found a lovely way to spend a hot and rather rainy Wednesday afternoon yesterday - by going to an event hosted by Oris in anticipation of this weekend’s British Grand Prix. The Swiss watch brand put on a great event in central London and invited along the Williams F1 drivers it sponsors [...]

I came across a story on the internet earlier today that offers a novel solution to the problem of rising gold prices - why invest in this precious metal when you could simply make your creations in paper instead? You may well think that the slightest drop of rain would turn your paper jewellery creation into a [...]

Heading out to deepest Chiswick for one of the events of Coutts London Jewellery Week yesterday, Frances and I were most impressed by the platinum-themed displays at Marmalade Jewellery.
Besides an imaginative window display (designed by a student at Central Saint Martins) the interior of the shop had some special platinum exhibits on show. A luxurious [...]

How exciting, we all thought in the weeks leading up to Coutts London Jewellery Week – lots of fabulous events, time to catch up with people in the industry and, most importantly, look at the best jewellery the capital has to offer. 
And then of course came the tube strike. And the greedy RMT’s demands of [...]

I went up to Stratford-upon-Avon last week to meet the team behind e-tailer Coloured Rocks and online TV auction site Rocks TV. The business is co-run by former Gems TV managing director (and most hated man in the jewellery industry, or so he tells me) Steve Bennett.
It’s a fascinating little business and growing fast. I [...]