Analysis
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Jan- 2020 -22 January
Ted Baker hanging by a thread amid £58m balance sheet black hole
If you have shares in Ted Baker, you are probably not having a good morning. The price has tanked by…
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17 January
The trillion-dollar club has gained Google as a member
Remember at school when teachers used to explain how one million was an essentially incomprehensibly large number? I recall one…
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15 January
Boohoo more valuable than M&S – a sea-change encapsulated
From a purely journalistic standpoint it is now a de facto cliché to refer to Marks and Spencer as the…
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9 January
Who would have thought skinny jeans could be anyone’s undoing?
It’s not often that the business pages give you a good belly laugh. But today we have the spectacle of…
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Oct- 2019 -24 October
Building a relationship with big brands
Some 71% of customers prefer to buy from familiar brands, according to Global Banking and Finance. So, stocking recognisable brands…
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11 October
Embracing supply chain traceability
The jewellery sector has traditionally been an old-fashioned industry with few tech innovations. A large amount of purchases involving high-value…
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10 October
The evolution of watches: A brief history
Pardon the pun, but watches have certainly changed a lot over time. While there may remain some controversy as to…
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Sep- 2019 -10 September
The importance of internships and apprenticeships in the jewellery industry
It’s no secret that recruitment is a challenge. Over two-thirds (68%) of UK employers say they have struggled to find…
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Jul- 2019 -30 July
Targeting millennial jewellery shoppers
Millennials have been called a generation of industry-killers. The buying trends of this iconoclastic age group have severely dented several…
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8 July
Why sustainability is the key to targeting millennial jewellery shoppers
Millennials have been called a generation of industry-killers. The buying trends of this iconoclastic age group have severely dented several…
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