Posts Tagged ‘retail’

Japan, check; Brazil, check; next on the business trips list was Leeds - OK, not quite as exotic as some of my past destinations, but as I always welcome a chance to get out of stinking London, I jumped at the chance of a trip to the north of England.
For those of you who weren’t [...]

Seeing as this is my first blog, I thought I’d get straight in there with the ranting and share with you something that has been bothering me for some time now. As a jewellery designer I am noticing a rather worrying trend in these troubled times: the rise of sale or return (SOR). While previously [...]

The Retail Jeweller team recently attended an event and we were all treated to much drinking and merriment, which is always a good way to get us on side, as any of you who know us will be aware of already.
We ended up rolling about laughing while being treated to a retailer’s stories of how [...]

As it’s currently a busy press week at Retail Jeweller Towers, I’ve just finished writing the Retail Report for this month’s issue, which is all about the sales potential of selling online, something so few retail jewellers seem to do.
Fresh from researching what makes a good website, one of the outstanding points that someone made [...]

I spent yesterday morning visiting on a judging visit to Steffans in Northampton as part of the judging process for the UK Jewellery Awards, where I was treated to a great display of merchandising and marketing from a really successful store - so nice to see at a time when so many businesses are all [...]

I had an appointment on Bond Street this morning to see a lovely new jewellery store called Frost of London. On the walk between stations, I was trundling down Oxford Street in the gale-force winds and sporadic drizzle and a window display caught my eye (or rather the dresses in the display did).  I peered [...]

We at Retail Jeweller Towers have recently finished judging the first stage of the UK Jewellery Awards - shortlist to be announced this week so keep your eye on our website! The standard of entries was particularly high this year - and no, we’re not just saying that, it’s really true.  We tend to take an [...]