Posts from ‘August, 2009’

Tributes to Campbell Bridges

We were said to learn of the tragic death of Campbell Bridges, the gem expert who founded Tsavorite, who was killed in Kenya this week. We will be publishing a tribute to him in the next issue of Retail Jeweller. If you knew him and would like to send us your comments and thoughts on [...]

The biggest watch store in the world

Howdy!  You must excuse my Americanisation, but I’ve just returned from a trip to the good old US of A courtesy of G-Shock, and my body clock and mind is all still a little jet-lag twisted.  Plus I am a little full of cold as it seems I am officially allergic to America - I [...]

Online jewellery shopping is not for me…

As deputy editor of a jewellery and watch magazine, you may think that I am an old hand at buying jewellery online. But you’d be wrong - in fact, I actually do very little online shopping outside of odd bits on eBay, books, CDs, iTunes etc. I’ve had a few fashion dalliances with the likes [...]