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    • Friday, 4 November, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Jewellers explore benefits of digital art

      Brands experiment with latest technology to transplant one of the oldest hard luxuries into the digital world

    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Watch brands seek out local retailers to fill in the gaps

      Relationships between independent shops and watchmakers have flourished

    • Friday, 2 September, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Gold loses its shine for jewellery makers

      As bullion rides high, rather than raise prices for clients, makers of bespoke pieces are switching to other precious metals and focusing on gemstones

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      Masterpiece London 2022
      Jewellery by artists from Picasso to Grayson Perry reaches new heights

      Often overlooked as a minor part of their practice, jewels are attracting major market attention

    • Friday, 1 April, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      In with the fashion crowd: fine jewellers become less precious about trends

      With styles that are more experimental than enduring, designers are engaging a younger clientele

    • Friday, 28 January, 2022
      Watches & Jewellery
      Benjamin Comar: Piaget CEO on the evolution of the luxury customer

      The chief executive talks about catering for local consumers after the pandemic shifted global shopping patterns

    • Friday, 5 November, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Jewel your rattles: the rise of gifting luxury jewellery to children

      Are such displays of wealth gratuitous or an extension of cultural tradition?

    • Friday, 3 September, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      A long wait for Scottish gold ‘but it will be worth it’

      A traceable supply chain from the Cononish mine may command a premium, but the native metal is in high demand

    • Friday, 9 July, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Watchmakers tap into growing trend of green dials

      From mint to teal to aqua, the colour green has captured the imagination of most brands

    • Friday, 9 July, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Semi-precious ‘hardstones’ make their way into high jewellery

      Their name may lack romance, but the stones are proving to be popular playmates to more costly faceted gems, providing colour and scale

    • Saturday, 10 April, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Brexit brings pain for UK vintage watch dealers

      Tax on imports of stock from EU eats into already slim profit margins for British traders

    • Saturday, 10 April, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Myanmar sanctions take the shine off Burmese rubies

      As the west clamps down on trade with the country, mining conditions in the country are also under scrutiny

    • Saturday, 30 January, 2021
      Watches & Jewellery
      Demand rises for mood-lifting jewellery using vibrant colours

      Previously perceived as fast fashion, neon is now rubbing shoulders with precious stones in expensive designs

    • Saturday, 5 September, 2020
      Watches & Jewellery
      Modern designers breathe new life into heritage jewellery

      Repurposing heritage treasures can do wonders for their value but only if done properly

    • Saturday, 25 January, 2020
      InterviewWatches & Jewellery
      Chopard CEO: Karl-Friedrich Scheufele swears by independence

      Karl-Friedrich Scheufele talks about Chopard’s ethical stance

    • Saturday, 9 November, 2019
      Watches & Jewellery
      Bishopsland: where creativity and communal living combine

      Residential course run by octogenarian couple is a Shangri-La for aspiring silversmiths

    • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
      Watches & Jewellery
      Upstarts descend on Parisian bastion of luxury

      Place Vendôme’s old guard has been forced to make way for a younger crowd

    • Thursday, 21 March, 2019
      InterviewWatches & Jewellery
      Moussaieff’s low-key doyenne of jewels steps into limelight

      The head of the eponymous jewellery brand on how social media has upended the rules

    • Thursday, 21 March, 2019
      Watches & Jewellery
      Influencers future-proof businesses as scepticism grows

      Jewellery bloggers are diversifying as user mistrust of Instagram’s output rises

    • Saturday, 10 November, 2018
      Watches & Jewellery
      Cruise ship revival opens new channels for onboard retail

      Luxury brands are concocting interactive experiences to lure the next wave of cruisers

    • Thursday, 31 May, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Trinkets charm their way back into fashion

      The once-hot small jewels are seeing a revival beyond bracelets

    • Thursday, 22 March, 2018
      Retail & Consumer industry
      Jewellers at Baselworld voice anger at years of being ignored

      Brands are threatening to leave, but the fair’s organiser is sanguine about change

    • Thursday, 28 September, 2017
      Luxury goods
      The legacy of British expats on Hong Kong’s jewellery scene

      Wealthy westerners in the colonial era turned to studying and making jewellery

    • Saturday, 2 September, 2017
      Luxury goods
      How the UK’s assay offices are fighting for survival

      Recession and rivals have pushed them from hallmarking into startling innovation

    • Thursday, 1 June, 2017
      Retail sector
      Staff apathy sends jewellers to brain trainers

      Shops are trying unconventional, even unproven, techniques to motivate their staff

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