17/04/2024
• Angela Han
More often than not, the questions are complicated, but the answers are simple. Publisher ANGELA HAN reflects on the creation of the State of the Industry Report.
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15/12/2015
• Coleby Nicholson
What type of jeweller are you? COLEBY NICHOLSON predicts that continuing change in consumer behaviour and the wider market will see two types of jewellery retailer.
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16/12/2014
• Coleby Nicholson
It’s hard to not get caught up in doom and gloom, especially in an era of rapid change and business disruption, however, COLEBY NICHOLSON believes the jewellery industry should rejoice the past.
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01/05/2014
• Coleby Nicholson
Two years ago, when Jeweller first analysed the Euro jewellery
brands that were “invading” our shores, I predicted that it was a
phenomenon that wasn’t going to stop. Sure, Australia and New Zealand
have had European jewellery brands for a long time but these really
served the upper market and were usually vertical operations.
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27/03/2014
• Coleby Nicholson
Thanks to improved mining and cutting technology as well as the fascination that various celebrities have with coloured diamonds, COLEBY NICHOLSON discovered that many retailers are creating a point of difference using “fancies”.
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24/02/2014
• Coleby Nicholson
If local jewellery retailers and suppliers don’t want to see their markets eroded, COLEBY NICHOLSON says they should fight-back against the internet dump houses.
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09/09/2013
• Coleby Nicholson
I wonder whether we're seeing the beginnings of another major change to the Australian jewellery industry. Bevilles announced recently that it had entered into an “alliance” with large Indian jewellery supplier Tara Jewels.
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26/08/2013
• Coleby Nicholson
Australian business has undergone dramatic change over the past 5-10 years, but COLEBY NICHOLSON asks how relevant are industry associations in today’s business environment?
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01/07/2013
• Coleby Nicholson
There's a need to know your target audience, but COLEBY NICHOLSON believes that strict definitions might lead you astray, especially when it comes to jewellery.
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04/04/2013
• Coleby Nicholson
As you might expect, I’ve been threatened with many lawsuits over the years. I guess it comes with the territory – some people take umbrage to articles from time to time and think the best way to address a problem is to threaten to sue the journalist.
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11/10/2011
• Coleby Nicholson
There’s been a growing disenchantment within the jewellery industry. For many years it has largely been suppliers who have been disheartened with the industry’s direction but it seems the malaise has been spreading with some retailers blaming consumers for their woes.
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20/07/2011
• Coleby Nicholson
Last month I wrote about the shift to branded jewellery and noted that because of the speed of change these days there is almost no ‘norm’; I wrote that after positive change a new negative can quickly follow.
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23/06/2011
• Coleby Nicholson
Jewellers have been quick to turn the initial advent of branded jewellery from a 'negative' into a 'positive'. Coleby Nicholson discusses.
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29/03/2011
• Coleby Nicholson
There’s a lot of talk about brands these days. Everywhere you turn someone is discussing their new brand or existing brand and most of the time they are referring to the products a company sells. Coleby Nicholson has previously written about branding, with a particular focus on what is and is not a brand. This time, he discusses retail branding and the future of suppliers' branding initiatives.
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